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Poems
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| 1.
| Lambert, Mary Eliza [Perine] Tucker | ADIEU. |
1867
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Life is full of mirth and pleasure,
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| 2.
| Lambert, Mary Eliza [Perine] Tucker | Lambert, M. E. P. T. (1838?-1888?): A BROADWAY IDYL. |
1867
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For hours I stood upon The Bridge, Loew's, or as it is commonly called, Fulton Street Bridge, was completed March, 1866, the building being supervised by the Hon. Charles E. Loew, whose name has been bestowed upon it by an Act of the Common Council of New York. It is a large ærial structure, at the intersection of Broadway and Fulton Street, where the thoroughfare is continually thronged with vehicles of all kinds, rendering it almost impossible for pedestrians to pass.
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| 3.
| Lambert, Mary Eliza [Perine] Tucker | Lambert, M. E. P. T. (1838?-1888?): A KISS. |
1867
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A kiss? Pray tell me, what is in a kiss,
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| 4.
| Lambert, Mary Eliza [Perine] Tucker | Lambert, M. E. P. T. (1838?-1888?): ALL ALONE. |
1867
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And shall we ever seek in vain,
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| 5.
| Lambert, Mary Eliza [Perine] Tucker | Lambert, M. E. P. T. (1838?-1888?): A LOVE-LETTER. |
1867
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You wished for a love-letter, Doctor—but then,
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| 6.
| Lambert, Mary Eliza [Perine] Tucker | Lambert, M. E. P. T. (1838?-1888?): APPLE DUMPLINGS. BY REQUEST. |
1867
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Gaze not upon my outside, friend,
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| 7.
| Lambert, Mary Eliza [Perine] Tucker | Lambert, M. E. P. T. (1838?-1888?): ARRIA TO POETUS. |
1867
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In vain! in vain! my pleading all in vain!
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| 8.
| Lambert, Mary Eliza [Perine] Tucker | Lambert, M. E. P. T. (1838?-1888?): AUTUMN THOUGHTS. |
1867
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I, from my chamber-window, mark
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| 9.
| Lambert, Mary Eliza [Perine] Tucker | Lambert, M. E. P. T. (1838?-1888?): BURIAL OF A FAIRY QUEEN. |
1867
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On a verdant summer islet
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| 10.
| Lambert, Mary Eliza [Perine] Tucker | Lambert, M. E. P. T. (1838?-1888?): CHILD LIFE. |
1867
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Like the cadence of an old love song,
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| 11.
| Lambert, Mary Eliza [Perine] Tucker | Lambert, M. E. P. T. (1838?-1888?): CHRISTMAS, SOUTH, 1866. |
1867
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Laughing, merry, childish voices, woke us in their eager glee,
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| 12.
| Lambert, Mary Eliza [Perine] Tucker | Lambert, M. E. P. T. (1838?-1888?): CHRISTMAS EVE, SOUTH, 1865. |
1867
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Poverty, remorseless spectre,
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| 13.
| Lambert, Mary Eliza [Perine] Tucker | Lambert, M. E. P. T. (1838?-1888?): CRAZED. |
1867
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No rest! no rest on this bleak earth for me;
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| 14.
| Lambert, Mary Eliza [Perine] Tucker | Lambert, M. E. P. T. (1838?-1888?): Dedication and Preface to Poetry. |
1867
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| 15.
| Lambert, Mary Eliza [Perine] Tucker | Lambert, M. E. P. T. (1838?-1888?): DISAPPOINTMENT. |
1867
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Oh, how can I live in a torture so wild,
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| 16.
| Lambert, Mary Eliza [Perine] Tucker | Lambert, M. E. P. T. (1838?-1888?): DRINK ON. |
1867
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Take in hand the cup of delusion,
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| 17.
| Lambert, Mary Eliza [Perine] Tucker | Lambert, M. E. P. T. (1838?-1888?): EVANISHINGS. |
1867
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“Darling, how long before this breath will cease?
