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The Emigrant Mechanic and Other Tales in Verse
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The Emigrant Mechanic and Other Tales in Verse
Thomas Cowherd
1
PREFACE.
2
CONTENTS.
3
BOOK I.
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BOOK II.
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BOOK III.
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BOOK IV.
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BOOK V.
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BOOK VI.
9
BOOK VII.
Reading
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BOOK VIII.
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MY GARDEN
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SONG TO BRANTFORD.
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TO ELIHU BURRITT AFTER LISTENING TO HIS LECTURE ON "COMMERCE,"
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EMMA, THE TINKER'S DAUGHTER; OR, THE BENEFITS OF SABBATH SCHOOL INSTRUCTION.
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TO MY FATHER SUPPOSED TO BE DYING—SEPTEMBER, 1841.
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ODE TO PEACE
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STANZAS.
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ACROSTICS.
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IMPROMPTU.
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AN ADDRESS TO BRANTFORD.
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STANZAS.
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I SAW A YOUTHFUL MOTHER LIE
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FAMILY PIECES
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MURDER WILL OUT; OR, THE POWER OF CONSCIENCE.
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BOOK II.
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PASTOR'S AUTUMNAL SONG.
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XIX.
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MISCELLANEOUS POEMS.
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TO A VERY TALL SUNFLOWER.
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BIRTHDAY THOUGHTS AND ASPIRATIONS.
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SONG TO THE LILY OF THE VALLEY.
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DAISY, I HAVE SOUGHT FOR THEE.
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THE CHARMS OF JUNE.
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TO MR. COWHERD, FROM HIS FRIEND, H. S. LAYCOCK.
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TO MR. JAMES C——T
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TO THE CHRISTIANS OF BRANTFORD.
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TO THE SAME.
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VERSES WRITTEN IMMEDIATELY AFTER READING HORACE SMITH'S "BACHELOR'S FARE."
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STANZAS ON THE PEACEFUL STRUGGLE IN EUROPE.
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TO THE REV. J. W AND HIS BRIDE
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STANZAS ON HEARING AN AUCTIONEER QUOTE THE FOLLOWING PASSAGE OF SCRIPTURE: "THERE WAS SILENCE IN HEAVEN ABOUT THE SPACE OF HALF AN HOUR."—
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WINTER'S RAVAGES, AN APPEAL TO THE RICH ON BEHALF OF THE POOR.
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A CANADIAN NATIONAL SONG.
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AN ADDRESS BY THE MEMBERS OF THE "INSTITUTE" TO THEIR FRIENDS AT THE SOIREE.
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ALCOHOL'S ARRAIGNMENT AND DOOM.
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TO MY BELOVED FRIEND MR. JAMES WOODYATT.
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TRIBUTARY VERSES, WRITTEN IMMEDIATELY ON HEARING OF DR. O'CARR'S DEATH.
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STANZAS, SUGGESTED BY THE DREADFUL RAILWAY ACCIDENT AT THE DESJARDINS CANAL, MARCH 12, 1857.
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TRIBUTARY STANZAS TO THE MEMORY OF DR. LAYCOCK, WHO WAS ACCIDENTALLY KILLED WHILE ON A PROFESSIONAL JOURNEY, DECEMBER 10, 1857.
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SONG OF THE CANADIAN CRADLER.
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STANZAS, ADDRESSED TO THE REV. J. B. HOWARD AND HIS FAMILY AS A TRIBUTE OF RESPECT ON THEIR DEPARTURE FROM BRANTFORD, AUGUST, 1858.
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GRUMBLINGS.
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VERSES, SUGGESTED BY THE FEARFUL ACCIDENT ON THE GREAT WESTERN R. R. NEAR COPETOWN, ON THE NIGHT OF THE 18TH MARCH, 1859.
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A TRIBUTE TO THE MEMORY OF THE REV. THOMAS FAWCETT WHO LOST HIS LIFE BY THE ACCIDENT ABOVE MENTIONED.
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A TRIBUTE TO THE MEMORY OF MR. RICHARD FOLDS, WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE APRIL 21, 1859.
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TO THE HUMMING BIRD.
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TO THE SAME.
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FIRE SONG.
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THE FIRE ALARM.
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MY OLD ARM CHAIR.
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A TRIBUTE TO THE BRAVERY OF MY COUSIN, MRS. T. A. COWHERD, WHO CROSSED THE ATLANTIC IN MID-WINTER WITH THREE HELPLESS CHILDREN, AND UNDER VERY TRYING CIRCUMSTANCES.
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CANADIANS' WELCOME TO H. R. H. THE PRINCE OF WALES, 1860.
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BRANTFORD'S WELCOME TO THE PRINCE OF WALES, 1860.
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A CALL FOR HELP FOR GARIBALDI.
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LINES SUGGESTED BY THE NEW YORK TRIBUNE'S ACCOUNT OF LINCOLN'S DEPARTURE FROM SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS, FOR WASHINGTON.
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SONG.
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THE SEWING MACHINE.
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TABBY AND TIBBY.
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FAMILY PIECES
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FAREWELL TO MY HARP
Chapter 9 of 70
BOOK VII.
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