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Title: Some old historic landmarks of Virginia and Maryland, described in a hand-book for the tourist over the Washington, Alexandria and Mount Vernon electric railway
Year: 1902 (1900s)
Authors: Snowden, William H. (from old catalog)
Subjects: Washington, Alexandria and Mount Vernon electric railway. (from old catalog)
Publisher: Alexandria, Va., Printed by G. H. Ramey & son
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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she slighted her gue^t ;But the widow she slighted her guest ; For when nature was forming an ugly race ; She certainly moulded the travelers faceAs a sample for all the rest, as a sample for all the restThe chambermaids sides they were ready to crackWhen she saw his queer nose and the hump onhis back, A hump isnt handsome, no doubtAnd though, tis confessed, that the prejudice goes Very strongly in favor of wearing a nose The Widows Gate. A nose shouldnt look like a snout.A bag full of gold on the table he laidT had a wondrous effect on the widow and maid, And they quickly grew marvelously civil—The money immediately altered the case,They were charmd with his hump and his snoutand his face Though he still might have frightened the devil.He paid like a prince, gave the widow a smackAnd flopd on his horse at the door like a sack, While the landlady touching his chin Said Sir, should you travel this country again,I heartily hope that the sweetest of menWill stop at the widows to drink.
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AN IDEAL OF OLD BELVOIR MANSION. OLD BELVOIR, THE HOME OF THE VIRGINIA FAIRFAXES. Come back ye friends whose lives are ended;Come back with all that light attended Which seemed to darken and decayWhen you arose and passed away ! 90 SOME OLD HISTORIC LANDMARKS They come, the shapes of joy and woe, They make the dark and dreary hours The airy throngs of long ago— Brighten and blossom into flowers. The dreams and fancies known of yore T .. . T . . rr, . , . 1.1111 I linger long—I love to be I hat have been, but shall be no more. . . . ., *? , . Again in their lair company ; They change the cloisters of the night But ere my lips can bid them stay Into a garden of delight— They pass and vanish quite away. Come with me reader and linger for a space while I tell you a story whose beginningswere long before the drums loud beat and the bugles echoing call summoned in hastethe sturdy colonists, from the lowlands and mountains of Old Virginia, to make readyfor the coming struggle of the Am

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