Download or read book Tales Told in a Country Store and Accompanying Verse (Classic Reprint) written by Alvin Lincoln Snow and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-08-24 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Tales Told in a Country Store and Accompanying Verse In a portion of country I now know quite well, Not extremely remote from a ourishing town, Whose location and name scarce 'twere worth while to tell, I. Is a small country store; weather-beaten and brown. Near by, two roads cross, and a guide-board is placed, The way faring traveler's route to make plain. By truant boys' jack-knives and shot-guns defaced, It stands like a martyr in sun and in rain. Most beautiful farms this quaint building surround; Broad meadows and vast fields devoted to corn. What herds of sheep, cattle and horses abound! 2. 0, city youth! Curl not your proud lip in scorn! The denizens live by the sweat of the brow; Though not eager to grasp for the latest thing out, There are, among those who there follow the plow, Many minds that your cultured set vainly would out. 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."