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A lover's diary

Cary, Alice (1820-1871)

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DEDICATION.
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PART I. DREAM-LAND.
  
MONA, SEVEN YEARS OLD.
  
MONA, EIGHT YEARS OLD.
  
MONA, AT SCHOOL.
  
MONA, TEN YEARS OLD.
  
MONA, FOURTEEN.
  
MONA, SLEEPING.
  
MONA, SPINNING.
  
MONA, KNITTING.
  
MONA, MILKING.
  
KRUMLEY.
  
MONA, FIFTEEN.
  
MONA, PERFECT.
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PART II. SERENADES.
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I. APRIL.
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II. MAY.
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III. JUNE.
 4. 
IV. JULY.
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V. JULY.
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VI. AUGUST.
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VII. AUGUST.
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VIII. SEPTEMBER.
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IX. NOVEMBER.
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X. DECEMBER.
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XI. DECEMBER.
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XII. JANUARY.
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PART III. RHAPSODIES.
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[I. My beautiful little one]
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II. SPRING.
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III. CRAZY.
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IV. IN ABSENCE.
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V. ALL IN ALL.
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VI. VAGARIES.
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VII. MONA, SAD.
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VIII. MONA, SICK.
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IX. MONA, SICK.
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X. INSPIRED.
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[XI. Who wills it so, may praise]
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XII. WEARY.
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PART IV. REJECTED.
  
[I] PROPOSAL.
  
[II] REFUSAL.
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[III. Thou, that drawest aside the curtain]
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[IV. Kiss me, though you make believe]
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PART V. IN DESPAIR.
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[I. Through her I felt the evening's hush]
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II. TO THE MARCH FLOWERS.
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[III. I wish the rose were not so red]
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[IV. The violets, O the violets]
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V. AUGUST.
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[VI. The moon that was a crescent yesterday]
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[VII. O for the summers when]
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VIII. OCTOBER.
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[IX. Some quiet beams at daylight's close]
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[X. The nights they come and the nights they go]
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[XI. Her mouth was red, and you would say]
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[XII. I know not what the world may be]
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[XIII. My heart, my heart! I'm weary of your sighing]
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[XIV. The sun comes up and the sun goes down]
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[XV. The sun has vanished out o' my sight]
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PART VI. LOVE-LETTERS.
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I. TO MONA.
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II. MONA'S ANSWER.
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III. TO MONA.
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IV. MONA'S ANSWER.
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[V. My cruel little Mona]
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[VI. Before the daybreak I arise]
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[VII. My days dawn upon me in sadness]
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VIII. ON RECEIVING SOME FADED FLOWERS.
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IX. WHEN SHE HAD PROMISED TO MEET ME.
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X. AFTER WE MET.
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[XI. Would you bide in sweet content]
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PART VII. SOLILOQUIES.
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[I. As one who from a troubled dream]
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[II. Why hast thou forgot the snow]
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[III. Mona hath a slender waist]
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[IV. Down either way, from gentle, dove-like eyes]
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[V. Love's light is strange to you? Ah me]
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[VI. Whene'er I see the evening's sober gray]
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PART VIII. LIGHT AND SHADOW.
  
LANDMARKS.
  
MONA'S MOTHER.
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PART IX. MONA'S SONGS.
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[I. All day yesterday as I spun]
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[II. Wind that criest and moanest so]
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[III. Low, sweet and low]
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[IV. Six skeins and three, six skeins and three]
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[V. Like a poet in the splendor]
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[VI. Dear heart, a love so truly true]
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[VII. Little daisy, go to bed]
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[VIII. Come from your long, long roving]
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PART X. CONVERSATIONS.
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[I. Ah, blame me gently, though I sit for hours]
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II MONA ASKS ME TO SING.
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III. I ASK MONA TO SING.
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[IV. I said, “I have a tale to tell!”]
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[V. Forgive me, but I needs must press]
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[VI.“I was blind till yesterday.—”]
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[VII. I asked my darling once if she]
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[VIII. How, my love, shall I make thy bed]
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PART XI. AFTER MARRIAGE.
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[I. Say, do you love me as in the olden]
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[II. We have been lovers now, my dear]
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III. CHARITY.
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[IV. The clouds in many a windy rack]

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LANDMARKS.

An old house with a porch one side
That brier-vines run across,—
A door set hospitably wide,
And a roof ridged thick with moss.
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A sheep-field, level as a floor,
Outspreading far and wide,
And stretching up to the very door,
With a thicket either side.
A garden fenced with a paling low,
And cut right straight in two
By a pathway bordered with row on row
Of marigolds, pinks, and rue.
A glimpse of distant woods,—but why
Delay to paint the place?
For, after all, you will know it by
The smile-illumined face
Of one you will see who waits for me
In the shadows of the grove,
With shoulders bare, and leaf-brown hair,
And eyes like the eyes of a dove.
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