Daisy Dare, and Baby Power by Rosa Vertner Jeffrey

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DAISY DARE.

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DAISY DARE,

AND

BABY POWER:

POEMS.

ROSA VERTNER JEFFREY.

=With Light Illustrations,=

_Designed by D. Vertner Johnson, Esq._

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PHILADELPHIA: CLAXTON, REMSEN & HAFFELFINGER, 819 AND 821 MARKET STREET. 1871.

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1870, by ROSA VERTNER JEFFREY, in the Office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington.

STEREOTYPED BY J. FAGAN & SON. PRINTED BY MOORE BROS.

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MY DEAR FRIEND

MRS. MARGARET WICKLIFFE PRESTON,

OF LEXINGTON, KENTUCKY,

THIS VOLUME IS

=Affectionately Inscribed=

BY THE AUTHOR.

LEXINGTON, KY., December 1, 1870.

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"At early morn swept Daisy Dare,-- Sparkling, graceful, passing fair."]

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DAISY DARE.

PART I.

Thro' scented meadows, where do graze The meek-eyed kine on summer days, At early morn swept Daisy Dare,-- Sparkling, graceful, passing fair.

Sparkling as the dew-drops gleaming On her path, or sunlight streaming Through her tresses--graceful, fair, As naught on earth save Daisy Dare!

Wondrous tresses! sunshine fades Mid floating curls and sumptuous braids,-- A crown of light that glorifies White brow and deep impassioned eyes.

Full, perfect, tempting were her lips-- The bee or humming-bird that sips From scarlet blossoms in the South Beguiled might be by such a mouth.

Her path ran by a rushing stream Which, like a crooked silver seam, Bound that green meadow to a wood, Where soon with Graham Lee she stood.

Softly through arching forest-trees Came stealing up a fresh salt breeze; One fair cheek kissing, till it burned Like to the other Lee-ward turned.