VO LUM E O F PO EM S M S . R M A. B. gELLY State Normal Co e e A an N . Y ll g , lb y . e 7 q § 95 0m m JO SE P H GE O R GE CU P P L E S 2 50 BOYLSTON S TREET 1 442, o r ht 1 8 2 C py ig , 9 , BY . G . C U P P L E S . J A ll r ig/Lt; r eser ved C O N E N T TS . P A GE PR EFACE WAR WAIFS . INTRODUCTION M S S EMORIES OF THE IEGE OF UFFOLK . AROUND THE CAMP—FIRE THE HERO OF FORT S EWARD ’ A S OLDIE R S HISTORY MIDNIGHT MUSINGS W E TWO O L D AUNT MILLY DAN ” THE S IEGE RAISED BATTLE OF DES E RTED HOUSE TWO YEARS A G O THE LAST TATTOO A R EBEL S OUVENIR TH E NAMELESS HEROINE TH E YOUNG S OLDIER TH E BLUE AND THE GRAY TH E LOST CAUSE LAUREL - CROWNED A CHRISTMAS E V E I N CAMP COIV TE N T S . S R V R THE IDYL F OM O E S E A . TH E MYSTERY OF S PANISH R OCK A T THE GRAVE OF ALBRECHT DURER IN THE BINNENHOF . IMPROMPTU BETWEEN THE LAKES NULLI S ECUNDUS A MYTH OF THE R HINE MUNICH THE ARMINIAN CHEST TH E J U D E N S T R A S S E THE GREATEST TRAGEDY S F R POEM WRITTEN O O CCA S ION S . THE YEARS — . E TO MRS W . ON H R WEDDING DAY LINES WRITTEN FOR A WEDDING ANNIVERSARY FIGUR E - HEADS U K ND Q IR S A QU E RIE S . A S ILICATE TO PLAGIARISM QJ E R Y WH Y N O T YOUR CHOICE O DON ’ T YOU REMEMBER THE S ELF - MADE MAN Is I T A FAILURE ! R E SUME THE PUZ Z LED ENTOMOLOGIST MYTHS CON TE N TS . Vii CYPRE S S S PRAYS . IN MEMORI \ M THE E ARLY DEAD GONE BEYOND THREE YEARS A G O S AVED S EVEN YEARS AGO MI S CEL L ANEOU S POEM S . MY LADY DEDLOCK E ! PERIENCE AUTUMN LEAVES THE FIRST S NOW O U E E N THE TRUE \ GOING DOWN TO THE GRAVE R UNAWAY JIM KIND WORDS ONLY GRAVE OF LEATHER S TOCKING HIS O W N ACC U SER MY LITTLE QUERIST THE WATE R TIGER S UBMISSION S PRING HARBINGERS WITHOUT AND WITHIN N O O N E TO CARRY THE KEYS OCTOBER THE LAST R EVEILLE S TILL S H E KEEPS R OCKING HIM W H Y DO E S S H E WEEP FOR H IM THE THUNDER BOLT viii CON TE N TS . A N AUTUMN IDYL LONGINGS ’ LIFE S L A R GE ss I WISH TH E - FLOWER GIRL OF THE TU IL L E R IE S THE BEAUTIFUL HOME O D E TO BUR NS TWO LETTERS DEAD MAN ’ S ISLAND THE DOWN GRADE A CONTRAST ’ IN PALMER S S TUDIO TO A NORTHERN R OBIN HOMELESS A LESSON MY R EAL ESTATE TWILIGHT IN WASHINGT ON PARK EVERY DAY LINES FOR AN ALBUM CRYPTOGAMIA A CAROL A N INCIDENT R E TROSPECTIVE THE H E N WITH O N E CHICK A FRAGMENT DEATH OF TASSO — FRIENDSHIP WHAT Is IT DOWN BY THE S E A THE O L D BELL THE LAST S UPPE R OF THE GIRONDISTS MISSIONS IN CONCLUSION CON TE N i TS . x LE S S ONS FROM THE S TOICS . HAPPINESS CONTENTMENT MODERATION THE MEASURE OF WORTH FO R TH E POEMS C HILD REN . COALS OF FIRE THE ORPHAN PRINCE ’ A S CHOOL - GIRL S TRIALS — S ONG WORK FOR A L L TO DO GRIMALKIN A R HYMED EPISTLE TO FRED LOST TREASURES A BOTANICAL BABY THE V ICTOR V ANQUISHED L A s O L D MR . S ANTA C U THE U NATTAINABLE THE FIRST BANG ” THE TWO WEAVERS R ETALIATION S CHOOL S ONG ! PARTING O DE ) P RE FA C E . It may not be in app rO p ria-te to give a few word s “ O f e xplanation concerning the Wa r Waifs that introduce this volu m e The author was a reside n t V a f t he o f S . O uffolk , , during a greater part late W ar C . o s ivil The place was occupied as an outp t , a n d o o f the c ndition its inhabitants , under the of n o t alternate sway the contending armies , was an enviable o n e . The helpless wo m en an d chil dren Of the town would