Poems

BY THOMAS HALL SHASTID, AUTHOR OF “Newspaper Ballads.” ———— PITTSFIELD, ILLINOIS: THE AUTHOR. 1881. Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1881, by THOMAS HALL SHASTID, In the office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington. ————— Printed and Bound by H. E. Hanna, Book Printer, Pittsfield, Illinois.

To my many friends who have been so lenient in their criticisms of my former work, and to the several editors and literary men who have given me so much encouragement, I wish to return my sincere thanks.
All the request I have to make, is, that I hope my efforts this time will receive no more condemnation than my other.
I take pleasure in launching my little volume upon the wide sea of literature. The author is fourteen years of age, but many of the poems were written at a much earlier age.
Yours, most respectfully, THOMAS HALL SHASTID.


Be peace on earth, good will to men; And let this now our carol be: If on the land, or on the sea, We still will sing the glad refrain; And in the closing light of day Good words of peace and cheer will say.
The Babe that in the manger born Has risen high above the star, To judge in peace, or judge in war, To judge at night or judge at morn. The star that told us of his birth Has given us joy and lasting mirth.