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A New England Girlhood, Outlined from Memory (Beverly, MA)
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Lucy Larcom
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1999.
A
NEW
ENGLAND
GIRLHOOD
OUTLINED
FROM
MEMORY
By
LUCY
LARCOM
I
dedicated
this
sketch
To
my
girlfriends
in
general;
And
in
particular
To
my
namesake-niece,
Lucy
Larcom
Spaulding.
Happy
those
early
days,
when
I
Shined
in
my
angel-infancy!
--When
on
some
gilded
cloud
or
flower
My
gazing
soul
would
dwell
an
hour,
And
in
those
weaker
glories
spy
Some
shadows
of
eternity:--
Before
I
taught
my
tongue
to
wound
My
conscience
by
a
sinful
sound;--
But
felt
through
all
this
fleshy
dress
Bright
shoots
of
everlastingness.
HENRY
VAUGHAN
The
thought
of
our
past
years
in
me
doth
breed
Perpetual
benediction.
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