Buds, Blossoms, and Leaves, by "Eulalie" [Mary Eulalie Fee Shannon] (Cincinnati: Moore, Wilstach & Keys, 1854)
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BUDS, BLOSSOMS, AND LEAVES: POEMS, BY EULALIE. CINCINNATI: MOORE, WILSTACH & KEYS. M DCCC LIV.
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Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1854, by
Moore, Anderson & Co.
In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Ohio.
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PREFACE.
In the long, still hours of solitude and loneliness, my untaught lyre has breathed the strains I 've gathered here. Hastily, and without arrangement, they were written, and thus are they bound together in this little volume; and like a tiny bark, freighted with human hopes and human fears, it is cast upon the uncertain tide of literature, to "sink or swim, survive or perish," as friends do most applaud, or critics most condemn.
EULALIE.
Cincinnati, June, 1854.
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CONTENTS.
Gentle Summer, Thou Art Waning, ... 3
Life's Sunny Spots, ... 6
Summer Evenings in the Wild Wood, ... 8
Never Stop to Look Behind You, ... 11
The Last Flowers of the Season, ... 14
That Strain Upon the Waters, ... 16
A Morning in May, ... 18
Autumn Leaves, ... 21
The Mother's Lament, ... 24
The Hills for Me, ... 27
Let Us Sit and Talk To-night, ... 29
To Frank,--In California, ... 33
The Tablets of the Soul, ... 35
The Invitation, ... 39
The Language of Flowers, ... 41
The Bough that Will Not Bend Must Break, ... 44
Lines Written in the Forest, ... 46
Cold Winter has Come, ... 49
This Winter Night, ... 51
Lines,--, ... 54
Song, ... 58
Life's Sunny Spots, ... 6
Summer Evenings in the Wild Wood, ... 8
Never Stop to Look Behind You, ... 11
The Last Flowers of the Season, ... 14
That Strain Upon the Waters, ... 16
A Morning in May, ... 18
Autumn Leaves, ... 21
The Mother's Lament, ... 24
The Hills for Me, ... 27
Let Us Sit and Talk To-night, ... 29
To Frank,--In California, ... 33
The Tablets of the Soul, ... 35
The Invitation, ... 39
The Language of Flowers, ... 41
The Bough that Will Not Bend Must Break, ... 44
Lines Written in the Forest, ... 46
Cold Winter has Come, ... 49
This Winter Night, ... 51
Lines,--, ... 54
Song, ... 58
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Our Little Sister's Bed, ... 59
Bard of the Early West, ... 62
Lines to Judge Burnet, ... 65
'Plainings, ... 68
The Land I Love Best, ... 70
The Halls of Memory, ... 75
Mourn Not for the Departed, ... 77
The Dying Minstrel, ... 80
Forebodings, ... 85
Stanzas to My Young Poet Friend, ... 87
My Birds and Flowers, ... 92
Where Dost Thou Wander, ... 94
The Minstrel's Home, ... 96
The Maiden's Resolve, ... 98
Lines,--, ... 101
The Crystal Palace, ... 104
Winter Winds, ... 110
The Spirit's Guests, ... 113
A Wish, ... 116
Song, ... 118
All Hail to Thee, Spring, ... 120
Lay of the Lone One, ... 122
The "Light of Love", ... 124
"The Wandering Organ Player", ... 125
Clarence Gray, ... 128
The Return, ... 131
The Silent Guest, ... 134
Kossuth's Address to the Americans, ... 141
The Green Wood by the Tide, ... 146
Bard of the Early West, ... 62
Lines to Judge Burnet, ... 65
'Plainings, ... 68
The Land I Love Best, ... 70
The Halls of Memory, ... 75
Mourn Not for the Departed, ... 77
The Dying Minstrel, ... 80
Forebodings, ... 85
Stanzas to My Young Poet Friend, ... 87
My Birds and Flowers, ... 92
Where Dost Thou Wander, ... 94
The Minstrel's Home, ... 96
The Maiden's Resolve, ... 98
Lines,--, ... 101
The Crystal Palace, ... 104
Winter Winds, ... 110
The Spirit's Guests, ... 113
A Wish, ... 116
Song, ... 118
All Hail to Thee, Spring, ... 120
Lay of the Lone One, ... 122
The "Light of Love", ... 124
"The Wandering Organ Player", ... 125
Clarence Gray, ... 128
The Return, ... 131
The Silent Guest, ... 134
Kossuth's Address to the Americans, ... 141
The Green Wood by the Tide, ... 146
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Greeting, ... 148
The Old Cedar Tree, ... 150
My Heart has had Sweet Visions, ... 153
The Star Beams, ... 156
My Lyre, ... 158
Happy Hours, ... 160
The Gold Comet, ... 163
Stanzas, ... 165
The Storm, ... 168
Cora Raymond, ... 170
We 're All Groping, ... 174
My Gallery of Pictures, ... 176
Song,--The Magyar Chief, ... 178
Lines Sent with a Bouquet, ... 180
The Angel's Visit, ... 183
An Invocation, ... 187
The Season of the Flowers, ... 190
The Desert Burial, ... 193
The Old Cedar Tree, ... 150
My Heart has had Sweet Visions, ... 153
The Star Beams, ... 156
My Lyre, ... 158
Happy Hours, ... 160
The Gold Comet, ... 163
Stanzas, ... 165
The Storm, ... 168
Cora Raymond, ... 170
We 're All Groping, ... 174
My Gallery of Pictures, ... 176
Song,--The Magyar Chief, ... 178
Lines Sent with a Bouquet, ... 180
The Angel's Visit, ... 183
An Invocation, ... 187
The Season of the Flowers, ... 190
The Desert Burial, ... 193