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Letter, 2 June 1859, pages 10-15 (Transcriptions Needed)

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-<!--This is a comment: I cannot make out the first word cut off at the top of the page. Perhaps "Dim" or "How" ? Also, this appears to possibly be a poem separated in style from the test so I used blockquote formatting codes. It is difficult to tell without the preceeding page. Please edit if blockquote is unnecessary. -MS--><blockquote>within her breast. <br>
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 Gently!</br> <br>She is sleeping,</br><br>She has breathed her last,</br><br>Gently!</br><br>While you're weeping</br><br>She to heaven has pass'd.</br></blockquote>

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within her breast.
Gently!
She is sleeping,
She has breathed her last,
Gently!
While you're weeping
She to heaven has pass'd.

And here are four lines of poetry that seem so truthful that I cannot hep transcribing them. The fair authoress has been walking in one of the large cemeteries where a particular spot is laid off for the burial of infants, and thinking o'er these Little Graves, she says:

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