The Poets and Poetry of Cecil County, Maryland eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 270 pages of information about The Poets and Poetry of Cecil County, Maryland.

The Poets and Poetry of Cecil County, Maryland eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 270 pages of information about The Poets and Poetry of Cecil County, Maryland.
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DAVID SCOTT (of John.)1
EMMA ALICE BROWNE.1
NATHAN COVINGTON BROOKS.1
JOHN MARCHBORN COOLEY.1
GEORGE WASHINGTON CRUIKSHANK.1
MRS. ANNIE McCARER DARLINGTON.1
REV.  WILLIAM DUKE.2
EDWIN EVANS EWING.2
WILLIAM PINKNEY EWING.2
CHARLES H. EVANS.2
MRS. SARAH HALL.2
MRS. SALLIE W. HARDCASTLE.2
MRS. MARY E. IRELAND.2
GEORGE JOHNSTON.2
WILLIAM JAMES JONES.2
JOHN HENRY KIMBLE.2
JAMES McCAULEY.2
MRS. IDA McCORMICK.2
FOLGER McKINSKY.2
MRS. ROSALIENE R. MURPHY.2
RACHEL E. PATTERSON.2
CALLANDER PATTERSON.2
TOBIAS RUDULPH.2
ZEBULON RUDULPH.3
MRS. ALICE COALE SIMPERS.3
DAVID SCOTT (of James.)3
HENRY VANDERFORD.3
DAVID SCOTT (of John.)3
LINES6
AN EASTERN TALE6
THE MARKET-MAN’S LICENSE,8
LINES8
MY SCHOOLBOY DAYS.9
THE DONATION VISIT.10
LINES11
LINES12
LINES12
STANZAS13
TO MARY.14
IMPROMPTU14
LAMENT FOR THE YEAR 1887.15
VERSES15
LINES16
YOUTHFUL REMINISCENCES.16
STANZAS17
TO MISS MARY BAIN.17
STANZAS19
BIRTHDAY VERSES.19
ROLL CALL.20
IN MEMORIAM20
STANZAS21
CHRISTMAS GREETING, 1877.21
ANNIVERSARY POEM.21
LINES22
WHAT IS MATTER?23
ANNIVERSARY HYMN.24
THE INTELLECTUAL TELEGRAPH.25
LINES ON AN INDIAN ARROW-HEAD.25
ACROSTIC26
MINUTES26
RETROSPECTION.28
ACROSTIC28
THE BOOK OF BOOKS.28
JOHN A. CALHOUN, MY JOE JOHN.30
EMMA ALICE BROWNE.31
EARLIER POEMS.33
MY FATHER.34
AT THE NIGHTFALL.35
THE MIDNIGHT CHIME.35
MAY-THALIA.36
MEMORIES.37
THE OLD HOMESTEAD.38
GURTHA.38
IN MEMORIAM.39
MISSIVE TO ——.40
CHICK-A-DEE’S SONG.41
LATER POEMS.41
MEASURING THE BABY.42
THE LIGHT OF DREAMS.42
BEN HAFED’S MEED.43
WINTER BOUND.44
MISLED.44
AT MILKING-TIME.45
THE SINGER’S SONG46
AUNT PATTY’S THANKSGIVING.46
IN HOC SIGNO VINCES!48
HOW KATIE SAVED THE TRAIN.49
OFF THE SKIDLOE.50
LIFE’S CROSSES.51
NATHAN COVINGTON BROOKS, A.M., LL.D.52
THE MOTHER TO HER DEAD BOY.54
TO A DOVE.54
FALL OF SUPERSTITION.55
THE INFANT ST. JOHN, THE BAPTIST.57
SHELLEY’S OBSEQUIES.57
THE FOUNTAIN REVISITED.58
DEATH OF SAMSON.58
JOHN MARCHBORN COOLEY.59
A STORY WITH A MORAL.60
FORTY YEARS AFTER.61
THE PAST.62
LOVED AND LOST.62
DEATH OF HENRY CLAY, JR.63
