Alice Duer was a successful American author who wrote poetry, novels and screenplays and campaigned tirelessly for women's suffrage. Her sister Caroline was an editor at Vogue magazine. This beautiful collection published in 1896 and the first of their early poems, is centered around the themes of love, friendship and loss. - Summary by Nemo
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An International Episode Read by Nemo 3:57
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A Song Read by Nemo 1:11
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A Portrait Read by Nemo 2:20
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A Serenade Read by Nemo 0:53
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How Can One Tell? Read by Nemo 1:43
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A Sonnet Read by Nemo 1:15
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A Midsummer Night’s Dream Read by Nemo 1:56
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To Leeward Read by Nemo 1:46
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An Exhortation to Gentleness Read by Nemo 1:25
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Lines for the Skull at the Feast Read by Nemo 0:47
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The Image of the Earthy Read by Nemo 2:13
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Count Me Not Less Read by Nemo 0:46
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An Apology Read by Nemo 1:35
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Overheard in a Conservatory Read by Eva Davis (d. 2025) and 1 other 2:53
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To a Photograph Read by Nemo 1:27
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The Yellow Age Read by Nemo 1:41
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From the German Read by Nemo 0:39
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The Broken Wheel Read by Nemo 1:57
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After a Year Read by Nemo 1:43
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A Passing Fancy Read by Nemo 1:19
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To the Night-Breeze Read by Nemo 0:45
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A Dialogue Read by Eva Davis (d. 2025) and 1 other 1:45
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A Vignette Read by Nemo 0:45
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Good-Night Read by Nemo 1:09
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A Song Read by Nemo 1:26
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The Kingdom of the Present Read by Nemo 1:29
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From Phyllis Read by Nemo 1:38
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How Like a Woman Read by Nemo 1:34
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A Drinking-Song Read by Nemo 1:25
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My Rose of May Read by Nemo 1:46
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A Word to the Wise Read by Nemo 0:55
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The Snare of the Fowler Read by Nemo 2:34
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‘Once I Went' (After Walt Whitman.) Read by Nemo 2:46
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Nocturne Read by Nemo 1:48
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Wasted Time Read by Nemo 1:30
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