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The Poets of Maine:  True, Eliza S.



The Poets of Maine A Collection of Specimen Poems from over
Four Hundred Verse-Makers of the Pine Tree State. with
Biographical Sketches Compiled by George Bancroft Griffith
Portland, Maine Elwell, Pickard & Company Transcript Job
Print; Edward Smill, Binder. Copyright by Elwell, Pickard &
Co. 1888

page 8-9


Eliza S. True.

This authoress was probably born in Portland, about 1750.  A
volume from her pen entitled " The Amaranth; Being a
Collection of Original Pieces in Prose and Verse, Calculated
to Amuse the Minds of Youth without Corrupting their Morals,"
was published in Portland, in 1811, J. M'Kown, printer.  In
her modest preface she says,-- "Most of the pieces included in
this volume were written at an early period of life, when airy
fancy is wont to transport the youthful mind beyond the bounds
of sober reason."  As a literary curiosity, we present a poem
from this antiquated book,  kindly loaned us by Prof. Geo. T.
Little, the Librarian of Bowdoin College.

TO MISS HAYEN

My friend, you say you long have sought in vain 
A prize you, now, are hopeless to obtain;
For sure no mortal can on earth possess
Peace unalloyed, content and happiness.

Stay, Mary, stay, or hastily give o'er"
Why thus despair?  Still try one measure more;
Within the deep recesses of a wood,
Just on the brink of Androscoggin's flood, 

There stands a cot, humble, obscure and mean;
No pomp without, no ornaments within;
Yet there Almira finds content and peace,
Envy and hate have there no hiding place.

Yes, there she live, forgotten and unknown,
Peace her companion, happiness her own; 
She's not one sigh, one wish of wealth or state,
Content t' admire the truly good and great.

Come, Mary, come, and with Almira share
Her heart, her solitude, and homely fare;
But learn, dear girl, this one great truth to know,
FRIENDSHIP AND HEALTH ARE HAPPINESS BELOW.

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