The man of Uz, and other poems

Sigourney, L. H. (1791-1865)

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THE MAN OF UZ.

PREFACE.

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THE RURAL LIFE IN NEW-ENGLAND.

REV. DR. T. M. COOLEY,

MADAM OLIVIA PHELPS,

MARTHA AGNES BONNER,

MADAM WHITING,

DENISON OLMSTED, LL. D.,

HERBERT FOSS,

MRS. CHARLES N. CADWALLADER,

REV. DR. JAMES W. ALEXANDER,

MRS. JOSEPH MORGAN,

MISS ALICE BECKWITH,

MARY SHIPMAN DEMING.

1860

REV. DR. F. W. HATCH,

MRS. PAYNE,

MRS. MARY MILDENSTEIN ROBERTSON,

MADAM WILLIAMS,

SAMUEL G. OGDEN, ESQ.,

MR. GEORGE BEACH,

MISS MARGARET C. BROWN,

MISS FRANCES WYMAN TRACY,

DEACON NORMAND SMITH,

MRS. HELEN TYLER BEACH,

MRS. ELIZABETH HARRIS,

MISS ANNA M. SEYMOUR,

CALEB HAZEN TALCOTT,

1861

MISS JANE PENELOPE WHITING,

MISS ANNA FREEMAN,

MADAM POND,

ANNIE SEYMOUR ROBINSON,

MRS. GEORGIANA IVES COMSTOCK,

WENTWORTH ALEXANDER,

MRS. HARVEY SEYMOUR,

MRS. FREDERICK TYLER,

MISS LAURA KINGSBURY,

GOVERNOR JOSEPH TRUMBULL,

MRS. EMILY ELLSWORTH,

REV. STEPHEN JEWITT, D. D.,

MISS DELIA WOODRUFF GODDING,

MISS SARA K. TAYLOR,

MR. JOHN WARBURTON,

REV. HENRY ALBERTSON POST,

MISS CAROLINE L. GRIFFIN,

MR. NORMAND BURR,

HON. THOMAS S. WILLIAMS,

COLONEL H. L. MILLER,

1862

COLONEL SAMUEL COLT,

MADAM HANNAH LATHROP,

HENRIETTA SELDEN COLT,

THE LITTLE BROTHERS.

MR. DAVID F. ROBINSON,

MR. SAMUEL TUDOR,

HENRY HOWARD COMSTOCK,

REV. DR. DAVID SMITH,

MISS EMILY B. PARISH,

HARRIET ALLEN ELY,

MISS CATHARINE BALL,

MRS. MORRIS COLLINS,

MRS. MARGARET WALBRIDGE,

THE BROTHERS.

HON. PHILLIP RIPLEY,

RICHARD ELY COLLINS,

MISS ELIZABETH BRINLEY,

MR. JOHN A. TAINTOR,

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MISS ALICE BECKWITH,

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Died at Hartford, September 23d, 1859.

The beautiful hath fled
To join the spirit-train;
Earth interposed with strong array,
Love stretch'd his arms to bar her way,
All—all in vain.

There was a bridal hope
Before her crown'd with flowers;
The orange blossoms took the hue
With which the cypress dank with dew
Darkeneth our bowers.

Affections strong and warm
Sprang round her gentle way,
Young Childhood, with a moisten'd eye,
And Friendship's tenderest sympathy
Watch'd her decay.

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Disease around her couch
Long held a tyrant sway,
Till vanished from her cheek, the rose,
And the fair flesh like vernal snows
Wasted away.

Yet the dark Angel's touch
Dissolv'd that dire control,
And where the love-knot cannot break
Nor pain nor grief intrusion make,
Bore the sweet soul.

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MISS ALICE BECKWITH,