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James Nack
Jan 4, 1809to
1879
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The Grave Of Mary.Wedded LoveMy Darling Little MaryTo My WifeBroken TiesLove's AmbitionLove Without Hope.My Little Daughter's WelcomeMy Blue-Eyed MaidShe Calls Me FatherThe Lock Of HairA New-Year's GreetingsMy Own, My Chosen BrideThe Flower Of LoveThe Mother's PrideThe Charms Of Woman.The Best And The Worst Of ItForget Me NotMy Fondest And FairestMy BabeA New-Year's Greeting To My Daughter.
by James Nack
So it is gone! -- another year!
A drop of time lost in the sea
Of dark and deep eternity,
In which we all must disappear!
Well, since so transient our career,
The blessings that attend the way
More precious grow with every clay:
So is it with my EVELINE,
And ever was since she was mine;
Since first she nestled on my breast,
And on its beatings rocked to rest;
And when her little arms at length
To twine around me gathered strength,
And her young eyes replied to mine
With love's intelligence divine;
When first her lips began to frame
Source:
The Romance Of The Ring, And Other Poems.Copyright 1859
Delisser & Procter, 508 Broadway, New York
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