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East and West Poems………………………………………  \n………………………………………………………2  \nA Greyport Legend……………………………………………………  \n…………………………………………………2  \nA Newport Romance…………………………………………………………  \n………………………5  \nThe Hawk's Nest……………………………………………………………………  \n………………………………………………………9  \nIn the Mission Garden……………………………………………………  \n…………………………………………………………………………1l  \nThe Old Major Explains…………………………………  \n………………………………………………………14  \n\"Seventy-Nine………………………………………………  \n………………………………………………………16  \nHis Answer to \"Her Letter.\"…………………  \n…………………………………………………………19  \nThe Wonderful Spring of San Joaquin..  \n……………………………………………………25  \nOn a Cone of the Big Trees……………………  \n…………………………………………………29  \nA Sanitary Message……………………………  \n…………………………………………………32  \nThe Copperhead…………………………………  \n………………………………………………………34  \n…………………………………………………35  \nOn a Pen of Thomas Starr King..  \nLone Mountain………………………  \n…………………………………………………36  \nCalifornia's Greeting to Seward…  \n………………………………………………………37  \nThe Two Ships………………………………………………  \n…………………………………………………39  \nThe Goddess……………………………………………  \n…………………………………………………40  \n………………………………………………43  \nAddress……………………………………………………………  \nThe Lost Galleon……………………………  \n……………………………………45  \n……………………………………………52  \nA Second Review of the Grand Army.  \n……………………………………………55  \nPart II. Before the Curtain…………………………  \n……………………………………………56  \nThe Stage-Driver's Story………  \nAspiring Miss de Lain…………………  \n……………………58  \n………………………………………………65  \nCalifornia Madriga………………………  \n…………………………67  \nSt.Thomas……………………………  \n……………………………………………………69  \nThe Ballad of Mr. Cooke…………………  \n……………………………………………………76  \nThe Legends of the Rhine…………………………………………………  \n………………………………………………78  \nMrs.Judge Jenkins………………………………………………  \n………………………………………………………81  \nAvitor………………………………………………………………………………  \n…………………………………………………84  \nA White-Pine Ballad………………………………………………  \nWhat the Wolf Really Said to Little Red Riding-Hood………………………………………85  \n…………………………………………………86  \nThe Rtualist…………………………………………………………………  \n…………………………………………………88  \nA Moral Vindicator……………………………………………………  \nTable of Contents  \nEast and West  \n# East and West\n\nBret Harte  \nKessinger Publishing reprints thousands of hard-to-find books!Visit us at http://www.kessinger.net  \n● Part I.East and West Poems.  \n●A Greyport Legend.  \n●A Newport Romance.  \n●The Hawk's Nest.  \n●In the Mission Garden.  \n●The Old Major Explains.  \n●“Seventy-Nine”  \n●His Answer to \"Her Letter.\"  \n●The Wonderful Spring of San Joaquin.  \n·On a Cone of the Big Trees.  \n●A Sanitary Message.  \n●The Copperhead.  \n·On a Pen of Thomas Starr King.  \n●Lone Mountain.  \n·California's Greeting to Seward.  \n● The Two Ships.  \n● The Goddess.  \n●Address.  \n● The Lost Galleon.  \n●A Second Review of the Grand Army.  \n●Part II.Before the Curtain.  \n●The Stage-Driver's Story.  \n●Aspiring Miss de Laine.  \n●California Madrigal.  \nEast and West  \n●St.Thomas.  \n● The Ballad of Mr.Cooke.  \n● The Legends of the Rhine.  \n● Mrs.Judge Jenkins.  \n●Avitor.  \n●A White-Pine Ballad.  \n●What the Wolf Really Said to Little Red Riding-Hood.  \n● The Ritualist  \n●A Moral Vindicator.  \n●Songs Without Sense.  \n# Part I.East and West Poems.\n\nA Greyport Legend.  \n(1797.)  \nEast and West  \nThey ran through the streets of the seaport town;They peered from the decks of the ships that lay:The cold sea-fog that came whitening downWas never as cold or white as they.  \n\"Ho,Starbuck and Pinckney and Tenterden!Run for your shallops,gather your men,Scatter your boats on the lower bay.”  \nGood cause for fear!In the thick middayThe hulk that lay by the rotting pier,Filled with the children in happy play,Parted its moorings,and drifted clear,—Drifted clear beyond the reach or call,—Thirteen children they were in all,—All adrift in the lower bay!  \nSaid a hard-faced skipper,“God help us all!She will not float till the turning tide!”Said his wife,\"My darlin","cbCaiq74m13bWvvW","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiq74m13bWvvW","pdf",2856876,104,"English","# Table of Contents\n## Part I. East and West Poems\n## A Greyport Legend\n## A Newport Romance\n## The Hawk's Nest\n## In the Mission Garden\n## The Old Major Explains\n## \"Seventy-Nine\"\n## His Answer to \"Her Letter.\"\n## The Wonderful Spring of San Joaquin\n## On a Cone of the Big Trees\n## A Sanitary Message\n## The Copperhead\n## On a Pen of Thomas Starr King\n## Lone Mountain\n## California's Greeting to Seward\n## The Two Ships\n## The Goddess\n## Address\n## The Lost Galleon\n## A Second Review of the Grand Army\n## Part II. 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