# Afterwhiles

Author: Riley, James Whitcomb, 1849-1916

Genre: Category: Poetry

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/15862

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Afterwhiles+Riley&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

***Transcriber's Note. Most of this etext was made with a "Top Scan" text scanner, with a bit of correcting here and there. Mr. Riley does spell pretty=purty and such things and have been left as printed, including the first poem in this book listed as "Proem" on both the contents page and the page headers, even though in later editions this poem is simply called "Afterwhiles." In "The South Wind and the Sun" the line is 'Laughed out in every look.' while in later versions it has the word 'nook', replacing 'look.' The poem "Old Aunt Mary's" is later retitled "Out To Old Aunt Mary's" and later enlarged by 13 verses. The "In Dalect" section has the ' to replace a letter that he left out, to...

## Chapters

- [Chapter 3](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/afterwhiles-15862/chapters/3/index.md)
- [Chapter 2](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/afterwhiles-15862/chapters/2/index.md)
- [Chapter 1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/afterwhiles-15862/chapters/1/index.md)
- [Chapter 4](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/afterwhiles-15862/chapters/4/index.md)
- [Chapter 5](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/afterwhiles-15862/chapters/5/index.md)