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HUBBARD M. SMITH, M. D.
AT MIDNIGHT
And Other Poems
By HUBBARD M. SMITH, M. D.
Carlon & Hollenbeck, Printers Indianapolis, Indiana M DCCC XCVIII
Copyright, 1898
by
MARY E. AND ALICE C. SMITH
To my children, by whom
more sympathy than criticism will be
accorded, this volume
is
affectionately dedicated
Introductory
THE following verses were suggested by incidents and objects observed
along the wayside and written during the leisure hours vouchsafed to the author midst the
cares and labors incident to a physician's busy life, and he feels assured that, by their
sentiment and expression, no one who may honor them with a perusal will thereby be made
the worse, if not the better. Any misgivings he may have had in presenting this volume for
public favor have been overshadowed by the solicitude and partiality of loving friends;
and if he has furnished enough honey, extracted from the flowers of fancy, to fill one
little cell in the great poetical hive, he will feel that his songs have not been sung in
vain.
Vincennes, Ind., May, 1898.
Contents
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- At Midnight,11
- The Mountain Stream, 15
- Autumn, 21
- September, 23
- Wild Flowers, 27
- First Bird of Spring, 29
- The Dove, 31
- Ode to Autumn, 34
- Sunrise at Hanover, 37
- Spring, 41
- The Night-Blooming Cereus, 42
- Bring Flowers, 44
- The Mocking Bird, 47
- Not Dead but Sleepeth, 50
- Avondale, 54
- Song, 57
- The Sage of Ashland, 59
- A Memory, 62
- Serenade, 67
- Goodnight and Happy Dreams, 69
- To ---,70
- The Dream is Past,72
- To Nannie, 74
- Song, 76
- Song, 77
- Song,79
- Song, 81
- Song,83
- I Think of Thee, 84
- Come Home, 86
- A Love Idyl--And Moral,89
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- To Mary, 93
- To a Lady Friend, 95
- Song, 96
- Song, 97
- Centennial Song, 98
- Song, 100
- Song,101
- Home in the West, 103
- My Little Cottage Home,104
- Excerpts from Memory,106
- Unrest, 119
- Sabbath Day, 124
- Persevere, 126
- The Blacksmith, 128
- The Child's Prayer, 131
- To Lucinda,132
- To Aline, 133
- America, 134
- The Soul is Ever Longing,136
- Thanksgiving Hymn, 138
- Golden Wedding, 140
- Evolution, 142
- Twilight, 156
- Cromwell, 157
- Lady Jane Grey, 158
- The Departed Year, 159
- Cupid's Plea, 160
- Rachel, 164
- To Miss M. J. S., 165
- To Mrs. M. B. Harlan, 166
- May, 167
- June, 168
- On the Death of a Child, 169
- Sonnet, 170
- Winter, 171
- Conscience, 172
- Sonnet, 173
- Cuba, 174
At Midnight and Other Poems
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