Daisy Swain, the Flower of Shenandoah. a Tale of the Rebellion
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A female voice within demanded, " Who Is there?" "One whom the winds blow fierce about ; A poor exile who wanders far and wide, Houseless, friendless, and forlorn, " said Daisy. THE FLOWER OF SHENANDOAH. 129 The last word scarcely fell from her lips ere The door wide open on its hinges swung. Tenderly they mark d her mournful mein, And saw too well her sunken eyes exprest The haggard sign that deep corroding care Was eating up her mind : how faint she was From hunger and her toilsome journeying...s. But soon they from their homely board bestow d On Daisy choicest fare the gen rous mite 130 DAISY SWAIK. Unask d ; for, tho scanty was the portion Nature gave to them, yet they spared not when The hungry craved, the houseless needed shelter ; For they good-natured were, if not refined With the gloss of worldly worth. Charity Comes from the soul : its promptings are divine ; This Daisy knew, and estimated rightly Their gen rous hearts by what their hands had given. T All amazed they listen d to the story Of her woes, and felt indignant at the deeds The cruel rebel done, and him denounc d A brute.
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