THE TRAIL TO BOYLAND
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TRAIL TO BOYLAND
AND OTHER POEMS
By
WILBUR D. NESBIT
WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BYWILL VAWTER
INDIANAPOLIS
THE BOBBS-MERRILL COMPANY
PUBLISHERS
COPYRIGHT 1904
THE BOBBS-MERRILL COMPANY
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OCTOBER
The price of this book at retail is One Dollar net. No dealer is licensed to sell it at a
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copyright.
THE BOBBS-MERRILL COMPANY
PRESS OF
BRAUNWORTH & CO.
BOOKBINDERS AND PRINTERS
BROOKLYN, N. Y.
TO MY WIFE
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In their original form, sixty-five of the poems herein first appeared in the Chicago Tribune, the publishers of which newspaper are hereby thanked for permission to republish.
In their original form, nineteen of the poems herein first appeared in the Baltimore American, the publishers of which newspaper are hereby thanked for permission to republish.
"The Boyheart " originally appeared in The Reader Magazine, and the publishers of that magazine are hereby thanked for permission to include it in this volume.
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- A COMMUNION 57
- A CRY FROM THE CONSUMER 74
- A FETTERED SOUL 23
- A SONG FOR FLAG DAY 96
- A STREET INCIDENT 103
- A TOAST TO THE LOSING MAN 150
- A VEEK PEHINT CHRISTMAS 45
- A WAYSIDE CONVERSATION 152
- AMBITION 145
- AN ODYSSEY of K's 76
- AT THE SIGN OF THE SMILE 148
- "AUCTION" 25
- AUNTY'S OFF DAYS 88
- BALANCING 146
- BE A MAN 199
- BEYOND THE HILLS 100
- BORROWIN' THE BABY 41
- "CROOKED JAKE" 61
- DREAMIN' WHILE THE BAND PLAYS 59
- EDEN 169
- "GETHSEMANE" 141
- "GOODM ORNIN'" 71
- HER CHRISTMAS PRAYER 53
- HICKORY NUTTIN' 9
- HIS FIRST DAY AT SCHOOL 51
- HIS LAST MARCH 111
- HONEY-HAUNTED 18
- IN THE ATTIC 35
- IN THE INNER TEMPLE 155
- JOHNNY'S PA 16
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- JONAH AT THE GATE 133
- JUDGE NOT 135
- JUST A SOLDIER 109
- LABOR 195
- LI'L BLACK HAN'S 92
- MAH OL' PIPE 94
- MAIN STREET 81
- 'N'ER YALLER DAWG 87
- NIGHT 121
- SAREPTY BROWN 67
- "SH-H-H!" 20
- SHO'LY! SHO'LY! 83
- "SINCE I CAME OVER" 72
- SOMEWHERE 39
- SORGHUM TIME 14
- THE ALBUM 63
- THE BAPTIZING OF SISTER CAROLINE 84
- THE BOY THAT YOU USED TO BE 12
- THE BOY-DAYS 5
- THE BOYHEART 27
- THE CALL OF THE DRUM 98
- THE CLUTCH OF CHANCE 131
- THE DAY OF A THOUSAND YEARS 115
- THE EMPTY CHAIRS 49
- THE FIFTH READER 7
- THE FOREFATHERS 153
- THE FOUR GUESTS 157
- THE GLORY OF THE NIGHT 137
- THE GOD OF THE UNAFRAID 127
- THE GOOD EXAMPLE 31
- THE GREAT UNSATISFIED 156
- THE HARVEST APPLE-TREE 29
- THE LEGEND OF LAUGHTER 160
- THE LESSON OF GRIEF 139
- THE LOG OF LIFE 119
- THE LOOM OF TIME 117
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- THE MAKING OF AN ARMY 105
- THE MOTHER-LOOK 47
- THE MOTHERS OF THE THIEVES 143
- THE OLD BUGLE 107
- THE OLD WELL 3
- THE OLD-TIME FIDDLER 69
- THE PRAYER OF THE KING 113
- THE ROAD TO YESTERDAY 37
- THE "ROOKIE" EXPLAINS 33
- THE TRAIL TO BOYLAND 1
- THE WOUNDED FLAGS 102
- "TIDDLE-IDDLE-IDDLE-IDDLE-BUM! BUM!" 65
- "TO THE HILLS" 123
- TUNING UP 22
- UNC' MOSE'S RECKONIN'S 85
- UNFINISHED THINGS 159
- "WAIT TWELL HIT COMES" 90
- "WHERE A ROSE IS AT" 79
- WHERE HE GOT IT 55
- "WHY?" 43
THE TRAIL TO BOYLAND
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