Fortat Spero My Heart From Growing Old
Fragmentary verse expresses longing to resist aging and preserve love and joy. A speaker pleads to spare the heart from growing old while recalling past joys, friendship, and memory as time grinds away.
11 May 1853
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Newspaper
Elyria Courier
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1853
Page
1
Fragmentary verse expresses longing to resist aging and preserve love and joy. A speaker pleads to spare the heart from growing old while recalling past joys, friendship, and memory as time grinds away.
An American recounts a dramatic incident in Germany where a horse toppled into a sand-pit near a house and garden, pinning the narrator. He crawled free after a grueling struggle, aided by a French nobleman, then endured medical care and a lengthy recovery. He later survives a separate encounter with a horse in Brussels. The tale blends peril, improvisation, and odds endured abroad.
Hannah More invites readers to enjoy a pastoral missive from “Over the Way” describing gardens in bloom, moths of rain, and a family scene with a little daughter at a window. The writer reflects on poverty, domestic life, and a critique of the idea that poverty spares one from headaches, ending with notes on early local schooling, newspapers, and a Tallmadge Sabbath school anecdote.
A satirical guide advising women on social behavior in public spaces. It lampoons manipulating clerks during shopping, neglecting gratitude when offered seats, and approving evasive acceptance of invitations. The piece mocks self serving etiquette and targets expected female conduct with humorous hyperbole.
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