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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.
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THREE SCENES IN THE SOUTH.
 3. 
MARY NEILLY.
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THE LAST OF TORCONNIER'S BAND.
 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.
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THE HISTORY OF A NEIGHBORHOOD. A TRUE TALE.

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EARTH'S HEAVENLY VISITOR.

BY MARY MIDDLETON.

An angel now is speeding
This wide world o'er and o'er,
As it hears the voice of wailing
Like ocean's ceaseless roar—
It comes from low roofed hovels,
It comes from palace halls,
An endless-endless chorus
Upon the heart it falls!
What tears of woe and sorrow,
And anguish hath it seen—
What broken hearts still bleeding,
And graves still fresh and green—
The fairest home is desolate,
The brightest hopes have fled,
And many loved most fondly
Have gone down to the dead!
Millions of bones are bleaching
Within the drunkard's tomb
Wild flowers have wreathed them over,
Yet oh, how deep their gloom—
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Murder—and crime—and poverty—
Linked here—man's direst foes
Have gathered all their weapons
From this forge of endless woes!
Oh blessed—blessed angel—
We welcome thee to earth—
And hope for it, a happier day,
A new and brighter birth—
When sealed up every Fountain
That flows with liquid sin,
How glad a day from that blest time
Would here on earth begin!
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