Harper, Frances Ellen Watkins, 1824-1911. Poems
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Poems
Harper, Frances Ellen Watkins, 1824-1911

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Poems
Frances E. W. Harper

   1900 edition

90 pp.
George S. Ferguson Co.
Philadelphia, PA
1900
Note: Originally published in 1895. This electronic text is based on the 1900 edition.
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Published: 1895


English fiction; poetry Women Writers LCSH
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POEMS


BY

FRANCES E. W. HARPER

PHILADELPHIA:
1006 BAINBRIDGE Street

1900

   


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   Copyrighted, 1895, by
FRANCES E. W. HARPER.

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   GEORGE B. FERGUSON CO.,
PRINTERS AND ELECTROTYPERS.

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   Whereas thou hast been forsaken and hated, so that no man went through thee, I will make thee an eternal excellency, a joy of many generations. -- -
ISAIAH 60:15.

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   1006 Bainbridge Street,
Philadelphia, Pa.


   



Frances E. W. Harper



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CONTENTS.

   


    My Mother's Kiss . . . . . . . . . . 1
A Grain of Sand . . . . . . . . . . 3
The Crocuses . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
The Present Age . . . . . . . . . . 6
Dedication Poem . . . . . . . . . . 9
A Double Standard . . . . . . . . . 12
Our Hero . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
The Dying Bondman . . . . . . . . . 17
A Little Child Shall Lead Them . . . 19
The Sparrow's Fall . . . . . . . . . 21
God Bless Our Native Land . . . . . 23
Dandelions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
The Building . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Home, Sweet Home . . . . . . . . . . 26
The Pure in Heart Shall See God . . 28
He Had Not Where to Lay His Head . . 30
Go Work in My Vineyard . . . . . . . 31
Renewal of Strength . . . . . . . . 33
Jamie's Puzzle . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Truth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Death of the Old Sea King . . . . . 38
Save the Boys . . . . . . . . . . . 40




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    CONTENTS.

    Nothing and Something . . . . . . . 42
Vashti . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Thank God for Little Children . . . 47
The Martyr of Alabama . . . . . . . 49
The Night of Death . . . . . . . . . 53
Mother's Treasures . . . . . . . . . 56
The Refiner's Gold . . . . . . . . . 58
A Story of the Rebellion . . . . . . 60
Burial of Sarah . . . . . . . . . . 61
Going East . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
The Hermit's Sacrifice . . . . . . . 66
Songs for the People . . . . . . . . 69
Let the Light Enter . . . . . . . . 71
An Appeal to My Country Women . . . 72