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Naked Genius

Horton, George Moses (1798?-ca. 1880)

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INTRODUCTION.

SKETCH OF THE AUTHOR.

THE MUSICAL CHAMBER.

GEORGE MOSES HORTON, MYSELF.

A DIRGE.

DEATH OF A FAVORITE.

THE FEARFUL TRAVELLER IN THE HAUNTED CASTLE.

TO CATHERINE.

THE SWAN—VAIN PLEASURES.

GEN. GRANT—THE HERO OF THE WAR.

THE POWERS OF LOVE.

TO A DEPARTING FAVORITE.

SHERMAN THE GREAT.

THE HEROES OF THE LATE WAR.

THE SOUTHERN REFUGEE.

THE SLAVE.

FARE THEE WELL, BUT NOT FOREVER.

THE TRAVELLER.

RECENT APPEARANCE OF A LADY.

MEDITATIONS ON A COLD DARK AND RAINY NIGHT.

GEN'L KILPATRICK, THE BOLD CAVALIER.

LINCOLN IS DEAD.

ON AN OLD DELUDED SUITOR.

THE WOODMAN AND THE MONEY HUNTER.

THE EYE OF LOVE.

THE CREDITOR TO HIS PROUD DEBTOR.

PLEASURES OF HOPE.

A SLAVE'S REFLECTIONS THE EVE BEFORE HIS SALE.

FAREWELL TO FRANCES.

THE RETREAT FROM MOSCOW.

IMPLORING TO BE RESIGNED AT DEATH.

THE GRADUATE LEAVING COLLEGE.

TO THE KING OF MACEDONIA.

DIVISION OF AN ESTATE.

PRIDE IN HEAVEN.

TO MISS TEMPE.

MAN, A TORCH.

LIKE BROTHERS WE MEET.

THE DYING SOLDIER'S MESSAGE.

THE TREACHEROUS WOMAN.

THE SPECTATOR OF THE BATTLE OF BELMONT, NOVEMBER 6, 1863.

LIBERTY.

EXECUTION OF PRIVATE HENRY ANDERSON,

A DIRGE ON THE SAME. [EXECUTION OF PRIVATE HENRY ANDERSON.]

THE GUILTY JUDGE.

THE FLAG OF THE FREE.

ONE GENERATION PASSETH AWAY AND ANOTHER COMETH.

A VISIT TO MY MOTHER'S GRAVE.

DEATH OF AN OLD CARRIAGE HORSE.

DEATH OF GEN. JACKSON

MR. CLAY'S RECEPTION AT RALEIGH, APRIL, 1844.

CLAY'S DEFEAT.

SLAVERY.

THE TERRORS OF WAR.

THE HAPPY BIRD'S NEST.

THE FATE OF AN INNOCENT DOG.

THE TIPPLER TO HIS BOTTLE.

ROSABELLA—PURITY OF HEART.

FALSE WEIGHT.

DEPARTING SUMMER.

REFLECTIONS FROM THE FLASH OF A METEOR.

TRUE FRIENDSHIP.

ON THE CONVERSION OF A SISTER.

EARLY AFFECTION.

CONNUBIAL FELICITY.

NO, NEVER LOVE.

DISCARDED BY A FALSE SUITOR.

RECOLLECTIONS OF PAST EVENTS.

THE INTEMPERANCE CLUB.

JEFFERSON IN A TIGHT PLACE.

GEN. JORDAN, COMMANDING 1ST BRIG., 3D CAV. DIV., CAV. CORPS, M. D. M.

THE SOLDIER ON HIS WAY HOME

THE SOLDIER AT HOME.

THE ANGEL OF DEATH AT THE BED OF A DYING SAINT.

THE FLIGHT OF THOUGHT.

POVERTY.

THE USE OF LIBERTY.

EULOGY ON THE DEATH OF A SISTER.

THE LATE THUNDER STORM WHILE IN CA AT CONCORD, N. C., JUNE 20, 1865.

McCROOM TO HIS MISS.

ADVICE TO THE EXTRAVAGANT, PROUD AND IDLE.

THE HERMIT'S VIEW FROM THE MOUNTAIN.

SONG OF LIBERTY.

SHE AVERED SHE KNEW NOT WHAT TO SING

THE EYE DROP.

TOUCH NOT, HANDLE NOT, TASTE NOT.

TO THE FOURTH.

HARD IS THE SENTENCE OF PARTING MAN AND WIFE, THOUGH THEY MAY HAVE MUCH DISAGREED.

A WIFE, A WIFE, A WIFE, ALL THE DIN IS WIFE—OH FIE! FIE! FIE!

BEWARE! I AM GONE!

THE POWER OF LOVE.

THE HORSE STOLEN FROM THE CAMP.

WEEP.

NEGRO SPECULATION.

THE PLEASURES OF FREE GRACE AND AN ANXIETY FOR A VIEW OF HEAVEN.

THE CHEERLESS CONDITION OF BACHELORSHIP

THE THOUGHT OF HOME IN BATTLE.

THE MEMORY OF A LADY IN BATTLE.

THE FRIENDS LEFT AT HOME.

THE SOLDIER'S DISMISSAL.

THE UNION OF PARTIES.

SONG OF LIBERTY AND PARENTAL ADVICE.

SING ON.

AT LEAVING CAMP.

LANGUISHING FOR SOME ONE.

THE UNAWAKENED PENITENT RETURNING FROM THE CAMP.

SNAPS FOR DINNER, SNAPS FOR BREAKFAST AND SNAPS FOR SUPPER.

THE SOLDIER'S THOUGHT OF HOME AT THE END OF THE WAR.

A FAINT DESCRIPTION FROM THE PLAINS OF MICHIGAN.

FROM LEAVING HOME.

LET ME BE THERE.

A BEAUTIFUL MOONLIGHT NIGHT IN APRIL.

ASSASSINATION OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

MRS. LINCOLN'S LAMENTATION.

THE OBSTRUCTIONS OF GENIUS.

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A DIRGE ON THE SAME. [EXECUTION OF PRIVATE HENRY ANDERSON.]

Look! my soul, O, look and wonder!
Tears distil from every eye;
Soul and body torn asunder—
What a dreadful death I die!

Hark! the knell of death is tolling!
Just before me lies the grave!
For the pain there's no controlling—
Shoot! I fall! no longer brave!

By a martial host surrounded,
What a dreadful sight to see!
All my hopes are now confounded,
Say, what will become of me?

Hark! I hear the death drum beating!
Every pleasure sinks in gloom;
Doleful music still repeating—
Drag the culprit in his tomb!

Void of father or a mother
In this land, to take my part;
Void of sister or a brother
To appease my broken heart.

Hark! I hear imperial rebels
Rattling in accursed chains;
Crowded by a group of devils
Wailing in eternal pain!