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The poetical writings of Elizabeth Oakes Smith

Second edition
Smith, Elizabeth Oakes Prince (1806-1893)

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THE SINLESS CHILD.
  
INSCRIPTION.
 1. 
PART I.
 2. 
PART II.
 3. 
PART III.
 4. 
PART IV.
 5. 
PART V.
 6. 
PART VI.
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PART VII.
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SONNETS.
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THE POET'S LIFE, IN SIX SONNETS.
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I. POESY.
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II. THE BARD.
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III. THE UNATTAINED.
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IV. RELIGION.
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V. A DREAM.
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VI. AN INCIDENT.
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VII. ERROR.
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VIII. MENTAL SOLITUDE.
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IX. DISTRUST.
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X. ILLUSTRATION OF A CAMEO:
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XI. THE RUSTIC.
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XII. THE RUSTIC.
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XIII. WAYFARERS.
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XIV. TWILIGHT
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XV. TO THE OPAL.
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XVI. DUTY.
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XVII. THE PILGRIM.
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XVIII. SYMPATHY.
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XIX. SYMPATHY.
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XX. SELF RENUNCIATION.
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XXI. TO THE HUDSON.
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LIFE.
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XXII. CHILDHOOD.
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XXIII. YOUTH.
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XXIV. MANHOOD.
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XXV. OLD AGE.
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XXVI. LIFE-LONG MARTYRDOM.
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XXVII. CAPITAL PUNISHMENT.
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ATHEISM,
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XXVIII. FAITH.
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XXIX. REASON.
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XXX. ANNIHILATION
  
THE ACORN.
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MISCELLANEOUS POEMS.
  
THE APRIL RAIN.
  
THE WATER.
  
THE PARK FOUNTAIN.
  
THE LAST SHOT.
  
“THOU HAST LOVED.”
  
PRESAGES.
  
THE LOVE OF LADY ANN.
  
CHILDHOOD'S LAUGH.
  
THE CHILD AND THE ROSE.
  
TO A BABE.
  
THE CHILD'S BENEDICTION.
  
LOVE SHELTERED.
  
THE GUARDIAN ANGEL.
  
THE FIRST LEAF OF AUTUMN.
  
MINISTERING SPIRITS.
  
FAREWELL TO FANCY.
  
THE ELEVENTH HOUR.
  
THE APPEAL.
  
THE JEWISH CAPTIVE.
  
SONG. I.
  
SONG. II.
  
SONG. III.
  
THE BROOK.
  
THE SLEEP OF PLANTS.
  
THE FLOWER OF INNOCENCE,
  
THE OLD MAN.
  
THE DROWNED MARINER.
  
THE SUMMONS ANSWERED.
  
THE TWICE-TOLD SEAL.
  
THE VOICE OF THE AGE.

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XI.
THE RUSTIC.

IN TWO SONNETS.

Of tattered robe all recklessly the while
She climbed the rugged hill with eager feet,
Caught the first waking of the morning smile,
And felt her heart with joyous wonder beat,
As slowly past the mountain vapor swept,
Lifting itself in fleecy folds away
From lake, and stream, and grove, and vale, that slept
Within its down, like weary child from play.
A lisping girl she was, yet fair withal,
Who with the buttercup and wild brook played,
Till labor claimed her for his daily thrall;
And she, in kirtle short and gown arrayed,
Left far behind her home in that sweet dell,
Blest with the hum of bees and song of whippoorwill.
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