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Letters of Laura D'Auverne

By Charles Swain

Swain, Charles (1801-1874)

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LETTERS OF LAURA D'AUVERNE TO BERTHA.

1.

LETTER FIRST. MARCH 23.

2.

LETTER SECOND MARCH 24.

3.

LETTER THIRD. MAY 1.

4.

LETTER FOURTH. MAY 3.

5.

LETTER FIFTH. MAY 17.

6.

LETTER SIXTH. JUNE.

7.

LETTER SEVENTH.

8.

9.

NINTH, AND LAST, LETTER.

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POEMS AND SONGS.

THE MOTHER'S HAND.

I WISH MY LOVE WERE SOME FAIR STREAM.

WHEN THE PURSE IS FULL.

OH! MARY, THOUGH IN RUSSET CLAD.

SIXTEEN AND SIXTY.

CATHERINE SEYTON.

DON'T SAY ONE THING AND MEAN ANOTHER.

A WIFE'S LAST CARE.

LIFE'S SHADOWS.

A SWING OF THE GATE.

THE CHERRY TREE.

THE MAIDEN'S CHOICE.

WHEN BEAUTY'S ROSE.

DISAPPOINTMENT.

COME, NAME A GOOD FELLOW.

THE RAIN WAS ABATING.

WAS THE GLASS MADE FOR PHYSIC?

EPITAPH ON THE LATE SALIS SCHWABE, ESQ.

THE WAYWARD ONE.

A NIGHT JOURNEY.

THE SEA SERPENT.

JUDGE NOT IN HASTE.

HOME IS WHERE THERE'S ONE TO LOVE US.

THE SHIP “EXTRAVAGANCE.”

THE BETTER SPIRIT.

EVERY MAN HAS HIS FAULT.

WORDS AND HEARTS.

HUMBLE HAPPINESS.

WE NE'ER CAN KNOW.

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------“Love was given,
Encouraged, sanctioned, chiefly to this end,—
That self might be annulled.”