NIGHT AND THE DESERTER.

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Poet's Byline: Sallie M. Bryan
Epigraph: "I might forget her melting prayer / When wild'ring pleasures madly fly ; / But in the still unbroken air / Her gentle tones come stealing by."
First Line of Poem: The stars again, the scornful stars ! Oh, Heaven,

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stars, Heaven, cold, mourner, glooom, dark, lip, young, pure, idol, hearts, loves, dust, earth, pledge, broke, fatal, praises, night, skies, silence, spell, Father

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The New York Ledger: Devoted to Choice Literature, Romance, the News and Commerce, vol. XIV, no. 23, p. 3, column 1, August 14, 1858. Editor: Robert Bonner.