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Stedman and Hutchinson, comps. A Library of American Literature:
An Anthology in Eleven Volumes. 1891.
Vols. IX–XI: Literature of the Republic, Part IV., 1861–1889

Jeannie Marsh

By George Pope Morris (1802–1864)

[From Poems. Collective Edition. 1860.]

JEANNIE MARSH of Cherry Valley

At whose call the muses rally;

Of all the nine none so divine

As Jeannie Marsh of Cherry Valley.

She minds me of her native scenes,

Where she was born among the cherries;

Of peaches, plums, and nectarines,

Pears, apricots, and ripe strawberries.

Jeannie Marsh of Cherry Valley,

In whose name the muses rally;

Of all the nine none so divine

As Jeannie Marsh of Cherry Valley.

A sylvan nymph of queenly grace,

A goddess she in form and feature;

The sweet expression of the place,

A dimple in the smile of nature.