POEMS,

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BY THOMAS HALL SHASTID, AUTHOR OF “Newspaper Ballads.” ———— PITTSFIELD, ILLINOIS: THE AUTHOR. 1881. {2} Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1881, by THOMAS HALL SHASTID, In the office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington. ————— Printed and Bound by H. E. Hanna, Book Printer, Pittsfield, Illinois.

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PREFACE.

To my many friends who have been so lenient in their criticisms of my former work, and to the several editors and literary men who have given me so much encouragement, I wish to return my sincere thanks.

All the request I have to make, is, that I hope my efforts this time will receive no more condemnation than my other.

I take pleasure in launching my little volume upon the wide sea of literature. The author is fourteen years of age, but many of the poems were written at a much earlier age.

Yours, most respectfully, THOMAS HALL SHASTID.

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POEMS.

CHRISTMAS NIGHT.

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FALLING OF THE APPLE TREE.

THE ANGELS.

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THE SPECTRES.

THE YEARS.

MY THOUGHTS.

BY THE FIRESIDE.

THE HAUNTED HOUSE.

THE KINGDOM OF THE DEAD.

THE WIND.

THE SONG OF THE WIND.

I.

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II.

III.

IV.

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V.

VI.

VII.

VIII.

IX.

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X.

HASTINGS.

THE TEMPERANCE SHIP.

THE HALL OF MEMORY.

PEACE.

THE SUNSET LAND.

STANZAS.

THE SHIPWRECK.

CLEOPATRA’S NEEDLES.

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SONNETS.

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SONNETS.

WINTER.

SUNSHINE.

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POEMS.

PAST AND PRESENT.

GONE TO REST.

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A DREAM.

THE LAST DRINK.

IN SPRING TIME.

THE RAIN STORM.

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SOLFERINO.

A Poem of Six Stanzas in Blank Verse.

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SOLFERINO.

I.

II.

III.

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IV.

V.

VI.

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POEMS.

THE TEMPEST.

THE PEACEFUL LAND.

THE LONELY CITY.

THE COURSE OF THE STREAM.

THE STAR.

FINIS.

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