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Wikipedia thinks the author's surname is correctly spelled as 'Peirson' but also mentions that 'Pierson' appears commonly in print. I have rendered the surname here as I found it attached to each poem but am assuming they're all by the same poet.


Far in the ocean of the Night - Mrs. Lydia Jane Peirson "The Enchanted Isle" [Graham's Magazine v.XXXII no.6, June 1848]

Sound of sweet bells from the shore - Mrs. Lydia Jane Peirson "The Enchanted Isle" [Graham's Magazine v.XXXII no.6, June 1848]

Their vessels stray where pale shades weep - Mrs. Lydia Jane Peirson "The Enchanted Isle" [Graham's Magazine v.XXXII no.6, June 1848]

Giant Pine of patriarchal years - Lydia Jane Pierson "To the Pine on the Mountain" [Graham's Magazine v.XVIII no.1, Jan. 1841]

Chasing the fleet deer in his antler'd glory - Lydia Jane Pierson "To the Pine on the Mountain" [Graham's Magazine v.XVIII no.1, Jan. 1841]

Glorious and wonderful in your decaying - Lydia Jane Pierson "To the Pine on the Mountain" [Graham's Magazine v.XVIII no.1, Jan. 1841]

Sad dirges of thy perished glory - Lydia Jane Pierson "To the Pine on the Mountain" [Graham's Magazine v.XVIII no.1, Jan. 1841]

Shall cling to this stern height of perish'd glory - Lydia Jane Pierson "To the Pine on the Mountain" [Graham's Magazine v.XVIII no.1, Jan. 1841]

The first pure breathings of morning come - Lydia Jane Pierson "The Wildwood Home" [Graham's Magazine v.XIX no.3, Sept. 1841]

Every bush and slender sapling - Lydia Jane Pierson "A Winter Scene"

Each twig a chain of gold - Lydia Jane Pierson "A Winter Scene"

The cold sceptre of despair - L.J. Pierson "Woman's Dower"

Pangs that change our joys to gall - L.J. Pierson "Woman's Dower" [Graham's Magazine v.XIX no.1, July 1841]

And Mercy's power may not reverse - L.J. Pierson "Woman's Dower" [Graham's Magazine v.XIX no.1, July 1841]

A glowing flood of magic bliss - L.J. Pierson "Woman's Dower" [Graham's Magazine v.XIX no.1, July 1841]

This live coal from the fires of Heaven - L.J. Pierson "Woman's Dower" [Graham's Magazine v.XIX no.1, July 1841]

Life's dearest tie may prove a chain - L.J. Pierson "Woman's Dower" [Graham's Magazine v.XIX no.1, July 1841]

And throw a rainbow on the cloud - L.J. Pierson "Woman's Dower" [Graham's Magazine v.XIX no.1, July 1841]


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