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Songs, Merry and Sad

John Charles McNeill

Book Overview: 

This is the only volume of poetry published during John Charles McNeill's lifetime, containing 59 of his 400+ poems. McNeill was considered the unofficial poet laureate of his home state North Carolina until this position was established officially after World War II. His poetry enjoys enduring popularity, and is favoured by teachers and students for its accessibility

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Book Excerpt: 
. . .My heart is happiest when it proves Its depth of happiness. Enough to see you where you are, Radiant with maiden mirth! To bless whatever blessed star Presided o'er your birth, That, on this immemorial morn, When heaven was bending low, The gods were kind and you were born Twenty sweet years ago!



A Secret A little baby went to sleep One night in his white bed, And the moon came by to take a peep At the little baby head. A wind, as wandering winds will do, Brought to the baby there Sweet smells from some quaint flower that grew Out on some hill somewhere. And wind and flower and pale moonbeam About the baby's bed Stirred and woke the funniest dream In the little sleepy head. He thought he was all sorts of things From a lion to a cat; Sometimes he thought he flew on wings, Or fell an. . . Read More

Community Reviews

Nothing in here that would compel me to recommend it to anyone, but not a waste of time or ink. McNeill’s main strength seems to be in the nature poems and to a lesser extent the few explicit love poems in this book. Tinges of Yeats. Otherwise just a lot of pretty well-constructed poems about this o