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Three hours ; or, the vigil of love : and other poems

Hale, Sarah Josepha Buell (1788-1879)

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[PART I.]
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THREE HOURS; OR, THE VIGIL OF LOVE.
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FIRST HOUR.
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PART II. POEMS.
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PART III.
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[PART IV.] THE MISSISSIPPI, AND OTHER POEMS.

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The lowly Cottage-home was placed
Where then was all a lonely waste;
For Morton, always first to come
At duty's call or danger's frown,
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Had chosen there to fix his home,
Without the limits of the town,
Then to the narrow streets confined
That nearest to the water lay:
Around Fort Hill the dwellings wind,
And cluster near the open Bay;—
And westward then as now was heard
Like herald summons to be gone;
An undefined and wandering word,—
Its common import—further on.
And westward then had Morton gone
To draw the settlers further on.
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