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"Songs by the Way"
The Poetical Writings of the Right Rev. George Washington Doane, D.D., LL.D.

Arranged and Edited by His Son, William Croswell Doane

New York: D. Appleton, 1860.

RASPBERRY VINEGAR, WITH ICED WATER.
IN EXTREME ILLNESS.

BREATH of Summer, how I feel you,
     As you play about my brow;
Wings of damask roses fan me,
     Through that bed of violets, now.

Smell of blossom; taste of berry;
      Sound of brooklet; flash of bird:
All the memories of my boyhood
     Have, in turn, my bosom stirr'd.

Hand, That holds me; Eye, That guides me;
     Heart, That loved me, to the death:
New devotion thrills my spirit,
     While I breathe this summer breath!

RIVERSIDE, January 29, 1849.

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