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Poems of Paul Hamilton Hayne

Complete edition with numerous illustrations

Hayne, Paul Hamilton (1830-1886)

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I.
TO THE POET WHITTIER. ON HIS 70th BIRTHDAY.

From this far realm of pines I waft thee now
A brother's greeting, Poet, tried and true;
So thick the laurels on thy reverend brow,
We scarce can see the white locks glimmering through!

O pure of thought! Earnest in heart as pen,
The tests of time have left thee undefiled;
And o'er the snows of threescore years and ten
Shines the unsullied aureole of a child.

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I. TO THE POET WHITTIER. ON HIS 70th BIRTHDAY.

I.
TO THE POET WHITTIER. ON HIS 70th BIRTHDAY.