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Contributors:

   Alice Cary

Publisher:

   Hurd and Houghton

Place of Publication:

  New York  

Publication Year:

  1874
Subjects:   American Poetry--19th Century, Cary, Alice,--1820-1871, Women Poets--19th Century
Table of contents
BALLADS. page
THE YOUNG SOLDIER 3
" O WINDS! YE ARE TOO ROUGH, TOO ROUGH I " 8
RUTH AND I 9
HAGEN WALDER 12
"AMONG THE PITFALLS IN OUR WAY" 14
OUR SCHOOLMASTER 15
"THE BEST MAN SHOULD NEVER PASS BY" 18
THE GRAY SWAN 19
THE WASHERWOMAN 22
GROWING RICH 25
"TOO MUCH JOY IS SORROWFUL," 26
SANDY MACLEOD 27
THE PICTURE-BOOK 29
"HE SPOILS HIS HOUSE AND THROWS HIS PAINS AWAY" 31
A WALK THROUGH THE SNOW 32
"THE GLANCE THAT DOTH MY NEIGHBOR DOUBT" 34
THE WATER-BEARER 35
THE BEST JUDGMENT 43
HUGH THORNDYKE 46
"STILL FROM THE UNSATISFYING QUEST" 48
FAITHLESS 49
"Do NOT LOOK FOR WRONG AND EVIL" — 51
MY FADED SHAWL 52
CARE 60
OLD CHUMS 61
"APART FROM THE WOES THAT ARE DEAD AND GONE," 63
THE SHOEMAKER 64
TO THE WIND 66
"WHAT COMFORT, WHEN WITH CLOUDS OF WOE" 68
LITTLE CYRUS 69
"OUR GOD IS LOVE, AND THAT WHICH WE MISCALL" 73
MORNING 74
THE SUMMER STORM 77
IF AND IF 79
"WE ARE THE MARINERS, AND GOD THE SEA 84
AN ORDER FOR A PICTURE 85
FIFTEEN AND FIFTY 90
JENNY DUNLEATH 97
TRICKSEY'S RING 103
CRAZY CHRISTOPHER 110
THE FERRY OF GALLAWAY 116
REVOLUTIONARY STORY 119
"JUST HERE AND THERE WITH SOME POOR LITTLE RAY" 123
"HOPE IN OUR HEARTS DOTH ONLY STAY" 124
THOUGHTS AND THEORIES.
THANKSGIVING 127
THE BRIDAL VEIL 143
THE SPECIAL DARLING 145
A DREAM OF THE WEST 147
ON SEEING A DROWNING MOTH 149
GOOD AND EVIL 152
STROLLER'S SONG 154
A LESSON 156
ON SEEING A WILD BIRD 158
RICH, THOUGH POOR 160
SIXTEEN 162
PRAYER FOR LIGHT 164
THE UNCUT LEAF 166
THE MIGHT OF TRUTH 168
COUNSEL 170
THE LITTLE BLACKSMITH 172
TWO TRAVELLERS 174
THE BLIND TRAVELLER 177
THE BLACKBIRD 179
MY GOOD ANGEL 181
MORE LIFE 183
CONTRADICTORY 185
THIS IS ALL 187
IN VAIN 189
BEST, TO THE BEST 191
THORNS 193
OLD ADAM 195
THE FARMER'S DAUGHTER 197
A PRAYER 199
ALONE 201
SOMETIMES 202
THE SEA-SIDE CAVE 204
JANUARY 206
THE MEASURE OF TIME 209
IDLE FEARS 211
HINTS 213
TO A STAGNANT RIVER 215
COUNSEL 217
LATENT LIFE 219
HOW AND WHERE 221
THE FELLED TREE 223
A DREAM 226
WORK 227
COMFORT 229
FAITH AND WORKS 230
THE RUSTIC PAINTER 232
ONE OF MANY 234
THE SHADOW 237
THE UNWISE CHOICE 239
SIGNS OF GRACE 241
PROVIDENCE 243
THE LIVING PRESENT 244
ONE DUST 246
THE WEAVER'S DREAM 248
NOT NOW 250
CRAGS 252
MAN 254
TO SOLITUDE 256
THE LAW OF LIBERTY 258
MY CREED 260
OPEN SECRETS 262
THE SADDEST SIGHT 264
THE BRIDAL HOUR 266
IDLE 267
HYMNS.
THE SURE WITNESS 271
LOVE IS LIFE 273
"THY WORKS, O LORD, INTERPRET THEE," 274
TIME 275
CONSOLATION 276
SUPPLICATION 277
"WHY SHOULD OUR SPIRITS BE OPPREST" 278
WHITHER 279
SURE ANCHOR 280
REMEMBER 282
LYRIC 284
SUNDAY MORNING 285
IN THE DARK 287
PARTING SONG 289
MOURN NOT 291
THE HEAVEN THAT'S HERE 293
THE STREAM OF LIFE 295
DEAD AND ALIVE 296
INVOCATION 298
LIFE OF LIFE 300
MERCIES 302
PLEASURE AND PAIN 303
MYSTERIES 305
LYRIC 307
TRUST 308
ALL IN ALL 310
THE PURE IN HEART 312
UNSATISFIED 314
MORE LIFE 316
LIGHT AND DARKNESS 318
SUBSTANCE 320
LIFE'S MYSTERY 322
FOR SELF-HELP 324
DYING HYMN 326
EXTREMITIES 327
HERE AND THERE 329
THE DAWN OF PEACE 330
OCCASIONAL 339
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