Chimneysmoke
By Christopher Morley
CHIMNEYSMOKE
HIDE AND SEEK
THE ROCKING HORSE
SONGS FOR A LITTLE HOUSE
MINCE PIE
New York: George H. Doran Company
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This
hearth was built for thy delight, For thee the logs were sawn, For thee the largest chair, at night, Is to the chimney drawn. For thee, dear lass, the match was lit, To yield the ruddy blaze— May Jack Frost give us joy of it For many, many days. |
Chimneysmoke
by
Christopher Morley
Illustrated by
Thomas Fogarty
| Garden City, New York |
| Doubleday,
Page & Co. 1927 |
COPYRIGHT, 1917, 1919, 1920, 1921
BY DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & COMPANY.
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. PRINTED IN
THE UNITED STATES AT THE COUNTRY
LIFE PRESS, GARDEN CITY, N. Y.
| "How can I turn from any
fire On any man's hearthstone? I know the wonder and desire That went to build my own." —Rudyard Kipling; "The Fires" |
Author's Note
There are a number of poems in this collection that have not previously appeared in book form. But, as a few readers may discern, many of the verses are reprinted from Songs for a Little House (1917), The Rocking Horse (1919) and Hide and Seek (1920). There is also one piece revived from the judicious obscurity of an early escapade, The Eighth Sin, published in Oxford in 1912. It is on Mr. Thomas Fogarty's delightful and sympathetic drawings that this book rests its real claim to be considered a new venture. To Mr. Fogarty, and to Mr. George H. Doran, whose constant kindness and generosity contradict all the traditions about publishers and minor poets, the author expresses his permanent gratitude.
Roslyn, Long Island.
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