William Mckendree Carleton
Who is William Mckendree Carleton
William McKendree Carleton (October 21, 1845 – December 18, 1912) was an American poet from Michigan. Carleton's poems were most often about his rural life.
Biography
Born in rural Lenawee County, Hudson, Michigan, Carleton was the fifth child of John Hancock and Celeste (Smith) Carleton. In 1869, he graduated from Hillsdale College, (where he was a member of delta tau delta fraternity) and delivered on that occasion the poem, "Rifts in the Cloud".After graduating from college in 1869, Carleton first worked as a newspaper journalist in Hillsdale. He had been in the habit of writing poetry as a youngster. His first significant work published was "Betsey and I Are Out", a humorous verse about a divorce that was first printed in the Toledo Blade, and reprinted by H...
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William Mckendree Carleton Poems
- Fire
[From Farmer Harrington's Calendar.]
MARCH 15, 18 - .
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- How We Kept The Day
I.
The great procession came up the street,
With clatter of hoofs and tramp of feet;
There was General Jones to guide the van,
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- Apples Growing
Underneath an apple-tree
Sat a dame of comely seeming,
With her work upon her knee,
And her great eyes idly dreaming.
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- Gone With A Handsomer Man
JOHN:
I'VE worked in the field all day, a-plowin' the "stony streak;"
I've scolded my team till I'm hoarse; I've tramped till my legs are weak;
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- More Ways Than One
[From Arthur Selwyn's Note-book.]
[More Ways Than One.]
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