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James Whitcomb Riley

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Start with A Life-Lesson. This page collects 9 public James Whitcomb Riley poems in one quiet reading path.

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  1. A Life-Lesson by James Whitcomb Riley

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    nature, love, death
  2. A Song of the Road by James Whitcomb Riley

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    nature, love, death
  3. A Summer Afternoon by James Whitcomb Riley

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    nature, hope, solitude
  4. Ike Walton's Prayer by James Whitcomb Riley

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    nature, love, beauty
  5. Liberty by James Whitcomb Riley

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    nature, love, death
  6. Our Hired Girl by James Whitcomb Riley

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    nature, love, hope
  7. The Song of Yesterday by James Whitcomb Riley

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    nature, love, death
  8. There Was a Cherry-Tree by James Whitcomb Riley

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    nature, love, time
  9. Who Bides His Time by James Whitcomb Riley

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    nature, love, grief

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