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Poems: By Menella Bute Smedley

Smedley, Menella Bute (1819 or 20-1877)

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THE LITTLE FAIR SOUL.

WAITING FOR THE TIDE.

“WIND ME A SUMMER CROWN,” SHE SAID.

“ONCE UPON A TIME.”

A GIRL'S LOVE-SONG.

WHEN THE NEWS ABOUT THE ‘TRENT’ CAME.

“WINDY AND GREY THE MORNING.”

OUR WELCOME TO GARIBALDI.

IN THE MEANTIME.

A PLEA FOR BEAUTY.

WHAT WE MAY SEE.

ON THE DEATH OF PRINCE ALBERT.

WHAT HEAREST THOU?

EREMOS AND EUDÆMON.

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SCENE II.—Lady Grace's Library.

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TWO EARLY POEMS.

THE MOTHER'S LESSON.

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ODIN'S SACRIFICE.

The Priest's Speech.

The Priest's Speech continued.

The Decree of Odin.

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Her spirit passed with the last soft word,
And a voice of weeping around was heard;
The monarch clasped his wondering boy,
And hid his face in the child's bright hair,
He would not that his people's eye
Should look upon his first despair.