A VALENTINE.64
LINES64
GEORGE WASHINGTON CRUIKSHANK.64
STONEWALL JACKSON.65
IN MEMORIAM.66
NEW-YEAR ODE.67
MY BIRTHDAY.69
MRS. ANNIE McCARER DARLINGTON.70
A BIRTHDAY GREETING70
MURMURINGS.71
THE OLD OAK TREE.71
SWEET FLORIDA.72
EVENING.72
REV.  WILLIAM DUKE.73
HYMN.74
HYMN.75
REJOICING IN HOPE.75
HYMN.75
REMORSE.76
MORNING.76
EDWIN EVANS EWING.76
THE CHERUBIM—­A VISION.77
DEATH AND BEAUTY.79
TAKE THE HARP.80
DEATH OF THE BEAUTIFUL.80
WILLIAM PINKNEY EWING.82
THE ANGEL VOICE.82
THEN AND NOW.83
THE NEGLECTED HARP.83
ALONE.83
LAY OF THE LAST INDIAN.84
CHARLES H. EVANS.84
INFLUENCES.85
MUSINGS.85
LINES.85
MRS. SARAH HALL.86
SKETCH OF A LANDSCAPE86
WITH A ROSE IN JANUARY.88
LIFE.88
MRS. SALLIE WILLIAMS HARDCASTLE.89
ON RECEIPT OF A BOUQUET.90
OCTOBER.90
OLD LETTERS.91
JUNE ROSES.91
MUSIC.91
LINES92
MRS. MARY ELIZA IRELAND.92
AT THE PARTY.93
MOTHER AND SON.94
THE MISSIONARY’S STORY.94
TRANSITION.94
DOROTHY MOORE.95
HOMEWARD BOUND.97
GEORGE JOHNSTON.97
HERE AND HEREAFTER.99
THE TURTLE’S SERMON.100
SKYE.101
IF YOU DON’T BELIEVE IT, TRY IT.102
BYE AND BYE.102
WILLIAM JAMES JONES.103
AUTUMN.104
MARY’S GRAVE.104
TO ANSELMO.104
FLOWERS.105
LIFE.105
JOHN HENRY KIMBLE.106
HIS LAST TUNE.106
ADVICE TO AN AMBITIOUS YOUTH.107
TOO LATE.108
AFTER THE SHOWER.108
A TRIBUTE109
SPRING.109
JAMES McCAULEY.110
HENRY CLAY.111
VIRTUOUS AGE.111
ACROSTIC.111
WORK TO-DAY.111
ON THE DEATH OF A CHILD.111
SPRING.112
HOPE.112
AUTUMN.112
MRS. IDA McCORMICK.112
MY FANCY LAND.113
WITH THE TIDE.114
THE OLD FASHION.115
MY BABY AND THE ROSE.115
FOLGER McKINSEY.115
WAITING THEIR CROWNS.116
SEA ECHOES.117
WHERE FANCY DWELLS.118
AT KEY’S GRAVE.119
THE ETERNAL LIFE.119
MRS. ROSALIENE ROMULA MURPHY.120
WOMAN’S RIGHTS.120
ONLY A BABY.121
TO HELEN,121
RACHEL ELIZABETH PATTERSON.121
THE WISH.122
THE CHRISTIAN’S ANCHOR.123
CALLANDER PATTERSON.123
GOD IS GREAT.123
TOBIAS RUDULPH.124
SELECTION FROM TANCRED.125
ZEBULON RUDULPH.127
THE SURPRISE.127
THOUGHTS,128
THE DECREE.129
A VIEW FROM MOUNT CARMEL.129
MRS. ALICE COALE SIMPERS.130
THE MILLER’S ROMANCE.131
THE LAST TIME.132
ONLY A SIMPLE MAID!132
THE MYSTIC CLOCK.133
THE LEGEND OF ST. BAVON!134
DAVID SCOTT (of James.)135
THE FORCED ALLIANCE.136
MY COTTAGE HOME.137
THE MIGHTY ONE.137
THE SURVIVING THOUGHT.138
THE WORKING MAN’S SONG.139
HENRY VANDERFORD.140
ON THE MOUNTAINS.141
PROGRESS.142
WINTER.142
LINES143
MERRY MAY.144
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