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PRESENTIMENT
2023-12-06PRESENTIMENT. "Sister, you've sat there all the day, Come to the hearth awhile; The wind so wildly sweeps away, The clouds so darkly pile. Th...
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THE TEACHER'S MONOLOGUE
2023-12-06THE TEACHER'S MONOLOGUE. The room is quiet, thoughts alone People its mute tranquillity; The yoke put off, the long task done,—— I am,...
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PASSION
2023-12-06PASSION. Some have won a wild delight, By daring wilder sorrow; Could I gain thy love to-night, I'd hazard death to-morrow. Could the battle-strug...
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EVENING SOLACE
2023-12-06EVENING SOLACE. The human heart has hidden treasures, In secret kept, in silence sealed;—— The thoughts, the hopes, the dreams, the pleasu...
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STANZAS
2023-12-06STANZAS. If thou be in a lonely place, If one hour's calm be thine, As Evening bends her placid face O'er this sweet day's decline; If all...
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APOSTASY
2023-12-06APOSTASY. This last denial of my faith, Thou, solemn Priest, hast heard; And, though upon my bed of death, I call not back a word. Point not to thy Ma...
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WINTER STORES
2023-12-06WINTER STORES. We take from life one little share, And say that this shall be A space, redeemed from toil and care, From tears and sadness free. And, ...
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THE MISSIONARY
2023-12-06THE MISSIONARY. Plough, vessel, plough the British main, Seek the free ocean's wider plain; Leave English scenes and English skies, Unbind, dissev...
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FAITH AND DESPONDENCY
2023-12-06FAITH AND DESPONDENCY. "The winter wind is loud and wild, Come close to me, my darling child; Forsake thy books, and mateless play; And, while th...
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STARS
2023-12-06STARS. Ah! why, because the dazzling sun Restored our Earth to joy, Have you departed, every one, And left a desert sky? All through the night, your g...