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THE POETICAL WORKS OF MRS. LEPROHON (Miss R. E. Mullins) INTRODUCTION. SACRED POEMS

ABRAHAM’S SACRIFICE. THE STABLE OF BETHLEHEM. VIRGIN OF BETHLEHEM. THE PURIFICATION. OUR SAVIOUR’S BOYHOOD. OUR SAVIOUR AND THE SAMARITAN WOMAN AT THE WELL. THE TEN LEPERS. THE BLIND MAN OF JERICHO. THE GARDEN OF GETHSEMANE. MYSTICAL ROSE, PRAY FOR US! MATER CHRISTIANORUM, ORA PRO NOBIS! THE MAGDALEN AT THE MADONNA’S SHRINE. THE VESPER HOUR. THE PARTING SOUL AND HER GUARDIAN ANGEL. ASH-WEDNESDAY. THE WHITE CANOE.

A LEGEND OF NIAGARA FALLS.

THE WHITE CANOE.

A CANTATA. I. II. III. IV. V. VI. VII. VIII. IX. X.

OUR CANADIAN WOODS IN EARLY AUTUMN. A CANADIAN SNOW-FALL. A CANADIAN SUMMER EVENING. THE RECOLLECT CHURCH.* WELCOME TO OUR CANADIAN SPRING. WINTER IN CANADA. THE MAPLE TREE. AN AFTERNOON IN JULY. THE FALL OF THE LEAF. THE OLD TOWERS OF MOUNT ROYAL OR VILLE MARIE. JACQUES CARTIER’S FIRST VISIT TO MOUNT ROYAL. THE WHITE MAIDEN AND THE INDIAN GIRL. THE TRYST OF THE SACHEM’S DAUGHTER. A PLEA FOR OUR NORTHERN WINTERS. RICH AND POOR. BENEATH THE SNOW. OUR MOUNTAIN CEMETERY. MONUMENT TO IRISH EMIGRANTS. THE EMIGRANTS’ MONUMENT AT POINT ST. CHARLES. LOOKING FORWARD. THE HURON CHIEF’S DAUGHTER. AN AUTUMN EVENING AT MURRAY BAY. SISTER M. B.’S ARRIVAL IN MONTREAL, 1654. A TOUCHING CEREMONY. ON THE DEATH OF THE SAME REVEREND NUN, THE VENERABLE MOTHER ST. MADELEINE, TEN YEARS LATER.

In Memoriam.

THE RIVER SAGUENAY.

NARRATIVE AND DESCRIPTIVE POEMS.

RED ROCK CAMP.

A TALE OF EARLY COLORADO.

BOUND FOR CALIFORNIA. THE GIRL MARTYR. CORNELIA’S JEWELS. ST. FRANCIS OF BORGIA BY THE COFFIN OF QUEEN ISABEL. ST. IGNATIUS LOYOLA AT THE CHAPEL OF OUR LADY OF MONTSERRAT. CHARLES VII AND JOAN OF ARC AT RHEIMS. THE FOUR WISHES. THE SOLDIER’S DEATH. THE HUNTER AND HIS DYING STEED. THE WOOD FAIRY’S WELL. THE WREATH OF FOREST FLOWERS. THE VILLAGE GIRL AND HER HIGH BORN SUITOR. THE LADY OF RATHMORE HALL. THE SHEPHERDESS OF THE ARNO. THE TWO BIRTH NIGHTS. THE YOUNG GREEK ODALISQUE.

LYRICAL POEMS.

THE EMIGRANT’S ADDRESS TO AMERICA. FAR WEST EMIGRANT.

I. II. III. IV. V.

A WELCOME TO THE MONTH OF MARY. NATURE’S MUSIC. MAUDE.

A BALLAD OF THE OLDEN TIME.

REJOICINGS AFTER THE BATTLE OF INKERMAN.* A FEW SHORT YEARS FROM NOW. TO THE SOLDIERS OF PIUS NINTH. COME, TELL ME SOME OLDEN STORY.

I. II. III. IV.

REFLECTIVE AND ELEGIAC POEMS.

MOONLIGHT REVERIES. THE CLOUDS THAT PROMISE A GLORIOUS MORROW. EARTH’S MOMENTS OF GLOOM. AUTUMN WINDS. FLOWERS AND STARS. THE SUNSET THOUGHTS OF A DYING GIRL. ALAIN’S CHOICE. THE FINAL RECKONING. IN MEMORY OF THE LATE G. C. OF MONTREAL. ON SOME ROSE LEAVES BROUGHT FROM THE VALE OF CASHMERE. HARVESTS. A WORLDLY DEATH-BED. THE CHOICE OF SWEET SHY CLARE. TRIBUTE TO THE MEMORY OF THE REV. SISTER THE NATIVITY, FOUNDRESS OF THE CONVENT OF VILLA MARIA (MONKLANDS.) SEA-SHORE MUSINGS. THE WHISPERS OF TIME. THE DEATH OF THE PAUPER CHILD.

VERS DE SOCIÉTÉ.

THE BRIDE OF A YEAR. AFTER THE BALL. THE YOUNG NOVICE. THE TRANSPLANTED ROSE TREE. FLIRTATION. HARRY (ENGAGED TO BE MARRIED) TO CHARLEY (WHO IS NOT). A MODERN COURTSHIP.

VOICES OF THE HEARTH.

TO MY HUSBAND ON OUR WEDDING-DAY. TO MY FIRST BORN. GIVEN AND TAKEN. HUSBAND AND WIFE. A BOY’S HOPES. TO A BEAUTIFUL CHILD ON HER BIRTHDAY, WITH A WREATH OF FLOWERS. MY THOUGHTS TO-NIGHT. THE BOY’S APPEAL. THE CHILD’S DREAM. A GIRL’S DAY DREAM AND ITS FULFILMENT. TO A YOUNG MOTHER ON THE BIRTH OF HER FIRST-BORN CHILD. A CHILD’S TREASURES. TO A YOUNG GIRL WITH AN ALBUM. TIME’S CHANGES IN A HOUSEHOLD. THE VOICES OF THE DEATH CHAMBER.

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