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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.
 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.
 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;
 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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THE VOICE AND PEN.

BY D. F. M'CARTHY.

Oh! the Orator's voice is a mighty power,
As it echoes from shore to shore,
And the fearless pen has more sway o'er men
Than the murderous cannon's roar!
To burst the chain far o'er the main,
And brighten the captive's den,
'Tis the fearless pen and the voice of power.
Hurrah! for the voice and pen!
Hurrah!
Hurrah! for the voice and pen!
When the Lord created the earth and sea,
The stars and the glorious sun,
The Godhead spoke, and the universe woke!
And the mighty work was done!
Let a word be flung from the orator's tongue,
Or a drop from the fearless pen,
And the chains accursed asunder burst,
That fetter'd the minds of men.
Hurrah!
Hurrah! for the voice and pen!
Oh! these are the swords with which we fight,
The arms in which we trust;
Which no tyrant hand will dare to brand,
Which time cannot dim or rust.
When these we bore, we triumph'd before,
With these we'll triumph again;
And the world will say no power can stay
The voice and the fearless pen.
Hurrah!
Hurrah! for the voice and pen!
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