This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1903 Excerpt: ...yourself. But it just grew foggier and foggier, till finally I got really mad. I knew anybody could write a thing like that, and that was why I did it--to prove it, you see. Some of the lines aren't quite so smooth as the others, but it's pretty good, I think! And I proved what I set out to, that you can write poetry ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1903 Excerpt: ...yourself. But it just grew foggier and foggier, till finally I got really mad. I knew anybody could write a thing like that, and that was why I did it--to prove it, you see. Some of the lines aren't quite so smooth as the others, but it's pretty good, I think! And I proved what I set out to, that you can write poetry without in the least knowing what it's all about." "Ye-es," I returned doubtfully. Naturally, one hesitates to accept such a startling theory of criticism without a little consideration. "Only," Ethelwyn added thoughtfully, "it had one result that I hadn't in the least foreseen." "And that?" "Why, that I'm perfectly wild to know what I meant myself." June 20. I brought home my last armful of daisies to-night. Eight times I've filled the old glass pitcher with them, by which I know that I've counted a month of summer days. These last, though I hunted far for the youngest ones, have grown old and weary; they no longer have strength to climb above the hurrying grasses. The days are growing quieter too; there are bird-songs still, but no more of the sweet, irrepressible tumult with which meadow and woods have been ringing for two months past; the hour of magic madness is gone; the world by contrast seems strangely tame and middle-aged. Our life has followed the course of nature and sobered down considerably of late. Partly, no doubt, it is the heat, which has a subduing effect upon even the finest enthusiasms; partly it is--circumstances! The ornithologist has suddenly stopped coming. I made some remark about it to Ethelwyn, and she turned rosy and went to her closet to look for--a cup, I believe she said. I refrained from reminding her that cups are more frequently to be found in the china clo...
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Good. Size: 0x0x0; 232 pages, illustrated by Samuel M. Palmer, frontis with green accent, drawing on title page and throughout within text and margins, pale green cloth over boards, front board fully illustrated in black and green with gilt accents, gilt titles, initialed by artist. Corners curved, rear board lightly soiled, spine darkened and ends lightly worn, ink names and address on front endpaper, faint damp stains in upper spine corners thru title page plus nine leaves and endpapers at rear, two leaves have ragged fore edges due to careless separation, otherwise contents very good and binding is tight. Brick and mortar bookshop since 1975!
Add this copy of On the Road to Arcady to cart. $54.02, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2015 by Palala Press.
