American Cottage Life
A Series of Poems Illustrative of American Scenery, and of the Associations, Feelings, and Employments of the American Cottager and Farmer (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from American Cottage Life: A Series of Poems Illustrative of American Scenery, and of the Associations, Feelings, and Employments of the American Cottager and Farmer

It has been the object of the Publisher, in collecting and publishing the materials of this volume, to present to the public a work which, while it did not exclude other topics, should, as a whole, be decidedly of a moral and religious character.

In the present state of popular literature it is some commendation to say, that the following poems contain nothing offensive to correct taste, morals, and religion. But this is not all. We cannot but think, that the lovers of genuine poetry, those who can distinguish between the truth and the exaggerations of nature, will find something in them that is substantial and positive. In making this remark, we rely upon the ascertained opinions of others, as much and more than upon our own. The attempt to describe American Cottage Life, in the poems on that subject, and in the Days of Youth, is something new, and is not without its difficulties; but we do not doubt that some portions of them, at least, will find a responsive chord in many bosoms.

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