The Man of Uz, and Other Poems   By: L. H. (Lydia Howard) Sigourney (1791-1865)

MAN OF UZ,

AND

OTHER POEMS.

BY

MRS. L. H. SIGOURNEY.

HARTFORD WILLIAMS, WILEY & WATERMAN.

1862.

Entered according to Act or Congress, in the Year 1862, by

MRS. L. H. SIGOURNEY,

In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of Connecticut.

PREFACE.

The arrogance of attempting a parody on the most ancient and sublime poem in the Inspired Volume, is not mine. The great pleasure enjoyed in its perusal from early years, had occasionally prompted metrical imitations of isolated passages. These fragmentary effusions, recently woven together, are here presented, with the hope that as wandering streams are traced to their original fountain, some heart may thus be led to the history of the stricken and sustained Patriarch, with more studious research, purer delight, or a deeper spirit of devotion.

L. H. S.

Hartford, Conn., November 5th, 1862.

CONTENTS.

Page. Preface, 3

The Man of Uz, 9

THE RURAL LIFE IN NEW ENGLAND,

Canto First, 59 Canto Second, 91 Canto Third, 109

IN MEMORIAM.

1859.

Rev. Dr. T. M. Cooley, 147 Madam Olivia Phelps, 149 Martha Agnes Bonner, 151 Madam Whiting, 153 Denison Olmsted, LL.D. 155 Herbert Foss, 157 Mrs. Charles N. Cadwallader, 159 Rev. Dr. James W. Alexander, 161 Mrs. Joseph Morgan, 163 Alice Beckwith, 165 Mary Shipman Deming, 167

1860.

Rev. Dr. F. W. Hatch, 169 Mrs. Payne, 171 Mrs. Mary Mildenstein Robertson, 173 Madam Williams, 175 Mr. Samuel Ogden, 177 Mr. George Beach, 179 Miss Margaret C. Brown, 181 Miss Frances Wyman Tracy, 183 Deacon Normand Smith, 185 Mrs. Helen Tyler Beach, 187 Mrs. Elizabeth Harris, 189 Miss Anna M. Seymour, 191 Caleb Hazen Talcott, 193

1861.

Miss Jane Penelope Whiting, 195 Miss Anna Freeman, 197 Madam Pond, 199 Annie Seymour Robinson, 201 Mrs. Georgiana Ives Comstock, 203 Wentworth Alexander, 206 Mrs. Harvey Seymour, 208 Mrs. Frederick Tyler, 211 Miss Laura Kingsbury, 213 Govenor and Mrs. Trumbull, 214 Mrs. Emily Ellsworth, 218 Rev. Dr. Stephen Jewitt, 220 Miss Delia Woodruff Godding, 222 Miss Sara K. Taylor, 224 Mr. John Warburton, 226 Rev. Henry Albertson Post, 228 Miss Caroline L. Griffin, 230 Mr. Normand Burr, 232 Hon. Thomas S. Williams, 234 Col. H. L. Miller, 237

1862.