Category Archives: Poetry

A German Christmas: 1833

Posted on 23 December, 2007 by Janice Brown

Coleridge, the sweetest of living Poets, in his last interesting and philosophical work, “The Friend,” thus beautifully describes the custom … Continue reading →

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Poem: "Shadows," by Edna Dean Proctor

Posted on 23 November, 2007 by Janice Brown

See how the shifting lights and shadows fall
Athwart the path where young leaves take the sun!

Blent in a … Continue reading →

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Poem: The Ghost (of Abel Law)

Posted on 20 October, 2007 by Janice Brown

'Tis about twenty years since ABEL LAW,
A short, round-favored, merry
Old soldier of the Revolutionary
War,
Was wedded to… Continue reading →

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Poem: "Oh, The Mountain Maid, New Hampshire," by Edna Dean Proctor

Posted on 30 September, 2007 by Janice Brown

O goodly realm! said Captain Smith
When he told the story in London streets,
And again to court and prince … Continue reading →

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Official New Hampshire State Tree: White Birch (Betula Papyrifera)

Posted on 14 September, 2007 by Janice Brown

The Paper Birch (Betula papyrifera) is found from Labrador to Hudson Bay,

from the Great Bear Lake, Yukon … Continue reading →

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