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The literary remains of the late Willis Gaylord Clark

Including the Ollapodiana Papers, the Spirit Of Life, and a selection from his various prose and poetical writings

Clark, Willis Gaylord (1808-1841)

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[All, all is gloom! and dandies in the dumps]

THE LIFE OF YOUTH.

[Ask of the ocean-waves that burst]

THE EARLY DEAD.

[That, smiling from the sweet south-west]

[—Cast round thine eyes, and see]

[Son of the stranger! wouldst thou take]

[Here speaks the voice of God! Let man be dumb]

[When eve is purpling cliff and cave]

[Unto thylke day i' the which I shall crepe]

[Let no vain hopes deceive the mind]

[From echoing hill or thicket, oft has seemed]

[Answer me, burning stars of night]

‘TO MISS LUCRETIA SOPHONISBA MATILDA JERUSHA CATLING:

‘TO ONE FOUND WANTING.

‘TO ORE, FOUND WASHING.

[I often think each tottering form]

['T is an autumnal eve—the low winds, sighing]

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[Unto thylke day i' the which I shall crepe]

‘Unto thylke day i' the which I shall crepe
Into my sepulchre.’