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The poetical writings of Elizabeth Oakes Smith

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Smith, Elizabeth Oakes Prince (1806-1893)

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THE SINLESS CHILD.
  
INSCRIPTION.
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PART I.
 2. 
PART II.
 3. 
PART III.
 4. 
PART IV.
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PART V.
 6. 
PART VI.
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PART VII.
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SONNETS.
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THE POET'S LIFE, IN SIX SONNETS.
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I. POESY.
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II. THE BARD.
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III. THE UNATTAINED.
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IV. RELIGION.
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V. A DREAM.
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VI. AN INCIDENT.
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VII. ERROR.
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VIII. MENTAL SOLITUDE.
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IX. DISTRUST.
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X. ILLUSTRATION OF A CAMEO:
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XI. THE RUSTIC.
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XII. THE RUSTIC.
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XIII. WAYFARERS.
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XIV. TWILIGHT
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XV. TO THE OPAL.
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XVI. DUTY.
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XVII. THE PILGRIM.
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XVIII. SYMPATHY.
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XIX. SYMPATHY.
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XX. SELF RENUNCIATION.
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XXI. TO THE HUDSON.
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LIFE.
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XXII. CHILDHOOD.
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XXIII. YOUTH.
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XXIV. MANHOOD.
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XXV. OLD AGE.
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XXVI. LIFE-LONG MARTYRDOM.
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XXVII. CAPITAL PUNISHMENT.
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ATHEISM,
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XXVIII. FAITH.
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XXIX. REASON.
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XXX. ANNIHILATION
  
THE ACORN.
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MISCELLANEOUS POEMS.
  
THE APRIL RAIN.
  
THE WATER.
  
THE PARK FOUNTAIN.
  
THE LAST SHOT.
  
“THOU HAST LOVED.”
  
PRESAGES.
  
THE LOVE OF LADY ANN.
  
CHILDHOOD'S LAUGH.
  
THE CHILD AND THE ROSE.
  
TO A BABE.
  
THE CHILD'S BENEDICTION.
  
LOVE SHELTERED.
  
THE GUARDIAN ANGEL.
  
THE FIRST LEAF OF AUTUMN.
  
MINISTERING SPIRITS.
  
FAREWELL TO FANCY.
  
THE ELEVENTH HOUR.
  
THE APPEAL.
  
THE JEWISH CAPTIVE.
  
SONG. I.
  
SONG. II.
  
SONG. III.
  
THE BROOK.
  
THE SLEEP OF PLANTS.
  
THE FLOWER OF INNOCENCE,
  
THE OLD MAN.
  
THE DROWNED MARINER.
  
THE SUMMONS ANSWERED.
  
THE TWICE-TOLD SEAL.
  
THE VOICE OF THE AGE.

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THE LOVE OF LADY ANN.

In her bower the lady Ann
Wept her love apart,
“Why so much of pride, ladye,
With a loving heart!
Broad and fertile are thy lands,
Stately is thy hall,
But a faithful heart, ladye,
Far outweighs them all.
Thou mayst choose thy gilded bower,
Nursing grief within,
And thy lover will forget
Love he failed to win.
Thou mayst sit in gilded bower,
I the free woods roam;
Never should a lingering bride
Share with me a home.
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Truth of heart and strength of arm,
These I bring to thee;
But thy pride hath spurned the gift—
Fare-thee-well, ladye.”
On the latchet is his glaive,
Scarce he deigns a sigh;
But the maiden's gushing tears
Tremble in her eye.
In the stirrup is his foot—
Thus do lovers part—
He to bear his pride alone,
She a breaking heart.
Trembling, doubtful, Lady Ann,
Half in fear arose;
Then with beating heart she sped,
And her arms she throws,
Clasping him with wild embrace,
Pride and home forgot,
She hath left her stately towers
For a lowly lot.
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