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A New England Girlhood, Outlined from Memory (Beverly, MA)
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Lucy Larcom
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To
care
for
poetry
in
this
way
does
not
make
one
a
poet,
but
it
does
make
one
feel
blessedly
rich,
and
quite
indifferent
to
many
things
which
are
usually
looked
upon
as
desirable
possessions.
I
am
sincerely
grateful
that
it
was
given
to
me,
from
childhood,
to
see
life
from
this
point
of
view.
And
it
seems
to
me
that
every
young
girl
would
be
happier
for
beginning
her
earthly
journey
with
the
thankful
consciousness
that
her
life
does
not
consist
in
the
abundance
of
things
that
she
possesses.
The
highest
possible
poetic
conception
is
that
of
a
life
consecrated
to
a
noble
ideal.
It
may
be
unable
to
find
expression
for
itself
except
through
humble,
even
menial
services,
or
through
unselfish
devotion
whose
silent
song
is
audible
to
God
alone;
yet
such
music
as
this
might
rise
to
heaven
from
every
young
girl's
heart
and
character
if
she
would
set
it
free.
In
such
ways
it
was
meant
that
the
world
should
be
filled
with
the
true
poetry
of
womanhood.
It
is
one
of
the
most
beautiful
facts
in
this
human
existence
of
ours,
that
we
remember
the
earliest
and
freshest
part
of
it
most
vividly.
Doubtless
it
was
meant
that
our
childhood
should
live
on
in
us
forever.
My
childhood
was
by
no
means
a
cloudless
one.
It
had
its
light
and
shade,
each
contributing
a
charm
which
makes
it
wholly
delightful
in
the
retrospect.
I
can
see
very
distinctly
the
child
that
I
was,
and
I
know
how
the
world
looked
to
her,
far
off
as
she
is
now.
She
seems
to
me
like
my
little
sister,
at
play
in
a
garden
where
I
can
at
any
time
return
and
find
her.
I
have
enjoyed
bringing
her
back,
and
letting
her
tell
her
story,
almost
as
if
she
were
somebody
else.
I
like
her
better
than
I
did
when
I
was
really
a
child,
and
I
hope
never
to
part
company
with
her.
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