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THE NIGHT-WIND
2023-12-06THE NIGHT-WIND. In summer's mellow midnight, A cloudless moon shone through Our open parlour window, And rose-trees wet with dew. I sat in silent ...
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LOVE AND FRIENDSHIP
2023-12-06LOVE AND FRIENDSHIP. Love is like the wild rose-briar; Friendship like the holly-tree. The holly is dark when the rose-briar blooms, But which will bl...
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THE ELDER'S REBUKE
2023-12-06THE ELDER'S REBUKE. "Listen! When your hair, like mine, Takes a tint of silver gray; When your eyes, with dimmer shine, Watch life's bubb...
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THE WANDERER FROM THE FOLD
2023-12-06THE WANDERER FROM THE FOLD. How few, of all the hearts that loved, Are grieving for thee now; And why should mine to-night be moved With such a sense ...
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WARNING AND REPLY
2023-12-06WARNING AND REPLY. In the earth——the earth——thou shalt be laid, A grey stone standing over thee; Black mould beneath thee spre...
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LAST WORDS
2023-12-06LAST WORDS. I knew not 'twas so dire a crime To say the word, "Adieu;" But this shall be the only time My lips or heart shall sue. That ...
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THE LADY TO HER GUITAR
2023-12-06THE LADY TO HER GUITAR. For him who struck thy foreign string, I ween this heart has ceased to care; Then why dost thou such feelings bring To my sad ...
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THE TWO CHILDREN
2023-12-06THE TWO CHILDREN. Heavy hangs the rain-drop From the burdened spray; Heavy broods the damp mist On uplands far away. Heavy looms the dull sky, Heavy r...
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THE VISIONARY
2023-12-06THE VISIONARY. Silent is the house: all are laid asleep: One alone looks out o'er the snow-wreaths deep, Watching every cloud, dreading every bree...
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ENCOURAGEMENT
2023-12-06ENCOURAGEMENT. I do not weep; I would not weep; Our mother needs no tears: Dry thine eyes, too; 'tis vain to keep This causeless grief for years. ...