[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,