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The Writings of Bret Harte

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Harte, Bret (1836-1902)

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POEMS
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STORIES AND POEMS AND OTHER UNCOLLECTED WRITINGS BY BRET HARTE

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EFFIE

Effie is both young and fair,
Dewy eyes and sunny hair;
Sunny hair and dewy eyes
Are not where her beauty lies.
Effie is both fond and true,
Heart of gold and will of yew;
Will of yew and heart of gold—
Still her charms are scarcely told.
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If she yet remain unsung,
Pretty, constant, docile, young,
What remains not here compiled?
Effie is a little child!
 

This poem originally appeared in the Golden Era. It was later published in St. Nicholas Magazine, with the name changed to Jessie, and afterward set to music under that title by Leopold Damrosch, and also by N. H. Allen.

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