"Throw thy bold banner to the breeze! Front with thy ranks the threatening seas Like thine own proud armorial trees, C…"

"And down the dunes a thousand guns lie crouched, Unseen, beside the flood — Like tigers in some Orient jungle crouche…"

"Sleep sweetly in your humble graves, Sleep, martyrs of a fallen cause; Though yet no marble column craves The pilgrim…"

"Our hospital work is entirely among the poor, ignorant, and superstitious class of colored people of Charleston and i…"

"All ages, classes, races, called her blessed."

"Weep not for those Who sink within the arms of death Ere yet the chilling wintry breath Of sorrow o'er them blows; Bu…"

"Sorrow treads heavily, and leaves behind A deep impression e’en when she departs; While joy trips by, with steps ligh…"

"The gathered rose, and the stolen heart, Can charm but for a day."

"Like lamps in Eastern sepulchres, Amid my heart’s deep gloom, Affection sheds its holiest light Upon my husband’s tom…"

"The charm of eloquence, — the skill To wake each secret string, And from the bosom's chords at will Life's mournful m…"