Sheaves (Classic Reprint) - Hardcover

Mary Louise Ritter

9780484323222: Sheaves (Classic Reprint)

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ISBN 10: 0484323229 ISBN 13: 9780484323222

Publisher: Forgotten Books, 2017

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Discover a 19th‑century poetry collection that surveys love, longing, faith, and social feeling through vivid, lyric verse.

Mary Louise Ritter’s Sheaves gathers poems first published in 1872, offering intimate meditations and dramatic scenes across a range of moods—from dreamlike longing to stark social witness. This edition presents the breadth of the book, inviting readers to step into voices that wrestle with memory, hope, and human connection.

The verses move from personal reverie to observations about society, faith, and resilience. Readers will encounter intimate portraits, political edge, and reflective meditations that feel both historical and surprisingly modern in their emotional clarity. The collection invites quiet reading, repeated revisits, and a search for meaning in everyday life.

Encounter lyrical expressions of love, devotion, and longing across varied settings and tones.
Explore reflections on happiness, loss, memory, and moral feeling through compact, image-rich verse.
Experience shifts between tenderness, social critique, and spiritual consolation.
Enjoy a window into an era’s poetic voice and its melodic, accessible style.

Ideal for readers of classic American poetry, 19th‑century verse, and thoughtful, compact lyric works that reward patient attention.

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