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[Dear Mrs. Tracy]

Dear Mrs. Tracy—
With this note I send
A trifling gift,—a grateful memory-proof
From one who found the welcome of a friend
Beneath your kindly roof;—
An easy chair,—the pattern I like best;
Hoping that often, after set of sun,
At the cool hour, you'll sit in it and rest,
When the last chore is done.
Elizabeth Akers July, 1897.