The Hidden Muse: An Anthology of Nineteenth Century Carroll County, Maryland, Newspaper Poets

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Introduction	ix
Carroll's Semi-Centennial by Harry J. Shellman	1	(6)
Lyrical Poems	7	(1)
To The Memory Of Francis S. Key by "Valeria"	7	(2)
Lines Suggested on Witnessing the Funeral Car	9	(2)
TO A LADY by "The Rambling Bard"	11	(2)
The Worm's Death Song by Francis Scott Key	13	(2)
A Tale of Childhood by P.M. Deshong	15	(5)
A Dream by P.M. Deshong	20	(3)
The Mariner's Grave by P.M. Deshong	23	(2)
The Traveler In The Desert by P.M. Deshong	25	(2)
The Last Of The Winnebagoes by PM. Deshong	27	(2)
The Birthright by "I Am"	29	(2)
A Sonnet by J.J. Edmundson	31	(1)
A Storm by "Cedar of the South"	32	(2)
A Sabbath Night	34	(4)
To Charlotte Bronte by "The Rural Bard" (O.C. Shipley)	38	(2)
Hymn Of Nature by Emma Alice Browne	40	(3)
Poetry by E.H. Smith	43	(3)
Measuring the Baby by Emma Alice Browne	46	(2)
At Avondale by Emma Alice Browne	48	(4)
Burning Brush by Thomas E. Van Bibber	52	(2)
Humorous, Didactic, and Other	54	(1)
THE CARRIER'S ADDRESS (1834)	54	(6)
THE CARRIER'S ADDRESS (1841)	60	(6)
NEW FIRM! Carroll Hall Attractions!!	66	(2)
Stanzus	68	(4)
Lines Respectfully Inscribed to C.W.W	72	(2)
Carrier's Address (1859)	74	(5)
The Happy Land by I.O.	79	(5)
From III CHRONICLES by C.W. Webster	84	(4)
Summer Is Coming by H.S.	88	(6)
Carrier's Address (1861) by James M. Shellman	94	(4)
An Allegory by Joseph Shaw	98	(1)
Frightful Epidemic	99	(3)
From "Centennial Ode" (1876) by Emma Alice Browne	102	(2)
Remembrance Of Carroll by J.J.Jr	104	(2)
About the Authors	106	(1)
Notes To Poems	107	(15)
Biographical Notes	122	(4)
Select Bibliography	126	(1)
A Checklist Of Poets	127

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