POEMS.
By Mrs. M. S. B. DANA.
AN OFFERING TO THE AFFLICTED,
AND
A TRIBUTE OF LOVE TO DEPARTED FRIENDS.
BY
MARY S. B. DANA,
Author of “The Southern Harp,” &c.
“Is it well with thee? Is it well with thy husband? Is it well with the child?” And she answered, “It is well.”
II Kings iv. 26.
NEW-YORK:
PUBLISHED BY DAYTON & SAXTON,
CORNER OF FULTON AND NASSAU STREETS.
BOSTON:
SAXTON AND PEIRCE.
1842.
Entered, according to the Act of Congress, in the year 1841, by
MARY S. B. DANA,
In the Clerk’s Office of the District Court of the United States forthe Southern District of New-York.
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| PAGE. | |
| The Parted Family | 13 |
| To an Absent Husband | 21 |
| To a Dear Absent Friend | 23 |
| The Conflict | 25 |
| The Dying and the Dead | 39 |
| The Mother to her Departed Child | 44 |
| The Burial | 47 |
| The Fading Rose Bud | 64 |
| The Death-Bed Scene | 68 |
| The Joys of Grief | 81 |
| The Second Burial | 98 |
| A Voice from Heaven | 113 |
| The Solitary Walk | 116 |
| To my Mother | 122 |
| To Mr. and Mrs. H. N. Davis, of St. Louis | 123 |
| The Change | 126 |
| Don’t Cry, my Mother | 129 |
| To my Husband’s Picture | 133 |