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Shillaber, B. P. (1814-1890)

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THE VOICE OF THE PRESS.
  
THE SONG OF THE PRESS.
  
THE POOR MAN'S WEALTH.
  
YOUNG GRIMES.
  
BALLAD OF THE PISCATAQUA.
  
THE EARTH AND THINGS.
  
LITTLE EMMA GOING TO SLEEP.
  
THE POOR FARM.
  
POVERTY IN A SHOWER.
  
THE SKELETON SCHOONER.
  
THE SUMMER RAIN.
  
UNFAILING SIGNS.
  
WHAT WAS IT ALL ABOUT?
  
MYSTERIOUS RAPPINGS.
  
THE CONSUMPTIVE.
  
THE SONG OF THE JILTED ONE.
  
THE OLD PRINTER.
  
THE THREE LOCKS.
  
THE MAN IN THE 'BUS.
  
THE OMEN MOON.
  
THE LAUGHING BAN.
  
THE JOUR. PRINTER'S MONUMENT.
  
THE WIDOW OF NODDLE'S ISLAND.
  
THE SPRING ON THE SHORE.
  
MRS. PARTINGTON AT TEA.
  
THE JACKET OF BLUE.
  
MRS. PARTINGTON'S FAREWELL,
  
WITHERED GRASS.
  
MEMORIES.
  
OUR ELLEN.
  
PHILANTHROPOS AT FAULT.
  
DOMESTIC JEWELS.
  
THE LITTLE RIVULET.
  
A VALENTINE.
  
NEW HAMPSHIRE.
  
OPENING OF THE LATE MR. JOHN SMITH'S WILL.
  
BENEVOLENCE.
  
MIDNIGHT MUSIC.
  
A SPRITELY REVENGE.
  
THE OLD GREEN COTTON.
  
OWED TO MONEY.
  
A VISION OF LIFE.
  
AN OLD PARABLE MODERNIZED.
  
LINES IN AN ALBUM.
  
A GLANCE OUT INTO THE COOL.
  
THE OLD BACHELOR'S BEQUEST.
  
THE GARDEN GRAVES.
  
THE 'BIDING CURSE.
  
THE OLD IMAGE-MAKER.
  
WELCOME TO JENNY LIND.
  
SPIRIT LONGING.
  
A SWEET REVENGE.
  
PARSON STORER IN A FIX; OR, THE MAGIC OF A KISS MISAPPLIED.
  
THE COTTAGE BY THE SEA.
  
ON THE DEATH OF A CHILD.
  
THE TABLES TURNED: A DOGGEREL.
  
THE MISER.
  
SILVER VS. TIN;
  
SOLDIER, COME HOME!
  
THE UNION.
  
A PLEASURE TRIP TO HAMPTON.
  
TO THE OLD INKSTAND,
  
SATURDAY NIGHT;
  
THE LITTLE GRAVE REVISITED.
  
A SLEIGHING SONG.
  
THE FEARFUL OATH;
  
THE FIRST ROBIN OF SPRING.
  
“DANIEL WEBSTER IS NO MORE!”
  
A RETROSPECTION.
  
RUBBISH ABOUT AN OLD HOUSE.
  
RUM REMINISCENCES;
  
THE MINER'S RETURN.
  
CITY PHILOSOPHY; OR, BEES AND BIRDS VS. BUGS.
  
THE ANTIQUATED CHAPEAU.
  
OLD TIMES.
  
A RHYME ABOUT A BABY.
  
THE BAR-KEEPER'S DREAM.
  
THE SEEDY OLD GENTLEMAN.
  
THE PRINTER'S SORROWS ENDED.
  
THE WITCH OF LYNN:
  
APPLES: AN ANALOGY.
  
THE DEAD SAILOR.
  
RHYME ABOUT A BULLFROG,
  
FRANKLIN.
  
THE DISAPPOINTED FLOCK; OR, THE SHEPHERD IMPOUNDED.
  
