The Song of Kansas and Other Poems. DY JOEL MOODY. "There is no history so true as the poetic." -Marcella Howland. TOPEKA, KANSAS: V EACH of these poems was written for a special purpose to commemorate some fact or event in my own life. The Song of Kansas is a tribute to the State in which I have lived nearly thirty-two years. My life is a part of its history. I wrote the "Song" for my children, who were born in Kansas, and desired to know something of the early history of their State. For this purpose I have added ample notes. There The other poems connect me with things and persons, about which or to whom they were written, and thus they also are a part of my life. has been of late a personal demand on me for their publication. I send them forth, not for profit or fame, but simply as messages of Patriotism, of Friendship, and Love. THE MAPLES: MOUND CITY, KANSAS, September 1, 1890. THE AUTHOR. M276667 |