have suffered for the bare necessities Of life had it n o t been fo r th e kind n ess Of the Federal A rmy . The author remem bers with lively gratitude one occasion o n which the m N . genero us and ti ely aid rendered by Gen . M t h e F F C urtis , H ero Of ort isher, saved both her e o m m r ch ild and hers lf fr i pending sta vation . A few Of t h e poems were written during that m o Of c o m period , but st them were subsequently f d posed fro m a diary O the events as they occurre . M any Of the dead and wounded Of the battle O f D e serted H ouse were borne to hospitals im m e ’ iat el e a n d o n e d y adj oining the author s residenc , ii P R E FA CE . building o n her premises was appropriated by the O n e N Y V s D H undred and Twelfth . ol , as a ead ’ IIou se J The battle Of “ Deserted H ouse began a little ’ o n 0 after two O clock the m orning of January 3 , 1 8 6 3 , an d continued till about noon Of th e same da C y , when the onfederates retreated across th e of Blackwater . The gallantry Of m any the regi m ents in this engagement i s rewarded in th e Official records with honorable mention S Of S . n c o m The iege uffolk , by Gen Lo gstreet , m e n c e d A 1 2 1 86 n e e pril , 3 , and conti ued about thr k m wee s . This bo bardment cost several lives , and n o M small destruction Of property . any of the d . helpless citizens , fleeing from their burning wel n l i gs , rushed excitedly between the skirmishing lines and thus lost their lives in attempti n g to es m . O n e m cape from an i pending peril fa ily , whose s e ek house had caught fire , attempted to safety F within the ederal Lines , the mother carrying an m S he wa s infant in her ar s . in stantly killed , but f t he rest O the family escaped unhurt . was Ned It during this siege that Buntline , Of m e . Di e Novel fam e , wrote a patheti c l tter to Gen P eck , asking to be temporarily released from prison , ! wh ere he was c o n fin ed for inebriation) that he might help do some Of the fighting . H is peti E KE FA E C . n t i o was granted , and he did good service during the siege . F o r information concerning dates and m any m other i portant points , the author is indebted to th e following named N M n o . P m m . C . C o Gen . urtis Gen . J al er, - - ih . A . R . Dr C M . C C . mander hief, G harles lark , - h V O l C . m ul e rt o n S . S C b Thirty nint Ill . ; apt a uel , d . A a Of a n E D F N . Y . H on dgar . y ! both the irst D W M M r . W . S . ragoons) ; Geo iggins , ixth ass Inf S e . F N Y M V an V . C . rg H enry echten , irst ounted R ’ . S s M r . E ifles , and Geo . Low ry, ec y and Trea , t V et . A . Thir eenth Ind . ssociation War W Of n o t That the aifs may be interest , only to those who took an active part in the events to all which they refer, but to who love their country ’ a n d O f their country s flag, is the sincere wish the author . A . K M . B . A L B A NY Dec . 1 1 8 1 . , , 9 I NTRO DU CTI O N Weave th e se sad e x p er i e n c e s i n to r hy m e ; so t h at t h e h ar m o n o f e r se th e e ss n s o f eac e t o c o m e a n d t h e y v , bl i g p , h e a n h a n o f t m e m a so te n th e r em em r a n c e o f wh at li g d i , y f b ” s h r h x trac t r o m a et te r wr tte n y o u a r e n o w p as i n g t o ug .