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The Poor Little Maiden [from the London Athenaeum]

W. A. "The Poor Little Maiden [from the London Athenaeum]." New York Saturday Press. 16 Apr. 1859: 1.
Type: 
newspaper
Genre: 
poetry
Abstract: 

A man looks upon a comely maiden and is saddened by her family's descent into helpless poverty. He sees a wealthy couple on a large estate, and wonders what could have been if she had been born into such a family.