From The Heart



Advertising card for the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company. Poem on front is "From the Heart of a Little Girl" by Annie Denman.

Found in "The Light in the East: The Life of Christ and The Apostles" by Rev. John Fleetwood. Published by the Jones Brothers, 1874.

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9 comments:

  1. Alpha MonkeyOctober 11, 2010 at 3:25 PM

    In a strange reversal of roles, the living haunt the dead!

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  2. Country GirlOctober 11, 2010 at 11:22 PM

    What a truly awful poem!

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  3. AnonymousJanuary 30, 2012 at 3:53 PM

    That is the most gorgeous cover ever.

    Kathy

    http://yearofreadingmybooks.wordpress.com/

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  4. AnonymousJanuary 4, 2013 at 12:11 AM

    Would you be willing to part with this poem?

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  5. Michael PopekJanuary 4, 2013 at 5:02 AM

    I'd have to find it first :)

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  6. AnonymousJanuary 4, 2013 at 10:40 AM

    Oh, I hope you find it. Annie Denman was my great-great-aunt. My great-grandmother's older sister. I have several of her letters and poems, but nothing in print. I know it's not worth anything, but I sure would like to have it. Aunt Annie was blind but used a typewriter to write to my great-grandmother almost every week. She was the 7th born of 11 children. In 1926 she began teaching at the Mississippi School for the Blind. Such a fun find, Michael! Thank you for sharing it with the world!:-)

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  7. AnonymousJanuary 9, 2013 at 11:30 AM

    I'm writing a blog about Annie. Can I please link to this blog post?

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  8. Michael PopekJanuary 9, 2013 at 11:38 AM

    Of course - and I'm still looking for it.

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  9. AnonymousJanuary 9, 2013 at 10:03 PM

    Done! Thanks, Michael.
    Here's the link:
    http://sparrowrefuge.wordpress.com/2013/01/09/blind-aunt-annie/

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