I WOULD N'T—WOULD YOU?
  
THE COAL-DEALER'S DREAM.
  
A SONG FOR THE MERRY-MAKING ON WATER DAY.
  
A TOUCHING BALLAD.
  
YARN OF THE ANCIENT MARINER.
  
MY LITTLE ANGEL BOYS.
  
LOVE'S VICISSITUDES.
  
ANGEL VISITS.
  
THE MYSTERY SOLVED;
  
A PICTURE FROM LIFE.
  
THE RULING PASSION.
  
THE VETERAN.
  
LAY OF THE LAST WHITE HAT.
  
THE MAIDEN OF THE FOUNTAIN.
  
CHARITY AT HOME.
  
A STORY OF A SERENADE.
  
ORACULAR PEARLS GATHERED FROM THE LIPS OF MRS. PARTINGTON.
  
THE LOST ONE.
  
OVER THE WAY LYRICS.
  
THE COROMANDEL'S LAMENT.
  
A PICTURE.
  
A WISH OF FRIENDSHIP.
  
A PROPHECY FOR FIFTY-TWO;
  
CORA BELL.—A BALLAD.
  
WINTER BLOSSOMS.
  
MEDICAL.
  
A SIDE-WALK SCENE.
  
THE AUTHOR TO HIS READERS.
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SONNETS:
 1. 
I. ON A PICTURE OF LILLIE.
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II. DOMESTIC.
 3. 
III. MUSIC.
 4. 
IV. PHILOSOPHY.
 5. 
V. CHURCH MUSIC.
 6. 
VI. TO SPRING.
 7. 
VII. THE SNOW.
 8. 
VIII. IN STRANGE COMPANY.
 9. 
IX. HUNGARY.
 10. 
X. ON A RECENT MARRIAGE.
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XI. TRUST NOT APPEARANCES.
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XII. MOONSHINE.
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XIII. FRIENDSHIP.
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XIV. TONGUES.
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XV. WIDESWARTH ON HIS PLANTATION.
 16. 
XVI. OPENING THE MUMMY.
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XVII. LEVITY.
 18. 
XVIII. HOPE.
 19. 
XIX. LOVE.
 20. 
XX. FAME.
 21. 
XXI. A QUESTION ANSWERED.
 22. 
XXII. FAITH.
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XXIII. RIDING.
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XXIV. DEVOTION.
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XXV. SUNDERED FRIENDSHIP.
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XXVI. PHILANTHROPY.
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XXVII. LIPS.
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XXVIII. CHILDREN.
 29. 
XXIX. CALIFORNIA.
 30. 
XXX. THE DANCE.
 31. 
XXXI. REVENGE.
 32. 
XXXII. CHILDISH LOVE IRRESPECTIVE.
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XXXIII. THE OLD MAN TO HIS WIFE.
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XXXIV. DANCING.
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XXXV. A SUMMER NIGHT.
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XXXVI. UTILITY.
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XXXVII. BE JOLLY.
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XXXVIII. THE CHURCH IN A ROW.
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XXXIX. SUNSET.
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XL. RESOLUTION.
 41. 
XLI. HOPE DEFERRED.
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XLII. MODERN NEWSPAPER PORTRAITS.
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XLIII. COUNTRY VISITS.
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XLIV. THE OCEAN.
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XLV. WHAT I WOULD.
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XLVI. SUMMER.
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XLVII. SUNRISE.
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XLVIII. PATIENCE.
 49. 
XLIX. JENNY LIND.
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L. THE WOODS.
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LI. TO MY FRIEND PETER.
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LII. WEBSTER VS. WIDESWARTH.
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LIII. SHAKSPEARE ILLUSTRATED.

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TO Col. Charles G. Greene, THROUGH WHOSE INDULGENCE THE WRITER WAS FIRST INDUCED TO EMBARK ON THE TIDE OF RHYME, THIS BOOK IS RESPECTFULLY INSCRIBED.
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