Miller, Freeman E. (Freeman Edwin), 1864-1951 / 2008-07-02 00:00:00

EBOOK OKLAHOMA AND OTHER POEMS ***


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[Illustration: (Freeman E. Miller.)]
OKLAHOMA
AND
OTHER POEMS
BY
FREEMAN E. MILLER, A.M.,

PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE IN THE
AGRICULTURAL AND MECHANICAL COLLEGE OF
OKLAHOMA TERRITORY.

BUFFALO
CHARLES WELLS MOULTON
1895
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COPYRIGHT, 1895,
BY FREEMAN E. MILLER, A.M.

PRINTED BY
CHARLES WELLS MOULTON,
BUFFALO, N.Y.
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_TO_
_JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY,_
_IN AFFECTIONATE_
_MEMORY OF OTHER DAYS._
_Our dearest joys forever flow_
_From fountains of the Long Ago,_
_That from the heights of pleasures past_
_Flood all the present valleys vast,_
_And with eternal glees provide_
_The future's endless ocean tide._
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_To ope each cage where a heartless age_
_Hath chained the birds of singing,_
_Till Love's own glee that is fond and free_
_Shall laugh where they are winging,--_
_Such is my wish. 'Tis true, hold I,_
_That songs, like birds, in bondage die.
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