The Whistle Maker and Other Poems
The Whistle Maker
and
Other Poems
BY
William Nauns Ricks
As I have written so much verse which has received favorable comment, and not a few of which have been published; and because my friends have so persistently urged me to "publish a book," with many misgivings I am sending out to the busy world a few of my thoughts and musings.
I make no pretense to an exalted literary style or perfection; I have selected a few poems which seem to contain some small measure of beauty.
If any one of them should give you pleasure for a moment, or the whole of them should while away a pleasant half hour for you; or should you find comfort or inspiration to see the road of life from a broader and more cheerful plane; or if I sing a simple song to reach the heart, to bring you closer to man or to God, I shall be well repaid.
WILLIAM NAUNS RICKS.
December, 1914.
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