American

Sam Walter Foss

1858–1911


Sam Walter Foss was an American humorist and poet, born in Candia, New Hampshire, in 1858 and educated at Brown University.

He became librarian of the Somerville Public Library in 1898; his books include Back Country Poems (1892), Whiffs from Wild Meadows (1896) and Dreams in Homespun (1898).

  1. The Town of Hay
  2. The Calf-Path
  3. The House by the Side of the Road
  4. Then Ag'in

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