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The harp and plow
Canning, Josiah D. (1816-1892)
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INVOCATION.
THANKSGIVING EVE.
LEGEND OF THE ISLE.
THE HYMN.
LAYS OF A TWELVEMONTH.
JANUARY.
FEBRUARY.
MARCH.
APRIL.
MAY.
JUNE.
JULY.
AUGUST—MY BIRTH-MONTH.
SEPTEMBER.
OCTOBER.
NOVEMBER.
DECEMBER.
VISION OF POESY.
AN AUTUMNAL LEAF.
TO A WILD ROSE.
LINES ON THE DEATH OF LITTLE CLARA.
MY BROTHER'S OCEAN-GRAVE.
LINES TO A BULLET FROM THE FIELD OF WATERLOO.
THE FARMER TO HIS PLOUGH.
THE HARVEST MOON.
LINES TO A BEE.
THE THRESHER AND THE RAT.
TO A RED SQUIRREL,
THE TROUT UPON THE SHALLOWS.
POTATOES.
TO AN OLD PAIR OF BREECHES.
TO MY OLD DOG.
A “MIDSUMMER-NIGHT'S DREAM.”
EPISTLE TO A DISTINGUISHED FRIEND.
EPITAPH.
FAREWELL TO THE VALLEY.
EPITAPH ON A LAZY FELLOW.
THE MOON IN THE WILDERNESS.
THE PRAIRIE COCK.
IMPROMPTU.
THE WAY IT IS DONE.
EPISTLE TO A WESTERN POET.
EPISTLE
IMPROMPTU,
A POOR MAN'S EPITAPH.
IMPROMPTU,
INFERIOR ANIMALS AFFORD INSTRUCTION TO MAN.
SONGS.
LAMENT OF THE CHEROKEE.
THE ADIEU.
THE BANKS OF MAUMEE.
THE MINUTE-MAN.
THE EAGLES OF COLUMBIA.
FREEDOM'S OWN.
DOWN BY THE BROOK WHERE WILLOWS GREEN.
‘BY THE DEEP NINE!’
COLUMBIA RULES THE SEA.
THE OLD FARMER'S ELEGY.
JULY FOURTH.
THE OLD POD-AUGER DAYS.
‘HOE OUT YOUR ROW.’
WASHING BY THE BROOK.
‘WHERE GENTLE HOUS-A-TONIC THREADS.’
ASHUELOT RIVER.
LEYDEN GLEN.
SONG.
LINES ADDRESSED TO ‘OLD KNICK.’
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The harp and plow
IMPROMPTU.
ON SEEING A FELLOW NODDING IN CHURCH.
This
surely
is
a day of rest;
But better you 'd improve it,
To sink your head upon your breast,
And cease so much to move it.
The harp and plow
