The Rosciad and the Apology (Classic Reprint)

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Charles Churchill

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The Rosciad. the Apology. the Prophecy of Famine, a Scots Pastoral. an Epistle to William Hogarth. the Ghost. Book 1-2

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The Rosciad. the Apology. Night. the Prophecy of Famine. an Epistle to William Hogarth. the Ghost

Early Settlement and Other Poems

Charles Churchill takes us into the mountains of Porter, Maine where his poetic imaginatioin has long been stirred by the remains of old cellar holes, representing the fall of an agrarian way of life to the working of the Industrial Revolution. Children, viewing the hardships endured by their parents, walked out to the towns, the mills, the social life. When their parents wer not longer able to keep up their homes, the moved in with their children "downtown." The pace and mood of Chruchill's poetry gives voice tot eh story of individual lives marked by the land, the times, the dignity and suffering and convey a sentiment for humanity and for rural New England that few others have captured. Dawn Marion's illustraions add to this rich texture of beauty, ruin, humor, nobility, and depression.

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"Beyond the mill, across the bridge, old roads meander to the farther hills, and some grow dim, then vanish in the shade of trees..." -from "First Settlement" CHARLES CHURCHILL takes us into the mountains of Porter, Maine, where his poetic imagination has long been stirred by the remains of old cellar holes, representing the fall of the agrarian way of life to the working of the Industrial Revolution. Children, feeling the hardship endured by their parents, walked out to the towns, the mills, the social life. When their parents were no longer able to keep up their homes, they moved in with their children "downtown." The pace and mood of Churchill's poetry gives voice to the story of individual lives marked by the land, the times, the dignity and suffering and convey a sentiment for humanity and for rural New England that few others have captured. Conversational in tone and tenderly perceptive, the poems take the reader to a place grounded in America's early traditions, where Churchill successfully elegizes a world gone but not yet lost to memory. Dawn Marion's illustrations add to this rich texture of beauty, ruin, humor, nobility, and desperation. A fine, strong collection of poetry, written from the heart and rooted deeply in the natural world, the historical New England of his family, and the wonderful tradition of Robert Frost and E.A. Robinson... -Howard Frank Mosher, Author of WAITING FOR TEDDY WILLIAMS, THE TRUE ACCOUNT and STRANGER IN THE KINGDOM. Poems that span the full range of human emotion with pathos and humor... -Duke Southard, Author of A FAVOR RETURNED, AGENT FOR JUSTICE and THE WEEK FROM HEAVEN AND HELL. Beautifully written, evocative, sensitive, an emotionally satisfying identification with our rural past... -Henry S. Maxfield, Author of LEGACY OF A SPY and ANOTHER SPRING.

Excerpt from The Poetical Works of Charles Churchill, Vol. 2: With a Memoir by James L. Hannay and Copious Notes by W. Tooke F. R. S Coursed the man, whom fate ordains, in spite, And cruel parents teach, to read and write What need of letters Wherefore should we spell? Why write our names a mark will do as well. Much are the precious hours of youth misspent In climbing learning's rugged, steep ascent; When to the top the bold adventurer's got, He'reigns, vain monarch o'er a barren spot, Whilst in the vale of ignorance below Folly and vice to rank luxuriance grow; 10 Honours and wealth pour in on every side, And proud preferment rolls her golden tide. O'er crabbed authors life's gay prime to waste, To cramp wild genius in the chains of taste. To hear the slavish drudgery of schools, And tamely stoop to every pedant's rules; For seven long years debarr'd of liberal ease, To plod in college trammels to degrees; Beneath the weight of solemn toys to groan, Sleep over books, and leave mankind unknown; 20 To praise each senior blockhead's threadbare tale, And laugh till reason blush, and spirits fail; Manhood with vile submission to disgrace. And cap the fool, whose merit is his place. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

The Poetical Works of Charles Churchill, Vol. 2: With a Memoir by James L. Hannay and Copious Notes by W. Tooke F. R. S (Classic Reprint)

The Poetical Works of Charles Churchill, Vol. 1 of 3: Containing His Rosciad, Apology, Night, Epist. To Hogarth, Conference, Farewell, Candidate, Journey (Classic Reprint)

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