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Title: Poems
Vol. IV

Author: Hattie Howard

Release Date: August 23, 2006 [EBook #19109]

Language: English

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[Illustration: In Celestial realms where knowledge hath no end.
HARRY HOWARD,
STUDENT.
"Blessed are the pure in heart."]

POEMS

BY

HATTIE HOWARD.

AUTHOR OF "POVERTY VS. PAUPERISM," "OUR GIRLS," "VIVE LA
REPUBLIQUE," "KEEPING A SECRET," "LITTLE JO,"
AND OTHER STORIES.

VOL. IV.

Happy whoever writes a book
On which the world shall kindly look,
And who, when many a year has flown--
The volume worn, the author gone--
Revere, admire, and still read on.

HARTFORD PRESS:
THE CASE, LOCKWOOD & BRAINARD COMPANY.
1904.

EXTRACTS FROM PRESS NOTICES OF A FORMER VOLUME.

"We find these poems of sentiment by Hattie Howard entirely
natural, spontaneous, direct, rhythmical, and free from ambitious
pretense. Many of the fanciful verses have a laugh at the end; and
the collection has altogether a sunny, hopeful spirit and will be
welcome in this time of generally morbid expression."

"This author's verse shows a hearty, wholesome, _human_ spirit,
sometimes overflowing into downright fun, and a straightforward
directness always. It is a pleasant book, sure to be welcomed by
all."

"These garnered gems reveal a genuine poetic faculty, and are
worthy their attractive setting. We give the book a hearty
welcome."

"Many of the poems abound in playful humor or tender touches of
sympathy which appeal to a refined feeling, and love for the good,
the true, and the beautiful."

"This poet's ear is so attuned to metric harmony that she must have
been born within sound of some osier-fringed brook leaping and
hurrying over its pebbly bed. There is a variety of subject and
treatment, sufficient for all tastes, and these are poems which
should be cherished."

"Lovers