| [1] | For the narrative of the historical fact related in this poem, the reader is referred to “Cheever’s Journal of the Pilgrims.” |
TO MY MOTHER IN HEAVEN.
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BY THOMAS FIZGERALD, EDITOR CITY ITEM.
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Dear mother, in the silent hours of night,
When stars around me shed their chastened light,
I think of thee, and mourn thou art not here,