The fire is burning in the grate
As redly as it used to burn,
But still the hearth is desolate
Till Mirth and Love with Peace return.
(Monday Night May 11th 1846 / Domestic Peace)
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I would not send a poor girl into the world, ignorant of the snares that beset her path; nor would I watch and guard her, till, deprived of self-respect and self-reliance, she lost the power or the will to watch and guard herself .
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My life is very lonely,
My days pass heavily,
I'm wearing of repining,
Wilt thou not come to me?
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Have we not longed through life the reign to see
Of Justice, linked with Glorious Liberty?
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Oh, I am very weary, Though tears no longer flow; My eyes are tired of weeping, My heart is sick of woe.
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I love my mother, I revere
My sire, but fear not me
Believe that Death alone can tear
This faithful heart from thee.
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