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| 18.
| Lambert, Mary Eliza [Perine] Tucker | Lambert, M. E. P. T. (1838?-1888?): FAMILY PORTRAITS. |
1867
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Five buds were on the parent tree,
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| 19.
| Lambert, Mary Eliza [Perine] Tucker | Lambert, M. E. P. T. (1838?-1888?): FOUND—WHO LOST? |
1867
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Lady, tell me, will you, pray,
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| 20.
| Lambert, Mary Eliza [Perine] Tucker | Lambert, M. E. P. T. (1838?-1888?): GONE. |
1867
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Gone, with all her sparkling beauty,
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| 21.
| Lambert, Mary Eliza [Perine] Tucker | Lambert, M. E. P. T. (1838?-1888?): HEART'S EASE. |
1867
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Lonely and dreary was the day,
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| 22.
| Lambert, Mary Eliza [Perine] Tucker | Lambert, M. E. P. T. (1838?-1888?): HOPE. |
1867
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As shines the sunbeam through dark clouds,
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| 23.
| Lambert, Mary Eliza [Perine] Tucker | Lambert, M. E. P. T. (1838?-1888?): HUGGING THE SHORE. |
1867
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“Do you think you will hug the shore, Captain, to-day?”
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| 24.
| Lambert, Mary Eliza [Perine] Tucker | Lambert, M. E. P. T. (1838?-1888?): I AM FASHION'S TOY. LINES WRITTEN UPON SEEING A FASHIONABLY-DRESSED LADY ASK A SERVANT FOR A FEW BLADES OF GRASS, WHICH SHE PLACED UPON HER BOSOM. |
1867
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Oh! give to me of the bright green leaves,
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| 25.
| Lambert, Mary Eliza [Perine] Tucker | Lambert, M. E. P. T. (1838?-1888?): I AM WEARY, MOTHER. |
1867
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I am weary, Mother, and I fain would rest
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| 26.
| Lambert, Mary Eliza [Perine] Tucker | Lambert, M. E. P. T. (1838?-1888?): I SMILE, BUT OH! MY HEART IS BREAKING. |
1867
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I mingle with the young and gay,
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| 27.
| Lambert, Mary Eliza [Perine] Tucker | Lambert, M. E. P. T. (1838?-1888?): KINDNESS. |
1867
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One single word of heartfelt kindness,
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| 28.
| Lambert, Mary Eliza [Perine] Tucker | Lambert, M. E. P. T. (1838?-1888?): KNITTING. |
1867
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My muse is in the sulks to-day,
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| 29.
| Lambert, Mary Eliza [Perine] Tucker | Lambert, M. E. P. T. (1838?-1888?): LIFE. |
1867
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Life? What is life but fleeting bliss,
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| 30.
| Lambert, Mary Eliza [Perine] Tucker | Lambert, M. E. P. T. (1838?-1888?): LIFE FOR A LIFE. |
1867
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'Tis but a phantom of the weary brain,
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| 31.
| Lambert, Mary Eliza [Perine] Tucker | Lambert, M. E. P. T. (1838?-1888?): LIFT ME HIGHER. |
1867
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Lift me higher! Lift me higher!
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| 32.
| Lambert, Mary Eliza [Perine] Tucker | Lambert, M. E. P. T. (1838?-1888?): LIGHT IN DARKNESS. |
1867
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Mother, for months a mist has been before me,
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| 33.
| Lambert, Mary Eliza [Perine] Tucker | Lambert, M. E. P. T. (1838?-1888?): LINES ON THE DEATH OF THE REV. S. K. TALMAGE. |
1867
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Mourn not, friends, mourn not, bereaved,
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| 34.
| Lambert, Mary Eliza [Perine] Tucker | Lambert, M. E. P. T. (1838?-1888?): LINES TO AN OLD DRESS. |
1867
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Alas! the time has come, old dress,
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| 35.
| Lambert, Mary Eliza [Perine] Tucker | Lambert, M. E. P. T. (1838?-1888?): LINES UPON THE DEATH OF CHARLEY DU BIGNON. |
1867
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The years of manhood had not tinged
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| 36.
| Lambert, Mary Eliza [Perine] Tucker | Lambert, M. E. P. T. (1838?-1888?): LITTLE BELL. |
1867
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Evening came, a child was missing,
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| 37.
| Lambert, Mary Eliza [Perine] Tucker | Lambert, M. E. P. T. (1838?-1888?): MINE. |
1867
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Her eyes are bright as sparkling stars,
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| 38.
