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The man of Uz, and other poems

Sigourney, L. H. (1791-1865)

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THE MAN OF UZ.
  
PREFACE.
  
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THE RURAL LIFE IN NEW-ENGLAND.
  
INTRODUCTION.
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CANTO FIRST.
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CANTO SECOND.
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CANTO THIRD.
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IN MEMORIAM.
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1859
  
REV. DR. T. M. COOLEY,
  
MADAM OLIVIA PHELPS,
  
MARTHA AGNES BONNER,
  
MADAM WHITING,
  
DENISON OLMSTED, LL. D.,
  
HERBERT FOSS,
  
MRS. CHARLES N. CADWALLADER,
  
REV. DR. JAMES W. ALEXANDER,
  
MRS. JOSEPH MORGAN,
  
MISS ALICE BECKWITH,
  
MARY SHIPMAN DEMING.
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1860
  
REV. DR. F. W. HATCH,
  
MRS. PAYNE,
  
MRS. MARY MILDENSTEIN ROBERTSON,
  
MADAM WILLIAMS,
  
SAMUEL G. OGDEN, ESQ.,
  
MR. GEORGE BEACH,
  
MISS MARGARET C. BROWN,
  
MISS FRANCES WYMAN TRACY,
  
DEACON NORMAND SMITH,
  
MRS. HELEN TYLER BEACH,
  
MRS. ELIZABETH HARRIS,
  
MISS ANNA M. SEYMOUR,
  
CALEB HAZEN TALCOTT,
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1861
  
MISS JANE PENELOPE WHITING,
  
MISS ANNA FREEMAN,
  
MADAM POND,
  
ANNIE SEYMOUR ROBINSON,
  
MRS. GEORGIANA IVES COMSTOCK,
  
WENTWORTH ALEXANDER,
  
MRS. HARVEY SEYMOUR,
  
MRS. FREDERICK TYLER,
  
MISS LAURA KINGSBURY,
  
GOVERNOR JOSEPH TRUMBULL,
  
MRS. EMILY ELLSWORTH,
  
REV. STEPHEN JEWITT, D. D.,
  
MISS DELIA WOODRUFF GODDING,
  
MISS SARA K. TAYLOR,
  
MR. JOHN WARBURTON,
  
REV. HENRY ALBERTSON POST,
  
MISS CAROLINE L. GRIFFIN,
  
MR. NORMAND BURR,
  
HON. THOMAS S. WILLIAMS,
  
COLONEL H. L. MILLER,
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1862
  
COLONEL SAMUEL COLT,
  
MADAM HANNAH LATHROP,
  
HENRIETTA SELDEN COLT,
  
THE LITTLE BROTHERS.
  
MR. DAVID F. ROBINSON,
  
MR. SAMUEL TUDOR,
  
HENRY HOWARD COMSTOCK,
  
REV. DR. DAVID SMITH,
  
MISS EMILY B. PARISH,
  
HARRIET ALLEN ELY,
  
MISS CATHARINE BALL,
  
MRS. MORRIS COLLINS,
  
MRS. MARGARET WALBRIDGE,
  
THE BROTHERS.
  
HON. PHILLIP RIPLEY,
  
RICHARD ELY COLLINS,
  
MISS ELIZABETH BRINLEY,
  
MR. JOHN A. TAINTOR,

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151

MARTHA AGNES BONNER,

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Child of Robert Bonner, Esq., died at New York, April 28th, 1859, aged 13 months.

There was a cradling lent us here,
To cheer our lot,
It was a cherub in disguise,
But yet our dim and earth-bow'd eyes
Perceiv'd it not.
Its voice was like the symphony
That lute-strings lend,
Yet tho' our hearts the music hail'd
As a sweet breath of heaven, they fail'd
To comprehend.
It linger'd till each season fill'd
Their perfect round,
The vernal bud, the summer-rose,
Autumnal gold, and wintry snows
Whitening the ground.
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But when again reviving Spring
Thro' flowers would roam,
And the white cherry blossoms stirr'd
Neath the soft wing of chirping bird,
A call from angel-harps was heard,
“Cherub,—come home.
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