Poems by Mattie Griffith

By Griffith, Mattie

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Title:	Poems by Mattie Griffith
Author:	Griffith, Mattie
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Language:	English
Subject:	Fiction--Women authors--History and criticism., Literature--Women authors, Literature
Collections:	Classic Literature Collection, Women Writers Collection
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Fiction

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Excerpt: The Dying Girl. THROW open yonder window, sister dear, For all seems gloomy and oppressive here; I feel, alas! that I am dying now, But the warm breeze may breathe upon my brow, And o'er my heart a soft and holy spell, Bidding my faint and failing spirit swell With the dear thoughts and visions that had power To brighten life in childhood's fairy hour. I go, sweet sister, to yon far blue land Where dwell the blest, a bright, angelic band, Where radiant spirits chant their burning lay, Their song of immortality, and stray