| Lambert, Mary Eliza [Perine] Tucker | Lambert, M. E. P. T. (1838?-1888?): MISTLETOE. |
1867
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On yonder oak, upon its lordliest height,
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| 39.
| Lambert, Mary Eliza [Perine] Tucker | Lambert, M. E. P. T. (1838?-1888?): MRS. MYRICK'S LECTURE. |
1867
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You know, dear, that this vicious world is ever prone to see,
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| 40.
| Lambert, Mary Eliza [Perine] Tucker | Lambert, M. E. P. T. (1838?-1888?): MY MOTHER'S VOICE. |
1867
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Oh never on my youthful ear
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| 41.
| Lambert, Mary Eliza [Perine] Tucker | Lambert, M. E. P. T. (1838?-1888?): MYSTERIES OF LIFE. |
1867
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God said, “Let there be light, and there was light,”
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| 42.
| Lambert, Mary Eliza [Perine] Tucker | Lambert, M. E. P. T. (1838?-1888?): NO LETTER. |
1867
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“No letter!” poor mother! oh, well may'st thou weep,
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| 43.
| Lambert, Mary Eliza [Perine] Tucker | Lambert, M. E. P. T. (1838?-1888?): ONLY A BLUSH. |
1867
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Only a blush! O'er the cheek it swept,
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| 44.
| Lambert, Mary Eliza [Perine] Tucker | Lambert, M. E. P. T. (1838?-1888?): REVENGE. |
1867
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Ah! I could curse them in my woe,
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| 45.
| Lambert, Mary Eliza [Perine] Tucker | Lambert, M. E. P. T. (1838?-1888?): SILVERY FOUNTAIN. |
1867
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Silvery Fountain! soft and clear
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| 46.
| Lambert, Mary Eliza [Perine] Tucker | Lambert, M. E. P. T. (1838?-1888?): SPEAK TO HER TENDERLY. |
1867
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Speak to her tenderly, taunt her not now,
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| 47.
| Lambert, Mary Eliza [Perine] Tucker | Lambert, M. E. P. T. (1838?-1888?): SPRING. |
1867
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Spring, glad Spring, has dawned on earth;
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| 48.
| Lambert, Mary Eliza [Perine] Tucker | Lambert, M. E. P. T. (1838?-1888?): THE BEAUTIFUL. |
1867
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The beautiful! what is not perfect here below,
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| 49.
| Lambert, Mary Eliza [Perine] Tucker | Lambert, M. E. P. T. (1838?-1888?): THE BEAUTIFUL SEA. |
1867
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I have pined for the sight of the sea for years—
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| 50.
| Lambert, Mary Eliza [Perine] Tucker | Lambert, M. E. P. T. (1838?-1888?): THE BLIGHT OF LOVE. |
1867
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Many long years ago, I loved a youth,
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| 51.
| Lambert, Mary Eliza [Perine] Tucker | Lambert, M. E. P. T. (1838?-1888?): THE CRUSHED FLOWER. |
1867
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As through earth's garden once I strayed
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| 52.
| Lambert, Mary Eliza [Perine] Tucker | Lambert, M. E. P. T. (1838?-1888?): THE DRUNKARD'S WIFE. |
1867
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How slowly glide the hours by, the minutes hours seem;
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| 53.
| Lambert, Mary Eliza [Perine] Tucker | Lambert, M. E. P. T. (1838?-1888?): THE FATHER'S LOVE. |
1867
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Far more priceless than the diamonds rare from Golconda's rich mine;
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| 54.
| Lambert, Mary Eliza [Perine] Tucker | Lambert, M. E. P. T. (1838?-1888?): THE FIRST GREY HAIR. |
1867
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No, let it stay. It speaks but truth:
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| 55.
| Lambert, Mary Eliza [Perine] Tucker | Lambert, M. E. P. T. (1838?-1888?): THE HUMMING-BIRD. |
1867
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I entered my parlor one bright summer morn,
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| 56.
| Lambert, Mary Eliza [Perine] Tucker | Lambert, M. E. P. T. (1838?-1888?): THE MAIL HAS COME. |
1867
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Now the bitter pangs of hope deferred
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| 57.
