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Miami Woods : a golden wedding and other poems

Gallagher, William D. (1808-1894)

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I. Miami Woods.

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II. A Golden Wedding.

THE ROLLING FORK.

THE MOTHERS OF THE WEST.

AMONG THE GREEN HILLS OF ADAIR.

LYNN'S STATION ON BEARGRASS.

LOVE-LIFE ON THE ELKHORN.

THE SONG OF THE PIONEERS.

ON THE BANKS OF THE TENNESSEE.

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III. In Exaltis.

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I. The Portico.

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II. The Temple.

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III. The Gardens of Nature.

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[IV] The Happy Valleys.

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IV. Life Pictures.

The Mightier Realm.

Mabelle Golding.

Over “The Bridge of Sighs.”

Song of “The Knitting Girl.”

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V. Miscellaneous Poems.

A Hymn of the Day that is Dawning.

Truth and Freedom.

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All Things Free.

Be Firm!—Be True!

To an Early Spring Flower.

The Cardinal Bird.

A Summer Scene.

The Mountain Paths.

A Harvest Hymn.

Happiness—A Picture.

Autumn Afternoon.

To a Late Fall Flower.

The Wreck at Sea.

A Wonderful Story.

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After long-wandering in the crowded streets
Of busy cities, where Humanity
Is least and greatest; after gay saloons,
And soft, seductive luxuries, and forms
Languidly beautiful, and oft-heard tones
Have pall'd upon the senses; what delight
Steals o'er the spirit, in the beautiful haunts
Of Nature, 'mid the silence, and the shade,
And low, sweet murmurs from the earth and air,
And all the holy influences that come
With blesséd gleams of the blue heavens above!