The Farmer's Meditations, or Shepherd's Songs

Limerick, ME: Wm. Burr, Printer, 1833. Very Good. Limerick, ME: Wm. Burr, Printer, 1833. First Edition. 16mo. 255pp. Bound in contemporary calf. Front hinge starting but form; mild scuffing. Binding sound. Lacks front free endpaper. Mild spotting and marginal chipping; overall Very Good and sound. At times poetic and sentimental, these poems from the Eaton, New Hampshire farmer also served to relay detailed local news of the day, with such selections as "On the Death of Esther Merrow, daughter of George Merrow" and "On the death of Gilman, Mooney, son of Hercules Mooney, of Eaton, N.H. who died in Haverhill, N.H. By his request his corpse was brought seventy miles and interred in his father's burying place." Randall shows his range in writing "On Madness" and "Late War between Poland and Russia." Uncommon.