The Race of the Swift

by Edwin Carlile Litsey

Excerpt from The Race of the Swift

Heard as he called his pigs home. Above the high hills gleamed the timid tapers Of the early stars. A low breeze was chant ing a gentle vesper among the pines and oaks upon the knob-side. A blundering rabbit butted blindly through the weeds.

178 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1905

About the author

Edwin Carlile Litsey was (born on June 3, 1874 in Beechland, Washington County, Kentucky, died on February 3, 1970 in Lebanon, Marion County, Kentucky) was an American poet and writer.