Sarah Josepha Buell Hale Biography

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I have learned my lesson,
And mother said
She would give me a kiss
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The outward world, for rugged toil designed,
Where Evil from true Good the crown hath riven,
Hath been to men's dominion ever given;
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And thou art gone! the Bridal Rose
Fresh on thy laurelled head;
A land of new, wild, wondrous scenes
Before thy fancy spread-
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Earth held no symbol, had no living sign
To image forth the Mother's deathless love;
And so the tender care the righteous prove
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