1. Dear Husband
Language:
English
Authorship
by
Harriet Newby
, a slave, from an actual letter to her husband Dangerfield.
"Dear Husband:
Come this fall without fail.
I want to see you so much.
That is the one bright hope I have.
If you do not get me,
Somebody else will.
It is said that Master will sell me;
Then all my hopes will fade.
If I thought I should never see you again,
This earth would have no charms for me.
The baby has started to crawl.
The other children are well.
Oh that blessed hour
When I shall see you once more!
You must write to me soon
And say when you can come."
2. A Farewell
Language:
English
Authorship
Goodbye! - no, do not grieve that it is over
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3. Fair Robin I Love
Language:
English
Authorship
Fair Robin I love and hourly die,
But not for a lip, nor a languishing eye;
He's fickle and false, and there we agree,
For I am as false and as fickle as he.
We neither believe what either can say;
And neither believing, we neither betray.
'Tis civil to swear and say things, of course;
We mean not the taking for better or worse.
When present we love; when absent agree:
I think not of Robin, nor Robin of me.
The legend of love no couple can find,
So easy to part or so easily joined.
4. Epilogue ("Debts")
Language:
English
Authorship
My debt to you, Beloved
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