"I am, as I am; whether hideous, or handsome, depends upon who is made judge."Herman Melville, best known for writing Moby Dick, was an American writer whose poetry perhaps goes largely unheralded.
The Story of a Young Street Musician
First published in 1872 by Loring, Boston.
This story features Phil, a twelve-year-old Italian boy whose poor parents sold him to a Faginesque-like character called the padrone.
Phil, the Fiddler by Horatio Alger.
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He wore a velveteen jacket, and pantaloons which atoned, by their extra length, for the holes resulting from hard usage and antiquity.
Phil the Fiddler
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