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    Riley Love-Lyrics
    Riley Love-Lyrics
    Riley Love-Lyrics
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    Riley Love-Lyrics

    By James Whitcomb Riley

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    'Riley Love-Lyrics' is a collection of poems accompanied with black-and-white photographs. The book was written by James Whitcomb Riley. Featured titles include the following: 'A Very Youthful Affair', 'Her Face and Brow', 'When She Comes Home', 'Their Sweet Sorrow', 'When My Dreams Come True', and 'Home At Night'.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherGood Press
    Release dateDec 20, 2019
    ISBN4064066148188
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      Riley Love-Lyrics - James Whitcomb Riley

      James Whitcomb Riley

      Riley Love-Lyrics

      Published by Good Press, 2022

      goodpress@okpublishing.info

      EAN 4064066148188

      Table of Contents

      ILLUSTRATIONS

      AN OLD SWEETHEART OF MINE

      A' OLD PLAYED-OUT SONG

      A VERY YOUTHFUL AFFAIR

      AN OUT-WORN SAPPHO

      THE PASSING OF A HEART

      DREAM

      HE CALLED HER IN

      HER BEAUTIFUL EYES

      HER FACE AND BROW

      LET US FORGET

      WHEN SHE COMES HOME

      LEONAINIE

      HER WAITING FACE

      THE OLD YEAR AND THE NEW

      THEIR SWEET SORROW

      JUDITH

      HE AND I

      THE LOST PATH

      MY BRIDE THAT IS TO BE

      HOW IT HAPPENED

      WHEN MY DREAMS COME TRUE

      NOTHIN' TO SAY

      IKE WALTON'S PRAYER

      ILLILEO

      THE WIFE-BLESSÉD

      MY MARY

      HOME AT NIGHT

      WHEN LIDE MARRIED HIM

      HER HAIR

      LAST NIGHT—AND THIS

      A DISCOURAGING MODEL

      SUSPENSE

      TOM VAN ARDEN

      TO HEAR HER SING

      THE RIVAL

      A VARIATION

      WHERE SHALL WE LAND?

      THE TOUCHES OF HER HANDS

      A SONG OF LONG AGO

      WHEN AGE COMES ON

      FARMER WHIPPLE—BACHELOR

      THE ROSE

      HAS SHE FORGOTTEN?

      BLOOMS OF MAY

      THE SERMON OF THE ROSE

      ILLUSTRATIONS

      Table of Contents

      (ILLUSTRATIONS—TAILPIECE)

      RILEY LOVE-LYRICS

      Table of Contents

      (AN OLD SWEETHEART OF MINE)

      AN OLD SWEETHEART OF MINE

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