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Poems by George Moses Horton

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To Catharine

... And trace back on time's rapid stream, ...

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False Weight

... Give back my right, thy weight decrease, ...

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On The Pleasures Of College Life

... Burns with his harp, Scott, Cambell, and their flowers, ...

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A Billet Doux

... My brightest hopes are mix'd with tears, ...

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Meditation On A Cold, Dark, And Rainy Night

... Still round my chamber flows the whistling breeze, ...

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On Winter

...   The screech-owl peals her shivering tone ...

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To A Departing Favorite

... To roam the wilds where dangers sleep, ...

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To Miss Tempe

... Bless'd hope, when Tempe takes her last long flight, ...

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The Musical Chamber

...  Come, feast with the lark and the linnet, ...

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The Rising Sun

... With brooms of light the plains to sweep, ...

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On The Consequences Of Happy Marriages

... With grateful tears their well-spent day shall close, ...

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The Fate Of An Innocent Dog

... But wheel'd and drop'd his tail, poor dog, ...

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The Dirge

... Deserted of her Spouse, she sat lamenting in the chamber ...

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Early Affeection

... When thou hast spread thy wing to flee, ...