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TO A YOUNG GIRL IN OHIO.
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[The following lines, hitherto unpublished, were written on the first page of an autograph album in which a young girl's photograph had been placed by her father before handing the book to the poet.]
And on a young fresh world thy eyes
Look forth with not unpleased surprise.
Dear Western girl, to whom belongs
The birthright of those household songs,
Whose sweet and tender echoes reach
New England's farthest hill and beach,
And many an Eastern fireside make
More happy for their gracious sake,
These poor lines from a stranger take.
John G. Whittier. Boston, 11th month, 17, 1881.
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