Alabaster Throat and Rose Red Cheeks in Love Poem
A poem parodies romantic longing with lines about crimson cheeks, alabaster throat, and golden hair. The speaker mocks a lover’s fixation on appearance, noting vanity and a fickle heart amid waltz scenes. The verse concludes with a Somersetville Journal flavor of blunt cynicism.
Poor Piluquesne and the Derby Theatre Ghosts
A long reminiscence about Chesterfield's Midlands setting amid coal pits and a French prisoner troupe. The tale centers on Poor Piluesne a French sailor turned actor who befriends Larry and Miss Vere in a Derby theater. Pil becomes ill and dies after a heartfelt farewell, leaving a haunting memory of the stage and a final encounter with an elderly French nun and a factory-town spectator thirty years later.
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Chesterfield
Midlands
Derby
Sheffield
Magpie
Larry
Miss Vere
Vere
Pil
Vere Larry
Fitz Edmund
Hamlet
Piluquesne
M. Piluquesne
Carter
Larry Ophelia
Yorick
Addy
Rewtanaet
Normandy
Embrassez
Mon Cher Larrie
Cher Larrie
la Belle France
Tyes
Jewel
France
Mme. Piluquesne
Our Holy Church
Paul
Promised Land
Mademoiselle
Pau
Proquesye
Mile
Helene Vere
Bacchus
Jack
Powder Monkey
Jack Holmes
Paris
Carl Mon Ami
Faix
Last Look at Longfellow Prompts Emerson Remark
Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes recalls a visit with Emerson after Longfellow's death. Emerson views the silent face, calls the deceased "a very amiable gentleman" yet admits memory is gone, noting all sensibility and taste remain intact despite oblivion of identity.
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Longfellow
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Emerson
Secret society emblems fade from vogue across regions
A New York Mail report quotes a Maiden Lane jeweller noting secret society emblems decline in popularity in the East and rise or steady use in the West and South. He cites cheaper, smaller items and doubts about genuine membership, recounting a travel anecdote about hidden insignia and a lost pocketbook.
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New York Mail
Maiden Lane
Coste
Pathias
Bowery
Knight Templar
Minnesota
Wabasha
Lake City
Eeast
The Inn and an Italian Dream
A narrator recalls seeking shelter in Italy and misty impressions of an inn near a park. He describes a quiet setting with a haunted ground and a mysterious atmosphere, noting an old man and a distant road as he surveys the serene landscape.
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Italy
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