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TOWN AND COUNTRY.
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TOWN & COUNTRY.
OR LIFE AT HOME AND ABROAD, WITHIN & WITHOUT US.
BY
JOHN S. ADAMS.
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TOWN AND COUNTRY; OR, LIFE AT HOME AND ABROAD, WITHOUT AND WITHIN US.
BYJOHN S. ADAMS.
BOSTON:
PUBLISHED BY J. BUFFUM,
23 CORNHILL.
1855.Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1854, by J. BUFFUM, In the Clerk's Office of the District Court for the District of Massachusetts. Stereotyped by HOBART & ROBBINS, New England Type and Stereotype Foundry, BOSTON. Press of Geo. C. Rand, 23 Cornhill.
CONTENTS.
- SAVED BY KINDNESS, 9
- THE LOVE OF ELINOR, 31
- 'TIS SWEET TO BE REMEMBERED, 33
- I CALL THEE MINE, 34
- THE OLD TREE AND ITS LESSON, 35
- VOICES FROM THE SPIRIT LAND, 40
- THE BEACON LIGHT, 41
- BEAR UP, 42
- A WELCOME SONG TO SPRING, 43
- THE HOPE OF THE FALLEN, 44
- THOUGHTS THAT COME FROM LONG AGO, 77
- DETERMINED TO BE RICH, 78
- THE HEAVEN-SENT, HEAVEN-RETURNED, 79
- FLOWERS, BRIGHT FLOWERS, 80
- FORGET ME NOT, 81
- WHAT IS TRUTH? 82
- THE HOMESTEAD VISIT, 87
- THE MARINER'S SONG, 89
- LOVE'S LAST WORDS, 90
- LIGHT IN DARKNESS, 91
- MT. VERNON, AND THE TOMB OF WASHINGTON, 92
- FREEDOM'S GATHERING, 98
- SONG OF THE BIRD, 102
- I CHANGE BUT IN DYING, 108
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- HE IS THY BROTHER, 103
- THE WINE-DEALER'S CLERK, 104
- ANGELINA, 128
- FAREWELL, MY NATIVE LAND, 130
- UNLEARNED TO LOVE, 131
- WHAT WAS IT? 131
- LETTERS AND LETTER-WRITING, 133
- A VISION OF REALITY, 141
- JEWELS OF THE HEART, 145
- LIGHT FROM A BETTER LAND, 146
- POOR AND WEARY, 147
- THE BANDBOX MOVEMENT, 148
- NEW ENGLAND HOMES, 151
- LOVE THAT WANES NOT 152
- ONWARD COURAGEOUSLY, 162
- A FOREST PIC-NIC SONG, 153
- THE WARRIOR'S BRIDE, 155
- THE ADVENT OF HOPE, 164
- CHILD AND SIRE, 164
- A BROTHER'S WELCOME, 169
- THE IMMENSITY OF CREATION, 170
- A VISION OF HEAVEN, 175
- THERE'S HOPE FOR THEE YET, 177
- SOLILOQUY OVER THE GRAVE OF A WIFE, 177
- THE FUGITIVES, 179
- THE UNIVERSAL JUBILEE, 180
- THE WIDOW'S STORY, 181
- THE BATTLE OF THE RED MEN, 191
- SUNLIGHT ON THE SOUL, 194
- A SONG FROM THE ABSENT, TO THE LOVED ONE FROM HOME. 195
- TWILIGHT FOREST HYMN, 196
- THE SUMMER SHOWER, 197
- AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF AN AUTOMATON, 198
- TO THE UNKNOWN DONOR OF A BOUQUET, 207
- TO A SISTER IN HEAVEN, 208
- I DREAMED OF THEE LAST NIGHT, LOVE, 210
- THEY TELL OF HAPPY BOWERS, 211
- MAN CANNOT LIVE AND LOVE NOT, 211
- BETTER THAN GOLD, 213
- GONE AWAY, 227
- LINES TO MY MIFE WIFE , 228
- CHEER UP, 230
- TRUST THOU IN GOD, 281
- THE MINISTRATION OF SORROW, 282
- GIVING PUBLICITY TO BUSINESS, 284
- THE MISSION OF KINDNESS, 242
- A PLEA FOR THE FALLEN, 245
- JOY BEYOND, 246
- THE SUMMER DAYS ARE COMING, 247
- THE MAN WHO KNOWS EVERYTHING, 248
- PRIDE AND POVERTY, 251
- WORDS THAT TOUCH THE INNER HEART, 253
- OUR HOME, 254
- SPECULATION AND ITS CONSEQUENCE, 256
- RETROSPECTION, 265
- NATURE'S FAIR DAUGHTER, BEAUTIFUL WATER, 269
- THE TEST OF FRIENDSHIP, 270
- WEEP NOT, 271
- RICH AND POOR, 273
- THE HOMEWARD BOUND, 282
- THE POOR OF EARTH, 288
- IF I DON'T OTHERS WILL, 285
- NOT MADE FOR AN EDITOR, 288
- HERE'S TO THE HEART THAT'S EVER BRIGHT, 296
- MORNING BEAUTY, 297
- THE RECOMPENSE OF GOODNESS, 297
- BRIDAL SONGS, 298
- THE JUG AFLOAT, 300
- GIVE, AND STAY THEIR MISERY, 310
- THE SPIRIT OF MAN, 311
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- PAUSE AND THINK, 312
- LITTLE NELLY, 314
- WE SHALL ALL BE HAPPY SOON, 319
- REUNION, 321
- THE VILLAGE MYSTERY, 323
- THE WAYSIDE DEATH, 329
- BEAUTY AND INNOCENCE, 331
- NIGHT, 332
- NOT DEAD, BUT CHANGED, 335
- THE DISINHERITED, 336
- THE SEASONS ALL ARE BEAUTIFUL, 360
- SPRING, 362
- A TEXT FOR A LIFETIME, 365
- NOW CLOSE THE BOOK, 369