Songs, Merry and Sad
John Charles McNeill
59 chapters · 1 h 32 min · English
Read by Crln Yldz Ksr, Anusha Iyer, Ezwa, Sonia, Royce Roeswood, Newgatenovelist and others
Poetry
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This is the only volume of poetry published during John Charles McNeill's lifetime, containing 59 of his 400+ poems. McNeill was considered the unofficial poet laureate of his home state North Carolina until this position was established officially after World War II. His poetry enjoys enduring popularity, and is favoured by teachers and students for its accessibility. - Summary by Carolin
Chapters
1 The Bride 2 min 2 'Oh, Ask Me Not' 2 min 3 Isabel 1 min 4 To --- 1 min 5 To Melvin Gardner: Suicide 2 min 6 Away Down Home 2 min 7 For Jane's Birthday 2 min 8 A Secret 3 min 9 The Old Bad Woman 2 min 10 Valentine 2 min 11 A Photograph 1 min 12 Jesse Covington 1 min 13 An Idyl 2 min 14 Home Songs 1 min 15 M. W. Ransom 1 min 16 Protest 2 min 17 Oblivion 1 min 18 Now! 1 min 19 Tommy Smith 1 min 20 Before Bedtime 1 min 21 'If I Could Glimpse Him' 2 min 22 Attraction 1 min 23 Love's Fashion 1 min 24 Alcestis 2 min 25 Reminiscence 2 min 26 Sonnet 1 min 27 Lines 1 min 28 An Easter Hymn 2 min 29 A Christmas Hymn 5 min 30 When I Go Home 1 min 31 Odessa 2 min 32 Trifles 1 min 33 Sunburnt Boys 2 min 34 Gray Days 1 min 35 An Invalid 1 min 36 A Caged Mocking-Bird 2 min 37 Dawn 1 min 38 Harvest 1 min 39 Two Pictures 2 min 40 October 2 min 41 The Old Clock 2 min 42 Tear Stains 1 min 43 A Prayer 2 min 44 She Being Young 1 min 45 Paul Jones 2 min 46 The Drudge 1 min 47 The Wife 2 min 48 Vision 1 min 49 September 2 min 50 Barefooted 2 min 51 Pardon Time 1 min 52 The Rattlesnake 1 min 53 The Prisoner 1 min 54 Sonnet 1 min 55 Folk Song 1 min 56 '97': The Fast Mail 2 min 57 Sundown 1 min 58 At Sea 1 min 59 L'Envoi 2 min
