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Title: The Old Hanging Fork and Other Poems

Author: George W. Doneghy

Release Date: September 1, 2008 [EBook #26505]

Language: English

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THE

OLD HANGING FORK

and

OTHER POEMS.

BY

GEORGE W. DONEGHY.

FRANKLIN, OHIO:
The Editor Publishing Co.
1897.

Copyright, 1897,
By
George W. Doneghy.

CONTENTS.

PAGE
THE OLD HANGING FORK, 9

SWEET SEPTEMBER DAYS, 11

YER OLD COB PIPE, 13

TIM BLUSTER'S DREAM, 15

APPLE BLOSSOMS, 18

CHICKAMAUGA, 20

GEN. JOHN B. GORDON, 22

UP AND DOWN OLD CLARK'S RUN, 23

ROBERT BURNS (A Paraphrase) 25

WISHING--FISHING, 27

POE, 28

A BARREN "IDEALTY," 29

A CHERISHED RELIC, 31

"RESTLAND," 33

MY VALENTINE, 35

A SMOKE, 36

PERRYVILLE, 37

LONGINGS, 39

DOWN ABOUT OLD SHAKERTOWN, 40

MEMORIA IN AETERNA, 41

A MOTHER'S GRAVE, 43

A FRECKLE-FACED BOY, 44

THE DAM BELOW THE MILL, 46

THE SERENADE, 47

"IS IT HOT ENOUGH FER YOU?" 49

THE TOKEN, 50

TO SCENES I USED TO KNOW, 52

BEREFT, 54

THE "BULL SPRING," 56

FAMILIAR HAUNTS, 58

A FADED LETTER, 60

THE HERMIT, 61

THE "MED