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Poetry of the Farm and Rural Life

Connecticut River reeds blown by the "Peasant Bard"

Canning, Josiah D. (1816-1892)

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“Well, gentlemen,” quoth Uncle Mose,
Brushing pipe-ashes from his clothes,—
“I've no great things to tell, indeed;
But if you're willing to give heed,
A little simple thing I'll show,
That happened many years ago.”