| Lambert, Mary Eliza [Perine] Tucker | Lambert, M. E. P. T. (1838?-1888?): THE MOTHER'S LAMENT. UPON THE LOSS OF HER CHILDREN'S PHOTOGRAPHS AT SEA. |
1867
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Hast thou no mercy, wind, that thou should'st tear from me,
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| 58.
| Lambert, Mary Eliza [Perine] Tucker | Lambert, M. E. P. T. (1838?-1888?): THE OLD CRIB. |
1867
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I know thou art a senseless thing,
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| 59.
| Lambert, Mary Eliza [Perine] Tucker | Lambert, M. E. P. T. (1838?-1888?): THE OPIUM-EATER. |
1867
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Life's pathway to me is dreary;
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| 60.
| Lambert, Mary Eliza [Perine] Tucker | Lambert, M. E. P. T. (1838?-1888?): THE SIGNAL GUN. |
1867
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Softly now the day is dawning,
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| 61.
| Lambert, Mary Eliza [Perine] Tucker | Lambert, M. E. P. T. (1838?-1888?): THE SOLDIER BOY'S DREAM |
1867
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A soldier boy lay dreaming
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| 62.
| Lambert, Mary Eliza [Perine] Tucker | Lambert, M. E. P. T. (1838?-1888?): THE TRYST. |
1867
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I waited full two hours, or more,
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| 63.
| Lambert, Mary Eliza [Perine] Tucker | Lambert, M. E. P. T. (1838?-1888?): TO ANNIE. |
1867
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Annie, my first-born, gentle child,
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| 64.
| Lambert, Mary Eliza [Perine] Tucker | Lambert, M. E. P. T. (1838?-1888?): TO DON JUAN BAZ, EX-GOV. OF MEXICO. |
1867
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Welcome, stranger! glad I greet thee,
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| 65.
| Lambert, Mary Eliza [Perine] Tucker | Lambert, M. E. P. T. (1838?-1888?): TO FANNIE. |
1867
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Write to thine eyes? Why, my poor pen
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| 66.
| Lambert, Mary Eliza [Perine] Tucker | Lambert, M. E. P. T. (1838?-1888?): TO FATHER. |
1867
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My father! when I saw thee last,
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| 67.
| Lambert, Mary Eliza [Perine] Tucker | Lambert, M. E. P. T. (1838?-1888?): TO MARY. |
1867
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The sky low down in distant West, is tinged with golden hue,
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| 68.
| Lambert, Mary Eliza [Perine] Tucker | Lambert, M. E. P. T. (1838?-1888?): TO ONE WHO SLEEPETH. WRITTEN BY A SCHOOL-HOUSE WELL. |
1867
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Long years have passed since first a merry child,
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| 69.
| Lambert, Mary Eliza [Perine] Tucker | Lambert, M. E. P. T. (1838?-1888?): UPON RECEIPT OF A POUND OF COFFEE IN 1863. |
1867
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The sight of the coffee was good for sore eyes,
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| 70.
| Lambert, Mary Eliza [Perine] Tucker | Lambert, M. E. P. T. (1838?-1888?): WAIL OF THE DIVORCED. |
1867
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How can I give thee up, my child, my dearest, earliest born,
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| 71.
| Lambert, Mary Eliza [Perine] Tucker | Lambert, M. E. P. T. (1838?-1888?): WEARINESS. |
1867
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Ah, is there no, no place on earth
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| 72.
| Lambert, Mary Eliza [Perine] Tucker | Lambert, M. E. P. T. (1838?-1888?): WE MET. |
1867
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We met, and memory flew to joys and tears,
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| 73.
| Lambert, Mary Eliza [Perine] Tucker | Lambert, M. E. P. T. (1838?-1888?): “DID YOU CALL ME, FATHER?” |
1867
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“Did you call me, Father?” Ah no, 'twas the surge,
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| 74.
| Lambert, Mary Eliza [Perine] Tucker | Lambert, M. E. P. T. (1838?-1888?): “I WAS A STRANGER AND YE TOOK ME IN.’ |
1867
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Tossed on the stormy waves of time,
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| 75.
| Lambert, Mary Eliza [Perine] Tucker | Lambert, M. E. P. T. (1838?-1888?): “THAT GLOVE.” |
1867
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Why cherish thus the senseless thing?
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