Excerpt from Songs of Sorrow and Miscellaneous Poems Into the gladness of our happy dwelling Came first a fear and then a grievous pain; Came first sad prophecy

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Excerpt from The Poetical Works of John Snowden Hopkins: Containing Alberto, an Epic Poem; Delascus, a Dramatic Poem; Together With Miscellaneous Poems Alberto.