Hattie Howard Poems

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1.
If.

If all the sermons good men preach
And all the precepts that they teach
Were gathered into one
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2.
Sweet Peas

By helpful fingers taught to twine
Around its trellis, grew
A delicate and dainty vine;
The bursting bud, its blossom sign,
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3.
The Salt Of The Earth

The salt of the earth--what a meaningful phrase
From the lips of the Saviour, and one that conveys
A sense of the need of a substance saline
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4.
Watch Hill

Fair summer home peninsula,
Enriched by every breeze
From fragrant islands, wafted far
Across the sunny seas!
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5.
Woman's Help

Sometimes I long to write an ode
And magnify his name,
The man of honor, on the road
To opulence and fame,
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6.
The Summer House

Midway upon the lawn it stands,
So picturesque and pretty;
Upreared by patient artist hands,
Admired of all the city;
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7.
Apple Blossoms

Of all the lovely blossoms
That decorate the trees,
And shower down their petals
With every breath of breeze,
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8.
Lightning-Bugs

Around my vine-wreathed portico,
At evening, there's a perfect glow
Of little lights a-flashing--
As if the stellar bodies had
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9.
Like Summer

November? 'tis a summer's day!
For tropic airs are blowing
As soft as whispered roundelay
From unseen lips that seem to say
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10.
Margaret

I saw her for a moment,
Her presence haunts me yet,
In oft-recurring visions
Of grace and gladness met
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