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A FACTORY VIOLET. 327
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hel forw p ar her d with onwards slow . and Like faltering poor steps , but , she gained press the her guerdon undoubted at last , merit and found Her her first neighbours contributions proudly appeared recognizing in
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honour , of a second edition . factory One maide or two n re poems ally owns from the this faculty volume divine will . show " Here * that is one our
such . " WITHOUT AND WITHIN . "
" I hae been happy thinhin "—Burns . " Is it that some spirit fills all space
And links all outward forms by subtlest ties To liurnan consciousness ? that Nature ' s face
Is aye so eloquent with sympathies ? " Or is it man ' s deep soul which doth inform
"With its own music cold material things ? Endows them with emotions rich and warm ,
And o ' er them Glory as a mantle flings V I cannot tellbut this full well I know
" ; , That every mood of mine finds response meet ; E ' en as the wind-harp , when soft breezes blow ,
Answers in softest music sad and sweet . " When hope is singing—bird-like—at my heart ,
When joy enfolds me with fair wreathing arms , What golden sunbeams through the clear skies dart !
How smiles the landscape with surpassing charms I " The brooklet babbles with melodious tongue ,
Tlie tree-tops thrill with joy , from every bower Out gush the matchless symphonies of song ,
And glory rests upon each common flower . " But sad thoughts come , the pensive mood prevails ; sweet flown
I mourn some dear joy dead , some hope : And now , like requiems , sigh the summer gales'Tis music stillbut O , the altered tone !
A Factory Violet. 327
A FACTORY VIOLET . 327
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), July 1, 1864, page 327, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01071864/page/39/
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