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The adopted daughter

and other tales
Cary, Alice (1820-1871)
  
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CONTENTS.

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THE ADOPTED DAUGHTER.
 1. 
CHAPTER I.
 2. 
CHAPTER II.
 3. 
CHAPTER III.
 4. 
CHAPTER IV
 5. 
CHAPTER V.
 6. 
CHAPTER VI.
 7. 
CHAPTER VII.
 8. 
CHAPTER VIII.
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THREE SCENES IN THE SOUTH.
 1. 
SCENE I.—THE COTTAGE.
 2. 
SCENE II.—THE CONTRAST.
 3. 
SCENE III.—THE CATASTROPHE.
 3. 
MARY NEILLY.
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THE LAST OF TORCONNIER'S BAND.
 1. 
PART FIRST.
 2. 
PART SECOND.
 3. 
PART THIRD.
 5. 
THE SPOILER.
 6. 
A COUNTRY RECOLLECTION, OR, THE REFORMED INEBRIATE.
 7. 
THE WAY-SIDE SPRING.
 8. 
THE DYING HUSBAND.
 9. 
A WATER-SONG.
 10. 
OUT OF THE TAVERN.
 11. 
AGATHA TO HAROLD. A BALLAD.
 12. 
TWILIGHT
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LITTLE PELEG, THE DRUNKARD'S SON;
 1. 
CHAPTER I. THE CHRISTMAS SUPPER.
 2. 
CHAPTER II. THE BIRTH-NIGHT PARTY.
 3. 
CHAPTER III. REWARDS AND PUNISHMENTS.
 14. 
THE HEART'S LITANY.
 15. 
COMFORT.
 16. 
THE PEN AND THE PRESS.
 17. 
LOVELY WOMAN.
 18. 
THE CONSECRATION.
 19. 
THE SCULPTOR OF FLORENCE AND THE MYSTERIOUS STRANGER.
 20. 
“LOVE AND CHERISH ONE ANOTHER!”
 21. 
ROSE MAY, THE NEW SCHOOL-MISTRESS. A REMINISCENCE OF A NAMELESS VILLAGE.
 22. 
THE DEAD YOUTH OF THE ISTHMUS.
 23. 
CAST OUT THE WINE.
 24. 
A TALE.
 25. 
NANNY.
 26. 
MY EARLY FRIEND.
 27. 
THE SHADOW-DEATH.
 28. 
LOVE'S ASSURANCE.
 29. 
THE AUCTION, OR THE WEDDING-COAT. A TALE OF TRUTH.
 30. 
THE NEGLECTED.
 31. 
WINE OCCASIONALLY. EVELYN.
 32. 
UNEQUAL YOKING: A WARNING TO YOUNG WOMEN.
 33. 
THE ANGEL CHILD.
 34. 
A SISTER'S LOVE.
 35. 
THE DEVOTED.
 36. 
THE BASKET-MAKER. DEDICATED TO THE ARISTOCRACY.
 37. 
OUT-SPOKEN LOVE.
 38. 
LIGHTS AND SHADOWS.
 39. 
IDELLA PEMBERTON.
 40. 
AN AUTUMN SONG.
 41. 
THE LOVE OF ZEPHYR AND THE VIOLET.
 42. 
PRETTY, LAUGHING EOLINE.
 43. 
FEMALE PIONEERS OF THE WEST;
 44. 
MY WORK
 45. 
WORDS.
 46. 
ONE LEAF OF LIFE.
 47. 
THE TWO CLERKS.
 48. 
WINTER.
 49. 
LAMENT OF THE FORSAKEN.
 50. 
A TALE OF THE DESTROYER.
 51. 
THE SPIRIT OF THE VINE.
 52. 
NIAGARA.
 53. 
A TRUE STORY.
 54. 
EARTH'S HEAVENLY VISITOR.
 55. 
THE VOICE AND PEN.
 56. 
WATCHING.
 57. 
THE HISTORY OF A NEIGHBORHOOD. A TRUE TALE.

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THE SPIRIT OF THE VINE.

BY JOHN WESLEY WHITFIELD.

I had a cup of wine,
'Twas the nectar of the vine,
Though rosy hue
'Twas clear as dew,
And brightly did it shine.
I sat me down to dine
Beside the “rosy wine;”
No friend was by,
And glad was I
To think the wine was mine.
I raised it to my lip,
So anxious I to sip,
I gave the cup a tip
When horror fill'd my soul;
Just judge of my surprise,
I saw a spirit's eyes
Within the guilty bowl.
“Why drink this blood of mine?”
Said the spirit of the vine
“To give it thee
They murder'd me
While dwelling by the Rhine.”
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“Just take the cup
And drink it up,
And anguish shall be thine!
'Twill rack and crack thy brain,
And fill thee full of pain;
'Twill make thee glad,
Then sad and mad
And anything but sane!”
How did my spirits sink,
I did not dare to drink;
I saw me on the brink
Of ruin's fearful steep.
That eye with angry glare,
Did say to me “beware!
O do not—do not dare
To take the fatal leap!”
I took the rosy wine
I laid it in the ground
Where the cheering sun could shine
Upon its modest mound;
And oft I think how nigh the brink
Of ruin I was found!
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