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The Complete Works of James Whitcomb Riley, V1 James Whitcomb Riley The Complete Works of James Whitcomb Riley, V1 Table of Contents The Complete Works of James Whitcomb Riley, V1............................................................................................1 James Whitcomb Riley..................................................................................................................................2 JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY—A SKETCH................................................................................................5 A BACKWARD LOOK..............................................................................................................................12 PHILIPER FLASH......................................................................................................................................14 THE SAME OLD STORY..........................................................................................................................17 TO A BOY WHISTLING............................................................................................................................18 AN OLD FRIEND.......................................................................................................................................19 WHAT SMITH KNEW ABOUT FARMING.............................................................................................20 A POET'S WOOING..................................................................................................................................24 MAN'S DEVOTION....................................................................................................................................25 A BALLAD. WITH A SERIOUS CONCLUSION.....................................................................................27 THE OLD TIMES WERE THE BEST........................................................................................................30 A SUMMER AFTERNOON.......................................................................................................................31 AT LAST.....................................................................................................................................................32 FARMER WHIPPLE—BACHELOR.........................................................................................................33 MY JOLLY FRIEND'S SECRET................................................................................................................36 THE SPEEDING OF THE KING'S SPITE.................................................................................................38 JOB WORK.................................................................................................................................................42 PRIVATE THEATRICALS........................................................................................................................43 PLAIN SERMONS......................................................................................................................................44 "TRADIN' JOE"...........................................................................................................................................45 DOT LEEDLE BOY....................................................................................................................................48 I SMOKE MY PIPE.....................................................................................................................................51 RED RIDING−HOOD.................................................................................................................................53 IF I KNEW WHAT POETS KNOW...........................................................................................................54 AN OLD SWEETHEART OF MINE..........................................................................................................55 SQUIRE HAWKINS'S STORY..................................................................................................................57 A COUNTRY PATHWAY.........................................................................................................................64 THE OLD GUITAR.....................................................................................................................................67 "FRIDAY AFTERNOON"..........................................................................................................................68 "JOHNSON'S BOY"....................................................................................................................................72 HER BEAUTIFUL HANDS........................................................................................................................74 NATURAL PERVERSITIES......................................................................................................................76 THE SILENT VICTORS.............................................................................................................................78 DEAD IN SIGHT OF FAME......................................................................................................................84 THE IRON HORSE.....................................................................................................................................86 DEAD LEAVES..........................................................................................................................................88 OVER THE EYES OF GLADNESS...........................................................................................................90 ONLY A DREAM.......................................................................................................................................91 OUR LITTLE GIRL....................................................................................................................................92 THE FUNNY LITTLE FELLOW...............................................................................................................93 SONG OF THE NEW YEAR......................................................................................................................95 A LETTER TO A FRIEND.........................................................................................................................97 LINES FOR AN ALBUM...........................................................................................................................98 TO ANNIE...................................................................................................................................................99 FAME.........................................................................................................................................................100 AN EMPTY NEST....................................................................................................................................102 i The Complete Works of James Whitcomb Riley, V1 Table of Contents The Complete Works of James Whitcomb Riley, V1 MY FATHER'S HALLS............................................................................................................................103 THE HARP OF THE MINSTREL............................................................................................................104 HONEY DRIPPING FROM THE COMB................................................................................................105 JOHN WALSH..........................................................................................................................................106 THAT OTHER MAUD MULLER............................................................................................................112 A MAN OF MANY PARTS......................................................................................................................113 THE FROG................................................................................................................................................114 DEAD SELVES.........................................................................................................................................115 A DREAM OF LONG AGO.....................................................................................................................117 WASH LOWRY'S REMINISCENCE.......................................................................................................120 THE ANCIENT PRINTERMAN..............................................................................................................123 PRIOR TO MISS BELLE'S APPEARANCE............................................................................................124 WHEN MOTHER COMBED MY HAIR.................................................................................................126 A WRANGDILLION................................................................................................................................127 GEORGE MULLEN'S CONFESSION.....................................................................................................128 "TIRED OUT"...........................................................................................................................................132 HARLIE.....................................................................................................................................................133 SAY SOMETHING TO ME......................................................................................................................134