Webster, Daniel (1782-1852) poem attributed to Daniel Webster
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01946.65 Author/Creator: Webster, Daniel (1782-1852) Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph manuscript Date: circa 1820 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 19.6 x 11.8 cm. Order a Copy
Poem attributed to Daniel Webster docketed to his first wife Grace Fletcher Webster. Includes an envelope with an inscription attributed to Webster's sister-in-law, Harriette Story Paige.
Flying time, & change [applause],
Bear me, unwilling, [text loss] thy face;
Yet, believe me, Lovelier fair,
Yet, believe me, I am there.
Between us, winds a lengthened coast;
Between us, rivers must be crossed;
Between us, mountains rise in air,
Yet, Dearest, trust me, I am there.
I think of thee, at Evenings close;
I dream of thee, in nights repose;
The morn renews my daily care,
But morn still finds me [illegible] there.
Oh, that when other friends [caress] thee
O, that when softest dreams posess thee,
They thoughts, thy dreams, I [ought] but there!
O, [struck: would] that [mere] thought, o there!
wicked me -
[Docket]
To
Miss Grace F -
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