unknown (fl. 1855) Farewell to Waterbury
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09832.16 Author/Creator: unknown (fl. 1855) Place Written: Waterbury, Connecticut Type: Newspaper clipping Date: 25 December 1855 Pagination: 2 p. ; 10 x 6.3 cm. Order a Copy
One newspaper clipping of a poem entitled, "Farewell to Waterbury," dated December 25, 1855. Dedicated to Mrs. E.J.S.
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For the Democrat.
FAREWELL TO WATERBURY.
FOR MRS. E. J. S.
Farewell ye dear familiar scenes,
Which I from childhood knew!
Sweet friends of childhood and of youth,
I bid you all adieu.
New friends, new faces, and new scenes
Will meet me where I rove,
And I may learn as time rolls on,
My western home to love.
He whom I gave my heart and hand
Years since,-a happy bride;
Waits anxiously to see me take
My old place by his side:
And I too-long again to be
Clasp'd fondly to his breast,-
Again on his protecting arm
Confidingly to rest.
They say the land to which I go
Is enchantingly fair:
That o'er the level praries green
Are strewn wild flowers rare:
But oh ! the friends I leave behind
I never can forget,
And I shall oft recall these scenes
With feelings of regret.
And should affliction on me fall
Or sickness lay me low,
Who will so fondly watch o'er me,
Or such comfort bestow?
Then I shall miss my own dear church.
And Pastor, kind and true;
Yet all, I know will pray for me;
Pastor, friends, home, adieu.
Dec. 25, 1855. CARA.
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