<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=416574" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Bewildering Emotions</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">The merriment that followed was subdued--<br>As though the story-teller's attitude<br>Were dual, in a sense, appealing quite<br>As much to sorrow as to mere delight,<br>According, haply, to the listener's bent<br>Either of sad or merry temperament.--<br>'And of your two appeals I much prefer<br>The pathos,' said 'The Noted Traveler,'--<br>'For should I live to twice my present years,<br>I know I could not quite forget the tears<br>That child-eyes bleed, the little palms nailed wide,<br>And quivering soul and body crucified....<br>But, bless 'em! there are no such children here<br>To-night, thank God!--Come here to me, my dear!'<br>He said to little Alex, in a tone<br>So winning that the sound of it alone<br>Had drawn a child more lothful to his knee:--<br>'And, now-sir, _I'll_ agree if _you'll_ agree,--<br>_You_ tell us all a story, and then _I_<br>Will tell one.'</div><div style="margin:10px 0">'_But I can't._'</div><div style="margin:10px 0">'Well, can't you _try?_'<br>'Yes, Mister: he _kin_ tell _one_. Alex, tell<br>The one, you know, 'at you made up so well,<br>About the _Bear_. He allus tells that one,'<br>Said Bud,--'He gits it mixed some 'bout the _gun_<br>An' _ax_ the Little Boy had, an' _apples_, too.'--<br>Then Uncle Mart said--'There, now! that'll do!--<br>Let _Alex_ tell his story his own way!'<br>And Alex, prompted thus, without delay<br>Began.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=James+Whitcomb+Riley">James Whitcomb Riley</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=416574" data-title="Bewildering Emotions de James Whitcomb Riley" data-description="The merriment that followed was subdued-- As though the story-teller's attitude Were dual, in a sense, appealing quite As much to sorrow as to mere delight, According, haply, to the listener's bent Either of sad or merry temperament.-- 'And of you..."></div> </div> </div>

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