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A Little Brother of the Rich To put new shingles on old roofs; To give old women wadded skirts; To treat premonitory coughs With seasonable flannel shirts; To soothe the stings of poverty And keep the jackal from the door,— These are the works that occupy The... Poet: Edward Sanford Martin	Sleep and His Brother Death Just ere the darkness is withdrawn, In seasons of cold or heat, Close to the boundary line of Dawn These mystical brothers meet. They clasp their weird and shadowy hands, As they listen each to each, But never a mortal understands... Poet: William Hamilton Hayne	On the Death of Her Brother, Francis I. From the French by Louisa Stuart Costello ’T IS done! a father, mother, gone, A sister, brother, torn away, My hope is now in God alone, Whom heaven and earth alike obey. Above, beneath, to him is known,— The world’s wide compass is his own.... Poet: Marguerite de Valois	Brother Jonathan’s Lament for Sister Caroline [March 25, 1861, South Carolina having adopted the Ordinance of Secession] SHE has gone,—she has left us in passion and pride— Our stormy-browed sister, so long at our side! She has torn her own star from our firmament’s glow, And turned on her brother the face of... Poet: Oliver Wendell Holmes
Brother of Ingots — Ah Peru — Brother of Ingots — Ah Peru — Empty the Hearts that purchased you — — Sister of Ophir — Ah, Peru — Subtle the Sum That purchase you — — Brother of Ophir... Poet: