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My Letter From far away, from far away, It journeyed swiftly night and day, It rested not. With cruel haste It crossed the ocean’s trackless waste. It swerved no moment in its flight Through mist and storm and deepest night. No mercy prompted it to stay,... Poet: Grace Denio Litchfield	Her Letter I ’m sitting alone by the fire, Dressed just as I came from the dance, In a robe even you would admire,— It cost a cool thousand in France; I ’m bediamonded out of all reason, My hair is done up in a cue: In short, sir, “the belle of the season”... Poet: Bret Harte	Belshazzar had a Letter — Belshazzar had a letter, — He never had but one ; Belshazzar's correspondent Concluded and begun In that immortal copy The conscience of... Poet:	By a flower — By a letter — By a flower — By a letter — By a nimble love — If I weld the Rivet faster — Final fast — above — Never mind my breathless Anvil! Never mind Repose! Never mind the sooty faces Tugging at... Poet:
Going to Him! Happy letter! Going to Him! Happy letter! Tell Him — Tell Him the page I didn't write — Tell Him — I only said the Syntax — And left the Verb and the pronoun out — Tell Him just how the fingers hurried — Then — how they... Poet:	This is my letter to the World This is my letter to the World That never wrote to Me — The simple News that Nature told — With tender Majesty Her Message is committed To Hands I cannot see — For love of Her — Sweet — countrymen —... Poet: