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KNOX & LINCOLN RAILROAD.

Direct rail route to wiscasset New
Castle, Damariscotta Wadoboro
E-sa-T1lWarren and Rockland.
and Rockland.
Steamers leave Rockland for all points on the Pc
nobscot river, Machias, Mount Desert vjnal Haven,
Hurricane and Dix Islands,
Leave Maine Central Depot, at 700 A. NJ, and 100
P. NJ.
Stages connect at Rockland. for Camden, Lincoln
vile, Northport, South Thomaston and st. George,
daily. At Rockland for Union, Appleton and Wash
lngton; tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays.
Az Thomaston for st. George daily.
At Warren for Union, daily.
At warren for Jefferson and Whitefeld, Mondays,
Wednesdays and Fridays.
and Liberty daily.
At New Castle for Bristol and Pemaquid daily.
Freight Trains daily and freight taken at low rates.
Jy29dtf c. A. COOMBS. SuDt.
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Scientific and Popular Medical Works
ON
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DISEASES; OR WOMAN TREATED OF PHYsIoLoGIcALLY
AND PATHoLocIoALLY, health and disease, from INFANCY
$50 pages bound in beautiful French CLOTH. Price $2O0.
A Book for Everybody.
Ihe ai OF H SaS WI aSp NT f ooHf
$50 PAL cloth. Price $780, all three books
receipt of $500, postage paid.
works Physiology published There is nothing what
ever that the MARRIED SINGLE of EITHER SEX either
require wish know, but what is fully explained and
many of the most important and interesting char
acer are introduced which auson be found
in any ether works in language All the New DIscov
ERIEs of author whose experience is such probably
never fell to the lot of any given in full
pecaly those relating Spermaorrh@a Impoency Ster
ty or Barrenness No person should be without these val
liable books The press throughout the country the clergy
and the medical faculty generally highly extol these extra
ordinary and useful works. The most fstidous may read
eEiher book sent by mall postpaid on receipt Of price
N B. The Author of the above named medical works is
the Chief Consulting Physician ofthe PEABODY MEDICAL
INSTITUTE high standing in the Medical Faculty of this
country who has successfully treated thousands Of the hui
man family afflicted with the maladies treated upon these
books and gives his whole attention his patients and
those who may call upon him for advice The grand
his vast know ledge of the of these
ailments and his speedily removing them from the cons
DR.. W. II. PARKER, Member of the Royal College Of
Surgeons, London late Medical Inspector Genegs u A.
Honorary Member of the American Medical Fksuy, ant
all diseases requiring skill and experience, 10 whom al
correspondence Should be ADDRESSED to the PEABODY
JNyIOIABIE SECRECY AND CERTAIN HLeLIER.
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STATE OF MAINE.

CUMBERLAND. S.:
Upon the foregoing application by Nathan Webb,
Attorney OF the United States of America, it having
been satisfactorily made to appear to me, that the
said applicant is duly authorized agent Of the said
United States to make the same and that the mat
tiers of fact therein set forth true and that it
tans an accurate description of the lands proposed to
be purchased by the United States for the erection of
a fort and battery together with the names of all
known or supposed owners of said lands, it is
ORDERED. that notice of said application be given to
all persons interested in the lands therein described
and especially to George c. Thompson, therein
named as supposed owner, requiring them TO come
forward in the Supreme judicial Court, in Portland,
in the County of Cumberland ON Tuesday the eighth
day Of April A. d. 1873, being the second Tuesday Of
Api next at eleven o'clock in The forenoon, and Tile
tneT objections if any they have, tc the proposed
Pgise py The said United States OF said described
~ ~ pupilcation of true and attested copy of
~ 90 81 Sppssation and of this order thereon, once
nS hi; 1 or uie space of four months In the Port
rat ny HISS ,ess newspaper published ID Portland
W Mhee sal land iies the last publication TO
next. io elSHtn Jay VI ApTh
Da 1ot az PORTLAND in the County Of c,oho,,ond
'e uay OF October, A. d. is7a ''iu'
Justice of the Supreme ,Jud;c,maii WALTON,
thereon. anu order Of Court
Attest:
D.. W. FEssFNnrN c,
- oawW4mt ans
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PORTLAND & ROCHESTER, RAILROAD.
Winter Arrangement.

ss.sseaaa.sessp Passenger trains lsave Portland
EIIE1.5for Rochester and intermediate stations
. at 7.15 A. NJ, and 13O p. NJ making
direct connection at Rochester with trains for Boston,
over Boston g. Maine and Eastern Railroads. Also
connect at Rochester with Dover and Winnipiseogee
Railroad for Alton Bay, and with Portsmouth Great
Falls and Conway Railroad for Conway.
Leave Rochester for Portland and way stations Mt
730 A. NJ. and - NJ.
The 7.3o train connecting with down train on
Portsmouth, Great Falls and Conway Railroads. and
the u o'clock train making direct connection at
Rochester with trains from Boston, leaving Boston
al $50 and $50, A. NJ, via Boston s. Maine, and Mt
$50 A. ii via Eastern Railroads.
Leave Portland for Saco River at 6.20 p NJ
Leave Saco River for Portland at $50 A. M
Stages connect as follows:
AT Gorham for West Gorham, Standish, and No.
Limington, daily.
At Buxton Centre for West Buxton, Bonny Eagle
and Limington daily.
At Centre WATERFORD for Limerick Newfield Par
sonsfeld and Ossipee Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sat-
urdays, returning alternate days.
At Centre WATERFORD for Limerick, Parsopsfeld.
daily.
WILLIAM H. TURNER, Superintendent.
dacre
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The three points of excellence which claim. are {:
list; constant and thorough circulation of pure air
nd; ryness, no dampness monld nor faint; 3rd no
inter inging of odors; purity and active air the
lem of its success. Call, or send for circulars
ufactured and for sale by j. f. MERRILL, be-
wee Cross and Cotton sts. near Leavitt, Burnham
&C Ice House, Portland, Me. ie4dtf
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GRAND TRUNK RAILWAY OF CANADA,
ALTERATION OF TRAINS.

u .
On and after Monday, Nov. 4th
ssss sesas ssass Trains will run as follows:
EG@.H9 Passenger train for South Paris at
80 A. NJ; for Island Pond, Quebec
Montreal, and the west at 130 P. NJ Stopping at ali
stations.
Mail train stopping at all stations) for Island
Pond connecting with night mail train for Quebec,
Montreal and the West.
Accommodation for South Paris and intermediate
stations at 500 P. M.
From Montreal, Quebec, Island Pond, Gorham
and South Paris at $50 P. NJ.
From So. Paris at 8. 20 A NJ,
Pullman Palace Drawing Room and Sleeping Cars
attached to the Mail Trains between Portland and
Montreal.
Express transr run through to Montreal without
change of cars at Island Pond.
The Company are not responsible for baggage to
any amount exceeding 500 in value and that person
aD unless notice is gven and paid for at the rate of
one passenger for every $500 additional value.
c. j. BRIDGES, Managing Director
II. BAILEY, Local Superintendent
Portland, June 20 1872. iun21tf
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MAINE CENTRAL RAILROAD.

Winter Arrangement, Commencing Dec.
2, 1872.
Trains leave Portland for Bangor,
Houlton, Calais and ST. John at II rs
s-xH-sNus5a. m. sleeping and day cars on this
train.)
For Bath, Lewiston, Rockland and Augusta at ! 100
a..
For Bath, Lewiston, Rockland Augusta, Readfeld,
winthrop, Skowhegan, Belfast, Bangor, st. John and
Halifax at 100 p. M
For Lewiston, Bath and Augusta at 80 p. M.
For Lewiston via Danville at 5:25 p. m.
Trains are Due mt Portland.
FROM Augusta. Bath and Lewiston at 945 a. m.
From st. John, Bangor, and North and East nj
3:12 p. m. "
From Augusta and Lewiston at 6:35 p. M
From st. John, Bangor, &C., at 20 a. m.
Through Tickets are sold in Portland and bagcag,
checked through to Houlton, Calais, st. john Hail
fax, Dover, Foxcroft, Rockland SC.
L. L. LINCOLN, Acting Superintendent
Augusta, Nov 30. 1872. dec3tf
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Notice to Manufacturers.

pELIABLE parties who desire to engage in
HI in business of Shoe Manufacturing, and
who actually mean BUSINESS, with a capital of ten
thousand dollars, more, will find rare opportuni-
y, with liberal inducements, by enquring Of JOHN
F. LAMB, ZlMRI HUNTER and E, G. HODGDON,
Of Clinton, Me.
Clinton, Jan. s, 1873, ian1Q2w
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" ANTED.-Ar liable and intelligent man
w good address, to eng ge in desirable and lu-
craive business producing from 500 to $1,000 per
year. Address j. B. FORD & CO., New York; Bos
ton: Chicago; or San francisco. jan8t4w
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ssDsYCHOMANCY, or SOUL CHARM
ING" How either sex may fascinate and
gain the love and affection of any person they choose
instantly. This simple mental requirement all can
possess, free, by mail for 25c., together with mar
Ladies &c. queer book. Address
7. WILLIAM & co. Publisher Phla.
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MEDICAL.
DE. ". ]. LOURDAIN.
Ayers Cher1'y PectOral
For Diseases of the ThrOHt and Lungs,
such rs Coughs, G oIds, VvhOOpinS Cough,
Bronchitis, Asthma and Consumption.

THE FEW Compositions
which have won the confi-
, dence Of mankind and
become household words
among not only one but
many nations, must have
/, extraordinary virtues. Per-
4 haps no one eversecured SO
wide a reputation or main
tanned it so longas AYERS
CHERRY PICTORIAL. 1t
has been known to the pub
lie about forty years, by a
long continued series of
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HOTELS.

HOTELS.
HOTEL DIRECTORY,
Embracing the leading Hotel the State at which.
the Daily PRESS may always De found.
ALFRED.
County House, Edmund Warren, Proprie-
tor.
AUBUBN.
Elm House, Court. st. w. 8. g. A. Yonns.
PrOprietors.
AUGUSTA.
Augusta House, State st. Harrison Bak-
er, Proprietor. -
Cony House, G. A. s. HI. Cony. Propr
tors.
BANGOR.
Hartman House, J.E. HarT~ w.
Projectors. x,
rp.m1II;,, vouse, HARLOW St, n. Quinby,
With hi ID WcLauyhlin q Son, Prop.
BATH.
sa.ndahoc House, j. ohm 8. NIiIlisen, Pro:
prietOr.
Bath Hotel, G. WI. Plummer, Proprietor
BOSTON.
American House, Hanover St. L.Ric
Proprietor.
Parker House, School st. HI. ID. Parker &
Co., PrOpricfors.
Revere House, BOwdOin Square, BuIfnch,
Bingham, Wrisicy e. Co.. PropriefOrs
st. James Hotel-J. p. M. Stetson, Propri
etOr.
fremont House. fremont St. Bingham
WrISiey a. Go. PPOprietOrs.
BRYANT,s POND.
Bryant's Pond House-N. R. Crockett,
BETHEL.
Chandler House, #. 9. Chandler q Co.
PrOprietOrs.
Chapman House, 9. HI. Chapman, Pro-
| prictor.
BRIDGTON CENTER, Me.
Cumberland House, Marshall Bacon, Pro
| prictOr.
BOLSTEB MILLS.
Hancock EHouse,-J. N. Hancock, Prop.
BRUNSWICK. ME.
p. & X. Dining Rooms, w. Es. Field,
| CAPE ELIZABETH.
Ocean IIousc-J. p. Chamberlain, Propri-
| CALAIS
International Hotel, w. ID. Simpson.
p,' ----
CAMDEM.
Bay View House, e. HI. DernutE,, Prop.
| --
CokNIsA.
Cornish House,-P. Durgin, Proprietor.
DAMARIsCOTTA.
Maine fso,cI. sanborn & Jacobs. Proprie.
tors.
UuEIrNCTu0N.
Clarlk,s Dining HAL. Grand Trunlk Rail-
| Wv Oenof III Nv (.arlx pronriefor
.----.
nC--D
.,:u H.. ro,, pro.
p''
EAsTPORT.
EuIsWORTu
| Awcr;c,, mouse Jord,u a, Som Prom
FOxCROFT.
Foxcroft Exchange.
! ~
GAkD1NEK.
H'"hs H.o'ei' ". u -,oinhs' proprietor
~nn-.r.
Central Hotel, f. j. Berry, Prop.
cpZ.TC..T.
| nEAA HAAAS' No N
-
HIRAM.
Mt: Unt.er Ho"se'-Afirafa Asas'oh' rfo
P'Ao'of'
u,..u,. VIII. Ha,., R.naam a,srovs
/ PROPRIETOR.
Limerick H ouse. = osepb G, Harmon, Fro
prietcr.
MA CAAhAs.
a"sscrh Ahotei.-1. a' Sio""afa, EFoP'
vrEruAN1r EsurS
o"i"i hAo'ei' C"""' Hfopfio'of
q. aNnRExvs wv
r, ~..., r.:.r., GILL, d..
Ihe tta1i way HOtei, AAIcnaet CiofK, Ffo
spmTNCvAUE
TIbbetts HhOusc, >. Il. IiDnetts, Fropfieto
STANDISH.
Standish House. Capt. Chas. Thompson
vnux n.nnnp
Marshall UouseN a. vJ.rsh,lI a, snus
Pronr;ators " 49,
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NrorIr1, &c bereby given that the subscriber has
d Is annoed and taken upon herself the
trust of Administrative of the estate OF
GEORGE w. WHITTIER, late OF Portland,
in the County of Cumberland, deceased ana gwen 1a
bonds as the law directs. All persons naVlng ue
to exhibit the same and ali persons indebted to said
estate are called upon to make payment to
BESSIE II. WHITTIER, Adm'x.
Portland, Jan. 7, 1873. jansd1aw3wW@
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COMPREHENSIVE

TENHE undersigned have this day entered into CO.
Il partnership under the firm name of WINSLOW
& COOMBS for the manufacture and sale of all kinds
of
LONG ARD SHORT LUMBER.
1B-Spruce Dimensions cut TO order.
Office: No. 219 Commercial ST., Portland,
Me.
H WINSLOW,
A. w. COOMBS.
Portland Jan. l. 1873 in7d1v
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HEART--~
DISEASE


Is becoming very common In every community, and
the sudden deaths resulting to seek some re-
lief The disease assumes many different FORMS
among viii h we notice Palpitation' Enlargement
Spasms Ossifcation or Bong Formation ofthe Heart
Rheumatism, General Debility, Watei about the
Heart, Sinking of the Spirits, Pains in the Side or
Chest Dizzness, Sluggish Circulation of the blood
and Men.entaryS toppage Of the Action Of the Heart
These forms of Heart Disease have been cured by
DR.. Graves Heart Regulator. and we do not
hesitate to say it will cure them again. Any form of
Heart Disease will readily yield to its use, and we
have yet to learn of any case where the Heart Regu
ator has been taken properly and the party not
ceived a marked benefit.
'iur agent, on application, will furnish you with
our circnlar, giving full description of the disease
and also number OF testimonials of CUES: and IL
you would like further proof from the parties who
have given the testimonials write them and see what
they say. wv "A''
We have sold many thousand bottles of the Heart
Regulator, and the demand is still. increasing We
are confident we are doing the public benefit and
ton. 'nieee prepare"
The price of the Heart Reuu,.,or is oyrpoL-
LAR per Bottle, and can be obtajneh of our agent,
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1878.


The Maine STatA RTACS
10 iAN
pUcrr xx,DDuvu nIDCD
o,v,er.
BecsaHsc ~ HAAS ~ AsAfSef EAitoflai
<,oo ts,a,, ..nv o+,,ou =.
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nm
Rec.usa tic Stato NnxvS &c ts,e
most carefully collected and select
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LOOK FREE TO ALL !

DE- Ea PER week to Agents, Male or Female
spCO To all who will write for an Agency we
will send copy of that ''Wonder of Woaders,'' the
ILLUSTRATED HORN OF PLENTY. 1t con-
tains over fifty beautiful illustrations, and will be
sent FREE to all who may write. Address 1. GAR
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marvellous cures, which have won for it confdenc
in its virtues never equalled by any other medicine
1t still makes the most etlectual cures Of Coughs,
Colds, Consumption, that can be made by mediral
skill. Indeed, the CHERRY PICTORIAL has really
robbed these dangerous diseases of their terrors, TO
great extent and< given feeling of immunity from
their fatal effects which is well founded if the rem
Guy be taxen in season. Every family should have it
IN Iheir closet Tor the ready and prompt relief Of its
members sickness, suffering, and even life is saved
by this timely protection, Tie prudent should not
neglect It, and the wise will not Keen il nv Won for
the protection 1t Affords in sudden attacks and by
timely use. -
PREPARED BY
DIR. j. C. AVER & CO.. LOWELL, MASS,
Practical and Analytical Chemists,
And sold by druggists all round the world.
dec1e-dSwevery3dw1y
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AN OFFER.

We will send an extra copy Of the WEEKLY PRESS
to any person sending five subscribers, with
$40.
Special club rates may be obtained by applying to
the Publishers.
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THE NEXT YEAR

No efforts will be spared to make the MAINE
STATE PRESS more acceptable to its patrons. Indeed
the Publishers will not relax their efforts to make
the paper necessity to those who have been accus
TONED to read it. We pledge that during the year
1873, the Weekly PRESS shall be more Q NEWSPA-
PER than ever, so that tho family that thoroughly
reads the paper will have all the current events Of the
day.
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! CALAIS.
International Hotel, w. ID. Simpson
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5000 New Subscribers in January.

