Project Gutenberg 2010-04-03 Public domain in the USA. 56 Field, Eugene 1850 1895 Second Book of Verse Reading ease score: 79.3 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. Produced by Charlene Taylor, Emmy and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries) Music by Linda Cantoni. "Second Book of Verse" by Eugene Field is a collection of poetry written in the late 19th century. The poems explore themes of love, nostalgia, family, and the charm of everyday life, often infused with humor and sentimentality. Field's verses capture moments that reflect on the joys and sorrows of human experience, delivering vivid imagery and emotional depth. The opening of the collection introduces a series of heartfelt poems, beginning with a reflection on a father's steadfastness through life's struggles, as depicted in "Father's Way." The controlling voice evokes nostalgia for family and the silent battles faced with enduring love and humor. Following poems like "To My Mother" express reverence and affection, illustrating the poet's admiration for maternal love and guidance. As the reader embarks on this lyrical journey, they encounter a celebration of life's simplicity and complexity, as seen in delightful compositions such as "Gosling Stew" and "John Smith," adding a lighter touch to the collection's overall emotional resonance. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en American poetry -- 19th century PS Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Poetry 274844 274847 2024-10-13T13:09:59.483100 2023-09-14T06:22:25.059422 text/html text/html 282025 2021-01-06T10:37:55 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 87635 2021-01-06T10:37:55 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 169294 2024-10-13T13:10:17.783007 application/epub+zip 169070 2024-10-13T13:10:06.227079 application/epub+zip 167877 2024-10-13T13:10:02.470070 application/epub+zip 368440 2024-10-13T13:10:22.968989 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 291375 2024-10-13T13:10:12.482038 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 263259 2022-09-14T15:17:21.242247 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 206641 2024-10-13T13:09:57.633094 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 206509 2021-01-06T10:37:55 text/plain; charset=utf-8 76766 2021-01-06T10:37:55 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 206489 2021-01-06T10:37:55 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 76726 2021-01-06T10:37:55 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 206484 2021-01-06T10:37:55 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 76723 2021-01-06T10:37:55 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 22396 2024-10-13T13:10:23.117961 application/rdf+xml 13460 2024-10-13T13:10:03.254076 image/jpeg 3525 2024-10-13T13:10:02.919065 image/jpeg 152881 2024-10-13T13:09:59.508216 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia