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Copyright iQOb 
 
 BY 
 
 Andrew Lewis Ellett 
 
VIRGINIA 
 
 By 
 
 An Absent Virginian 
 
 
 I1rau'/)it;s by 
 \\ W. Addams, Jk. 
 
 Jamestown Edition 
 
 Fifiy Cents 
 
 Mail or Book Sellers 
 
 WILLETT, PATTON & LEE 
 
 Newport News 
 Virginia 
 
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 LIBRARY of OONGRESs' 
 Two Ooples Received 
 APSt 19 1807 
 ,^ tppyrlBht Entry , 
 
 CLASS A XXc., No. 
 
 COPY B. I 
 
To ^lirginiat— ta hn- gnllnnt sons, nuti 
 gentle daughters, at home and afar,— and to all 
 luho louc and honor the dear old state, this 
 little poem is affertionatelr inscribed. 
 
 An Absent \lirginian. 
 
"Thv 5ti'anci nnn of tlic Colanr. 
 
V,^ An Absent ^lirgininn 
 
 Nowhere the sun shines quite so bright, 
 Nor sheds the moon such silv'ry Hght, 
 Giving joy by day and peace by night, 
 As in Virginia. 
 
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Nowhere beneath a sky so fair, 
 Bloom flowers quite so sweet and rare, 
 As those that bud and blossom there 
 In Old Virginia. 
 

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Nowhere, it seems, the songbird's lay, 
 Nor children's laughter while at play, 
 Is quite so blithesome, free and gay 
 As in Virginia. 
 
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Nowhere do men the magic know 
 Of woman's voice, soft, sweet and low 
 As those who hear its gentle flow, 
 In Old Virginia. 
 

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Nowhere do men's hearts beat so high, — 
 As in the days of chivalry, — 
 To woman's smile and woman's sigh. 
 As in Virginia. 
 
Tatrirk Hcufji, of ^liri^iuia 
 
 "The '-times af thr ^euolution" 
 
In foreign lands God hath been kind, 
 And given me much content to find, 
 Yet this fond heart hath oft repined 
 For Old Virginia. 
 
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And though my Hfe may not be spent 
 In that fair land of sweet content, 
 E'en death hath balm, for heart so rent, 
 In Old Virginia. 
 
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My friends will see that when this coil 
 Of mortal clay, has ceased its toil, 
 It rests there in the sacred soil 
 Of Old Virginia. 
 
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They'll bear me home and lay me there, 
 Where bloom those flowers, sweet and rare, 
 Under that sky, so blue and fair, 
 In Old Virginia. 
 
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And if 'tis true that in the skies, 
 The soul may choose its paradise, 
 From out thy sphere mine ne'er will rise 
 My own Virginia! 
 
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For I believe the abode of Heaven, 
 Which unto righteous man is given, 
 Can be to him no fairer haven 
 
 Than Old Virginia. 
 
(general lUiLiprt ^riiuai'd I,ee 
 
 of Kliryintn; 
 
 "^ solriicr imthaut crwelt^, 
 ^ man aiitlraiit guile. 
 ^ ©acsrti- luitliaiit tris ambitinrt, 
 ^ 'OTaslrington mttlrottt his reiuat-d." 
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Or if man on his upward way, 
 Lives many lives, as Buddhists say, 
 Give me one more, O Lord! I pray. 
 In Old Virginia. 
 
First ^'rtsidrnt of the glamestnivin Exposition 
 
Hear me, O Lord! for I would fain 
 To brave anew earth's grief and pain, 
 If but to live a life again 
 
 In Old Virginia. 
 
VmsHtnt of tlrr 2'f»wtstnttin gxposttton 
 
Then, grant, O God! if won my strife, 
 'Gainst error and temptation rife, 
 That thou awaken my new Hfe 
 
 Down in Old Virginia. 
 
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