Our friends cannot confer more acceptable New
Years Gift than by each sending one dozen new
subscribers.
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BRIDGTON CENTER, Me.
Cumberland House, Marshall Bacon, Pro
prictor.
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CAPE ELIZABETH.
Ocean IFousc-J. r. Chamberlain, Propri-
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BRUNSWICK, ME.
p. & *. Dining Rooms, w. Es. Field,
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NORTH ANsON.
Somerset Hotel Brown g. Hilton, Pr0pri.
ct0rs.
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BETHEL.
Chandler House, r. 9. Chandler q Go.
Pr0prietors.
Chapman House, 9. HI. Chapman, Pro-
prietOr.
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Portland DaiIv Press

By making all its departments fuller and more valu
able.
The growingimportanceo Portland as distributing
centre for Maine and its increasing wholesale trade
make a full Daily paper imperatively necessary.
With larger Editorial corps than any paper in
Maine, with unexcelled facilities for collecting news
and more space to devote to details, the Publishers
will make everv exerion to render the DAILY PRESS
fuller and complete paper than has hitherto
been, and in every respect
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Sanford's Improved Refrigerators.

- "a w. OOONlBS.
Portland, Jan. 1, 1873. jn7d1w
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1873-10-30
Habits of the Baltimore Oyster

In q conversation with q prominent
oyster packer, says the Baltimore Ameri-
can, some curious and interesting features
of the oyster trade were related. As is
we'll known the habits of this bivalve are
an entire mystery; what it eats and how
it lives are questions not yet understood
The spawn of the oyster floats around
with the action of the waves and tide,
and adheres to whatever it may come
into contact with. Oysters taken from a
rocky bed are of superior quality; those
taken from soft bottom are compara-
lively poor in quality. Thousands OF
poor innocent" oysters die annually
from resting on a soft bottom, fact
which should arouse the sympathies OF
all tender hearted people.
The weight of the oyster, as it gradu-
ally natures, sinks it beneath the sur
face; and as soon as it is covered with
sediment or mud, it dies. Many people
suppose that the oyster really eats, and
kind hearted people, buying oysters in
the shell, sometimes throw corn meal
over them, thinking to feed them. The
peculiar noise emanating from them has
been supposed to be produced by feeding
All shelltish at times have their shells
open, and when touched will instantly
close them. The noise thus produced
mas DeeL mistaken lOf aSllCdtlOLll NHSu,
in reality, it is from fright
Most of the Baltimore dealers in raw
oysters during the summer months trans
act their business at Fair Haven, Conn,
whittier large beds of Baltimore oysters
have been transplanted, The beds are so
arranged that on the receding of the salt
water tide. fresh water from small
stream covers the oysters; it is said that
this tattens oysters better than any other
method. Orders are received Tor the ar
ticle in question during the summer
months and they are taken from the
beds and shipped with the greatest possi-
BILE dispatch, and many eat them with
apparent relish, notwithstanding the
warmth of the season. Altogether the
oyster packing trade of Baltimore is an
enormous one. aud, in connection with
fruit and vegetable packing business,
employs capital of about $25,O0O,0O0, a
fact which sufficiently expresses the great
Importance OF this interest to Baltimore
---Scie,Gtfc american.
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Veiled.

AT old Egyptian festals, we are told,
Was aye a guest
Who through the feast sat rigid, silent, cold;
Whom no one prest
10 share the banquet, yet who still remained
TIL the last song was sung, the last cup drained
The cup,the song, the jest and laugh went round
No cheek turned pale,
No guest amazed did query e'er PROFOUND,
Or lift the veil
To learn the wherefore one alone sat mute,
With whom nor host, nor friend, exchanged
salute.
Usance and rose-crowned drapery did all;
That thing of bone,
That hideous skeleton in festive hall,
Evoked no grOan;
No thrill of horror checked the flow of mirth,
Unseen, unfelt that grisly type of earth.
But did the host return when all We're gone,
The lights put out,
The unseen presence of that nameleSs one
Might put to rout
All the gay fancies born of wine and song,
And speeches. dread the feeting night prolong
AT every hearth, in every human heart
There sits such guest,
We may not, cannot bid it thence depart,
Fen at the best,
We can but crown with roses, veil and drape;
The thing exists, though we conceal its shape.
We shroud our skeletons from public gaze,
And from our own;
Ignore their presence with Iife's lamps ablaze
Till left alone
With festal fragments, wine-stains, lights gone
We feel them with us, icy, bloodless, grim.
Our nerves would quiver to unveil the bones
OF the dead past;
We lock them in our hearts, with sighs and
To keep them fast;
lis but in solitude we turn the key,
And dare to look upon them as they be.