Loss of Youth's Sweetness Across Time
Poem reflects on the fading of youth and the bittersweet memory it leaves. It laments that youthful dreams and vigor do not return, even as society grows stronger under stern rule. The speaker mourns the beauty that once was and longs for its return.
Wild Strawberries and a Strawberry Knight
Barbara Wylde, a sixteen year old in a Southern gentleman’s tale, drives a wild strawberry harvest and a mistaken romance with Captain Severn. A hired man under Squire Dallas becomes the serendipitous matchmaker, leading to a late autumn wedding at the Wylde home.
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Mra Wylde
Old Phillis
Mra. Wylde
Lisette
Maude
Barbara
Barbara Wylde
Dicken
Nell
Criason
Easid
Ellwood Severn
Mrs. Wylde
Andi
Aho
Squire
Squire Dallas
Aineant
Omce
Dallas
Deaton Yide
Louire Dallas
Barbith
Captain Severn
Phillis
Mies
Miss Barby
Miss Maude Wylde
Lisatte
Mreylde
Nde
Darharn
Or Sister
Gravious
Allas
Kara
Wylde
Pe Phillis
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Richard Henry Stodddard
Gsid
Lsette
Severn
Shell
Cinderella
Illis
Ben
Tre Society
Farrve
Society of Friends
England
Wales
Natural Bridge of
Virginia
Congress
Ohio
St. Louis Journal
Reason
Omar
New York
A. ‘I. Stewart
New York City
Brooklyn
Hotus
Valley Stream
Queens Co
Long Island
N. Y
H. R. Stevens
T. B. Forbes
M_ D
With
Forbes
Washington Do
Ill
H. R. Stevena
Carrie
Sam
H.R. Slavens
McDonald
WmcDonald
United States
M. E. Church
M. D
Boston
Mags
Moline Plow Company
Moline, Illinois
R. K. Swan
Geo. Stephens
C. W. Lobdell
Moline Manufacturers
Dimock, Gould & Co., —— Manufacturers OF
Moline
Illinois
Moline Iron Works