Yankee NotionsReprint of the original, first published in 1838. |
Contents
Sonnet to Mirth | 17 |
Biography of a Broomstick | 34 |
Ode to the South Pole | 66 |
Our Singing School | 76 |
Death and Doctor Sawdust | 101 |
Thoughts on Seeing Ghosts | 111 |
Josh Beanpoles Courtship | 119 |
Metaphysics | 136 |
Rime of the Ancient Pedler | 146 |
The Science of Starvation | 165 |
Decline and Fall of the City of Dogtown | 173 |
Bob Lee A Tale | 198 |
Horace in Boston Epodon Od ii | 220 |
Horace in Boston Lib ii Od xvi | 236 |
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