Project Gutenberg 2011-08-03 Public domain in the USA. 260 Carleton, Will 1845 1912 Carleton, W. M. (William McKendree) Carleton, William McKendree City Ballads Produced by Juliet Sutherland, Dianne Nolan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net "City Ballads" by Will Carleton is a collection of poems written in the late 19th century. The work reflects on the experiences of individuals transitioning from rural life to the complex and often challenging landscape of city living. Through the perspectives of a young student and an old farmer, Carleton explores themes of wealth, want, fire, water, vice, virtue, and the myriad experiences found within urban life. The opening of "City Ballads" introduces readers to the main themes and characters through the reflections of Arthur Selwyn, a young man freshly arrived in the city, and Farmer Harrington, an old farmer trying to adapt to his new surroundings. Both characters articulate their profound impressions of the city, contrasting its wealth and beauty with the loneliness and challenges they face. The poems touch on the allure of city life and the struggle for individual identity amid the bustling metropolis, setting the stage for the exploration of humanity's highs and lows in the urban setting as the narrative unfolds. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/36954/36954-h/images/cover.jpg Reading ease score: 82.1 (6th grade). Easy to read. en City and town life -- Poetry PS Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Literature Browsing: Poetry Category: Poetry Category: American Literature 381955 2025-06-15T06:19:42.856676 text/html 386921 2021-01-08T00:36:10 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 2606215 2021-01-08T00:36:10 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 2665811 2025-06-15T06:19:57.906565 application/epub+zip 2668007 2025-06-15T06:19:46.658587 application/epub+zip 183962 2025-06-15T06:19:44.740646 application/epub+zip 2817735 2025-06-15T06:20:02.830527 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 3005149 2025-06-15T06:19:54.870555 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 525247 2022-09-17T04:19:16.662087 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 232721 2025-06-15T06:19:40.862677 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 232588 2021-01-08T00:36:10 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 90209 2021-01-08T00:36:10 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 232582 2021-01-08T00:36:10 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 90173 2021-01-08T00:36:10 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20473 2025-06-15T06:20:03.021510 application/rdf+xml 17639 2025-06-15T06:19:44.904619 image/jpeg 2784 2025-06-15T06:19:44.823618 image/jpeg 2606012 2025-06-15T06:19:42.990632 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia