An Old Man's Thoughts about Many Things (Classic Reprint)

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I have added a few specimens of the author's poetry, or whatever people may choose to name it. These little pieces were written by the author long ago in the midst of serious occupations, and merely as an amusement. Some friends have thought that a few of these poems might be printed. If they please any readers, it will per haps be those, of whom there are many in this country, who are acquainted with the legends and the poetry of the Greeks. The last piece seems to have been prompted by Horace's Epode, Beatus ille qui procul negotiis, but it is hardly an imita tion, nor did the author write a rival to that beautiful Latin poem.

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