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The Writings of Bret Harte

standard library edition

Harte, Bret (1836-1902)

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JOHN BURNS OF GETTYSBURG

“HOW ARE YOU, SANITARY?”

RELIEVING GUARD

ON A PEN OF THOMAS STARR KING

A SECOND REVIEW OF THE GRAND ARMY

A SANITARY MESSAGE

THE OLD MAJOR EXPLAINS

CALIFORNIA'S GREETING TO SEWARD

THE AGED STRANGER

THE IDYL OF BATTLE HOLLOW

CALDWELL OF SPRINGFIELD

MISS BLANCHE SAYS

AN ARCTIC VISION

OFF SCARBOROUGH

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II. SPANISH IDYLS AND LEGENDS

THE MIRACLE OF PADRE JUNIPERO

THE WONDERFUL SPRING OF SAN JOAQUIN

CONCEPCION DE ARGUELLO

“FOR THE KING”

DON DIEGO OF THE SOUTH

AT THE HACIENDA

FRIAR PEDRO'S RIDE

IN THE MISSION GARDEN

THE LOST GALLEON

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III. IN DIALECT

PLAIN LANGUAGE FROM TRUTHFUL JAMES

THE SOCIETY UPON THE STANISLAUS

“THE BABES IN THE WOODS”

THE LATEST CHINESE OUTRAGE

TRUTHFUL JAMES TO THE EDITOR

AN IDYL OF THE ROAD

THOMPSON OF ANGELS

THE HAWK'S NEST

HIS ANSWER TO “HER LETTER”

“THE RETURN OF BELISARIUS”

FURTHER LANGUAGE FROM TRUTHFUL JAMES

AFTER THE ACCIDENT

THE GHOST THAT JIM SAW

“SEVENTY-NINE”

THE STAGE-DRIVER'S STORY

A QUESTION OF PRIVILEGE

THE THOUGHT-READER OF ANGELS

THE SPELLING BEE AT ANGELS

ARTEMIS IN SIERRA

JACK OF THE TULES

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IV. MISCELLANEOUS

A GREYPORT LEGEND

A NEWPORT ROMANCE

THE MOUNTAIN HEART'S-EASE

WHAT THE CHIMNEY SANG

DICKENS IN CAMP

“TWENTY YEARS”

GRANDMOTHER TENTERDEN

ASPIRING MISS DE LAINE

A LEGEND OF COLOGNE

THE TALE OF A PONY

ON A CONE OF THE BIG TREES

TELEMACHUS VERSUS MENTOR

WHAT THE WOLF REALLY SAID TO LITTLE RED RIDING-HOOD

HALF AN HOUR BEFORE SUPPER

WHAT THE BULLET SANG

THE OLD CAMP-FIRE

THE STATION-MASTER OF LONE PRAIRIE

THE MISSION BELLS OF MONTEREY

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BEFORE THE CURTAIN

TO THE PLIOCENE SKULL

THE BALLAD OF MR. COOKE

THE BALLAD OF THE EMEU

MRS. JUDGE JENKINS

A GEOLOGICAL MADRIGAL

THE LOST TAILS OF MILETUS

A MORAL VINDICATOR

CALIFORNIA MADRIGAL

WHAT THE ENGINES SAID

THE LEGENDS OF THE RHINE

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SONGS WITHOUT SENSE FOR THE PARLOR AND PIANO

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I. THE PERSONIFIED SENTIMENTAL

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II. THE HOMELY PATHETIC

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VI. LITTLE POSTERITY

MASTER JOHNNY'S NEXT-DOOR NEIGHBOR

MISS EDITH'S MODEST REQUEST

MISS EDITH MAKES IT PLEASANT FOR BROTHER JACK

MISS EDITH MAKES ANOTHER FRIEND

WHAT MISS EDITH SAW FROM HER WINDOW

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STORIES AND POEMS AND OTHER UNCOLLECTED WRITINGS BY BRET HARTE

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EARLY POEMS (1857-1865)

LINES WRITTEN IN A PRAYER-BOOK

LOVE AND PHYSIC

THE FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH

THE STUDENT'S DREAM

THE HOMESTEAD BARN

“THE FOG BELL”

THE BAILIE O' PERTH

BY THE SAD SEA WAVES

EFFIE

MY SOUL TO THINE

THE PRIZE-FIGHTER TO HIS MISTRESS

THE REJECTED STOCKHOLDER

ON A NAUGHTY LITTLE BOY, SLEEPING

AT THE SEPULCHRE

ARCADIA REVISITED

THE SABBATH BELLS

IMPORTANT MEXICAN CORRESPONDENCE

“MAD RIVER”

THE PONY EXPRESS

THE ARGUMENT OE LURLINE

THE YERBA BUENA

TREASURER A---Y

COLENSO RHYMES FOR ORTHODOX CHILDREN

THE FIRST BROOM RANGER

ANSWERING THE BELL

PORTALA'S CROSS

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CIVIL WAR POEMS

A VOLUNTEER STOCKING

THE CONSERVATIVE BRIDGE OF SIGHS

BANKS AND THE SLAVE GIRL

THE BATTLE AUTUMN

THE WRATH OF McDAWDLE

THE COPPERHEAD CONVENTION

THE YREKA SERPENT

A FABLE FOR THE TIMES

THOMAS CARLYLE AND PETER OF THE NORTH

“PETER OF THE NORTH” TO THOMAS CARLYLE

CALIFORNIA TO THE SANITARY COMMISSION

SONG OF THE “CAMANCHE”

A LAY OF THE LAUNCH

THE FLAG-STAFF ON SHACKLEFORD ISLAND

OF ONE WHO FELL IN BATTLE

THE HERO OF SUGAR PINE

ST. VALENTINE IN CAMP

THE VENDUE OF JEFFERSON DAVIS

THE LAMENT OF THE BALLAD-WRITER

A THANKSGIVING RETROSPECT

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BILL MASON'S BRIDE

DEACON JONES'S EXPERIENCE

OF WILLIAM FRANCIS BARTLETT

THE WANDERINGS OF ULYSSES

THE LEGEND OF GLEN HEAD

“KITTY HAWK”

MISS EDITH HELPS THINGS ALONG

THE DEAD POLITICIAN

OLD TIME AND NEW

SCOTCH LINES TO A. S. B.

THE ENOCH OF CALAVERAS

“FREE SILVER AT ANGEL'S”

“HASTA MAÑANA”

LINES TO A PORTRAIT, BY A SUPERIOR PERSON

THE BIRDS OF CIRENCESTER

TRUTHFUL JAMES AND THE KLONDIKER

THE QUEEN'S DEATH

THE SWORD OF DON JOSÉ

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EFFIE

Effie is both young and fair,
Dewy eyes and sunny hair;
Sunny hair and dewy eyes
Are not where her beauty lies.

Effie is both fond and true,
Heart of gold and will of yew;
Will of yew and heart of gold—
Still her charms are scarcely told.

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If she yet remain unsung,
Pretty, constant, docile, young,
What remains not here compiled?
Effie is a little child!

This poem originally appeared in the Golden Era. It was later published in St. Nicholas Magazine, with the name changed to Jessie, and afterward set to music under that title by Leopold Damrosch, and also by N. H. Allen.