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My Mind and its Thoughts, in Sketches, Fragments, and Essays

Morton, Sarah Wentworth (1759-1846)

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My Mind AND ITS THOUGHTS, IN SKETCHES, FRAGMENTS, AND ESSAYS;

LINES TO POVERTY.

TO GEORGE HENRY APTHORP.

PRAYER TO PATIENCE.

CHARACTER FROM LIFE.

LINES TO JOHN C. WARREN, M. D. OF BOSTON, MASS.

STANZAS TO DISAPPOINTMENT.

INSCRIPTIONS. Intended for a little Island upon the Schuylkill, belonging to the proprietor of the Woodlands; at whose request the following were hastily written.

SONG OF THE RUNIC BARD.

SECOND ODE TO TIME.

DISINTERESTEDNESS,

TO LEWIS HERVEY, ESQ.

INJUNCTION TO D. W. L.

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CHARACTERISTIC SONGS.

SUCCESSFUL LOVER.

TO A BEAUTIFUL INFANT.

LINES TO A LADY, DANCING.

LINES IMPROMPTU,

TRIBUTARY LINES

TO THE HON. JOHN JAY.

TO HIS EXCELLENCY JOHN JAY,

SONNET, TO MAJOR GENERAL LINCOLN.

SONNET TO THE FULL SUMMER MOON.

SONNET TO ADVERSITY.

STANZAS TO AARON BURR.

LINES TO MRS. MONTGOMERY.

THE AFRICAN CHIEF.

CHARACTERISTIC PORTRAIT.

THE STAR GAZER.

MORTAL AND IMMORTAL.

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DEDICATION HYMN.

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MONODIES, Elegies, and Stanzas.

AUX MANES DE JULIE.

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SONG OF THE RUNIC BARD.

THE POWER OF MUSIC IS THUS HYPERBOLICALLY COMMEMORATED BY ONE OF THE RUNIC BARDS.

“I know a Song—by which I soften and enchant the arms of my enemies, and render their weapons of no effect.”

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“I know a Song—which I need only to sing when men have loaded me with bonds; for the moment I sing it, my chains fall in pieces, and I walk forth in liberty.”

“I know a Song—useful to all mankind; for as soon as hatred inflames the sons of men, the moment I sing it, they are appeased.”

“I know a Song—of such virtue, that were I caught in a storm, I can hush the winds, and render the air perfectly calm.”

See Godwin's life of Chaucer.