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Page 3 - The Stars of midnight shall be dear To her ; and she shall lean her ear In many a secret place Where Rivulets dance their wayward round, And beauty born of murmuring sound Shall pass into her face.
Page 3 - The floating Clouds their state shall lend To her ; for her the willow bend ; Nor shall she fail to see Even in the motions of the Storm Grace that shall mould the Maiden's form By silent sympathy.
Page 8 - Long-ago. Tombs where lonely love repines, Ghastly tenements of tears, Wear the look of happy shrines Through the golden mist of years : Death, to those who trust in good, Vindicates his hardest blow ; Oh ! we would not, if we could, Wake the sleep of Long-ago...
Page 22 - I used to arise at two o'clock and do the washing for the family and boarders. Before nine on Thursday evening I did the ironing ; and Saturday, because there was but a half-day of school, we made baking day.
Page 12 - My principal recollections during this summer are of noise and filth, bleeding hands and aching feet, and a very sad heart.
Page 13 - I spent all my little etock of money in hiring a horse and waggon, and took poor Lavinia out driving. "We spread a buffalo robe on a pretty, dry knoll, and father carried her to it in his arms. I shall never forget how happy she was, nor how Kate and I almost buried her in violets and other wild spring flowers. It was the last time that she ever went out.
Page 74 - Chubbuck (Fanny Forrester) to Mrs. Dr. Nott. Utica Female Seminary, October, 1842. MY DEAR M There it is again ! I cannot write " Miss Sheldon," and I am sure such a bashful body as I could not be expected to address so dignified a personage as Mrs. Nott. So what shall I do? I am very lonely just now, and feel inclined to be somewhat sentimental ; for I have been up the hall, and found a certain corner room, looking — not desolate — • oh, no ; it is wondrous cosy and comfortable — but as...
Page 16 - ... and the snow sometimes drifted into it in heaps. We were unable to repair it, and the owner was unwilling. Father was absent nearly all the time, distributing newspapers ; and the severity of the winter so affected his health, that he could do but little when he was at home. Mother, Harriet, and I...
Page 17 - I recollect feeling myself very heart-heavy because the revival had passed without my being converted. I grew mopish and absent-minded ; but still I did not relax my efforts. Indeed, I believe my solemn little face was almost ludicrously familiar to worshippers of every denomination ; for I remember a Presbyterian once saying to me, as I was leaving the chapel, after having, as usual, asked prayers, " What I this little girl not converted yet I How do you suppose we can waste any more time in praying...
Page 15 - ... road where you stood to the tip of the chimney."* Her parents were very poor, and she thus describes a winter she passed when she was about thirteen years old : " We suffered a great deal from cold this winter, though we had plenty of plain food. Indeed, we never were reduced to hunger. But the house was large and unfinished, and the snow sometimes drifted into it in heaps. We were unable to repair it, and the owner was unwilling • The road has since been changed and now passes below the house....
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U.S. Women Writers and the Discourses of Colonialism, 1825-1861 Etsuko Taketani Limited preview - 2003 |