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Hagar

The Singing Maiden, with Other Stories and Rhymes,

Purvis, T. T.

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[dedication]

HAGAR, THE SINGING MAIDEN.

[“Under the greenwood tree]

[“O once my heart was light and gay]

[“I'm leaving you, old friends, I'm leaving you]

[“Her song was of summer time]

[The sun's going down by the sycamore tree]

THE SONG OF WATER.

THE SONG OF THE LOWLY.

[“As I passed along the highway]

OUR MEADOW.

THE LEGEND OF THE TUBEROSE.

WHAT THE LICHENS SANG.

THE STUDENT'S BURIAL.

THE LEGEND OF PRINCESS TIRANA.

[“We are free, we are free]

[“We are slaves, we are slaves]

MONA'S SONG.

[“Oh, the good Prince Liber]

BERTHA'S DREAM; OR, THE FLOWER CHAIN.

[“Follow, oh, follow the Cactus leaves]

[“Dark without, but light within]

[“They must love truth, and have no fear]

[“They must be pure as crystal clear]

MISS MOPPET'S VISIT.

THE PLANTING OF THE TREES.

LIGHT FOR THE STRAYING.

OVER THE WAY.

MORNING GLORIES.

LAMENT OF THE FUGITIVE SLAVE.

THE BLIGHTED HARVEST.

LAMENT OF TOUSSAINT L'OUVERTURE,

II.

THE DEATH OF THE “LA PACTOLE.”

THE SONG OF THE SCULLION.

APRIL.

WHAT THE SNOW SAID TO THE EARTH.

THE DARKENED CHAMBER.

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BERTHA'S DREAM; OR, THE FLOWER CHAIN.

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[“Follow, oh, follow the Cactus leaves]

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“Follow, oh, follow the Cactus leaves
To the summer-land, where no one grieves.”

[“Dark without, but light within]

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“Dark without, but light within;
Enter, maiden, free from sin.”

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[“They must love truth, and have no fear]

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“They must love truth, and have no fear;
None else can find an entrance here.”

[“They must be pure as crystal clear]

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“They must be pure as crystal clear,
They must love truth, and have no fear,
Or seek in vain to enter here.”