This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1842 edition. Excerpt: ...leave a trace on its staimess snow; Lol spirits of evil haunt the bowers, And the serpent glides from the trembling flowers. Beautiful child 1 alas, to see A fount in the desert gush forth for thee, Where the queenly lilies should faintly gleam, And thy life flow on as its silent stream, Afar from the world of ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1842 edition. Excerpt: ...leave a trace on its staimess snow; Lol spirits of evil haunt the bowers, And the serpent glides from the trembling flowers. Beautiful child 1 alas, to see A fount in the desert gush forth for thee, Where the queenly lilies should faintly gleam, And thy life flow on as its silent stream, Afar from the world of doubt and sin--This weary world thou must wander in; Such a home was once to my visions given, It comes to my heart as a type of heaven. Beautiful child! let the weary in heart Whisper tbee once, ere again we part; Tell thee that want, and tell thee that pain Never can thrill in the throbbing brain, Till a sadder story that brain hath learned, Till a fiercer fire hath in it burned: iod keep thee sinless and undefiled Though poor, and wretched, and sad, my childU Beautiful being! away, away! The angels above be thy help and stay, Save thee from sorrow and save thee from sin. Guard thee from danger without and within. Pure be thy spirit, and breathe forme A sigh or a prayer when thy heart is free; In the crowded mart, by the lone wayside, Beautiful child! be thy God thy guide. THE TURQUOISE RING. The Turquoise Ring! 'twas a gift of power. Guarding her heart in that weary hour, As a magic spell, as a gem of light, As a pure, pure star amidst clouds of night; Bringing back to the pale, pale cheek its bloom. Strengthening her faith in that hour of doom: There was hope, there was trust in its living hue; The gem was bright, and the lover true; As a sign to her heart, as a sign to her eye, The one bright gleam of a troubled sky. The Turquoise Ring I oh, the olden time Had many a magic tale and sign--. Bright gifts of treasure on land and on eea, But nought for the heart or memory; Ii 'Miss Martineau's novel of Deerbrook, the heroine is mad e...
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32mo. Original blind-embossed brown cloth with elaborate spine gilt lettering and decorations. x, 192pp. All edges gilt. Very good. Binding gently worn, with spine gilt bright and nice but page edge gilt heavily worn; tight internally, with text pages age toned and a bit mottled. Scarce first edition of this exceptionally early all-female poetry anthology, with contributors including Lydia Sigourney Weaver, Sara Josepha Hale, Sarah Helen Whitman, Lydia M. Child, Francis Sargent Osgood and other once-notable, now-forgotten poets of the day. Griswold compiled this anthology not because he championed women, but rather to preserve status quo and show that female poets mainly espoused the morals of the day. This most unusual copy bears, tipped to the inner flyleaf, a near fine 4" X 2" slip signed vertically in pencil "Rufus W. Griswold / New York University / July 5, 1849." Griswold (1815-57) was an influential verse anthologist, editor, critic and poet, infamously eccentric and dislikeable, best remembered for his vitriolic style and for his connection to Edgar Allan Poe. He kept an apartment at New York University around this time, which he rarely left due to his many physical ailments and addictions. Front flyleaf bears a quaint non-authorial gift inscription from one poetry lover to another, delicately penned in brown ink: "Maria Pinkham / from her friend / Elizabeth J. Aldrich / 4th Mo. 12th 1845." Spine title: "Gems of Female Poets." Quite a charming volume--and quite rarely seen.
