The Vault at Pfaff's

An Archive of Art and Literature by the Bohemians of Antebellum New York

The Lost Heart

Alger, Horatio Jr.. "The Lost Heart." New York Saturday Press. (1859-6-14).
Electronic Source Available
Type
newspaper
Genre
poetry
Abstract

A young, pure-hearted hunter naps along a wooded path where a sprite kisses his sleeping head and steals his heart. The hunter senses this and finds the beautiful maiden to ask for her heart in exchange.