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LYDIA H. SIGOURNEY; INSCRIPTION ON HER MEMORIAL TABLET by JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER

Poet Analysis

First Line: SHE SANG ALONE, ERE WOMANHOOD HAD KNOWN
Last Line: MAY FITLY LINGER WHERE SHE KNELT TO PRAY.
Subject(s): SIGOURNEY, LYDIA HOWARD (1791-1865);
SHE sang alone, ere womanhood had known
The gift of song which fills the air to-day:
Tender and sweet, a music all her own
May fitly linger where she knelt to pray.



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