- 1Epigraph — Preface
- 2Withered Leaves — Shadows of the Past
- 3Reminiscences
- 4Chapter II — The Old House
- 5Chapter III — The Old School House
- 6Chapter IV — The Grave Yard
- 7Midnight Scenes or, Pictures of Human Life
- 8The History of a Household
- 9Lines, Written During Convalescence From Brain Fever
- 10The Angel Cousin
- 11Lines, Written at the Close of 1842
- 12Lines, on the New Year, 1853
- 13The Unhappy Marriage
- 14Lines, Written on the Year 1852
- 15Consumption
- 16To Mrs. A — — B — — , on the Death of Her Child
- 17An Evening in Our Village
- 18Contemplations in a Grave Yard
- 19A Scene on the Kennebec River
- 20To Miss H — — B — — , These Lines Are Affectionately Dedicated by ——
- 21Lines, Written in an Album
- 22A Long Night in the Eighteenth Century
- 23On Hearing a Bird Sing, December, 1826
- 24Variety
- 25Henriette Clinton or, Reverses of Fortune
- 26The Child
- 27Lines, Written on the Death of Ellen A — — B ——
- 28The Order of Nature
- 29The Seasons
- 30Dedication in an Album
- 31Lines, Written to Mrs. S — — , on the Death of Her Infant
- 32Lines, to Mrs. S — — , on the Death of Her Son, Who Died March, 1854
- 33The First and Last Voyage of the Atlantic
- 34The Fatal Feast
- 35To the Maiden
- 36To Mrs. B — — , on the Death of a Son
- 37O Come Back, My Brother
- 38The Twins
- 39On the Frailty of Earthly Things
- 40To a Friend
- 41The Mother and Her Child
- 42A Mother’s Prayer
- 43Lines, Written in an Album
- 44On the Death of a Mother
- 45The Music of Earth
- 46Lines, Written on the Death of Mrs. Caroline P. Baldwin, Who Died J…
- 47Lines, Written in a Sick-Room, April 15, 1855
- 48Lines, Written in a Sick Room, July 20th, 1855
- 49To a Friend
- 50The Mother’s Watch
- 51Why Should I Smile?
- 52The Youth’s Return
- 53To A ——
- 54Beauties of Nature
- 55On the Death of Willie White, Who Was Drowned Sept. 21, 1856
- 56The Human Heart
- 57Lines, Written on the Death of a Friend
- 58To a Friend
- 59Happiness
- 60A Picture of Human Life
- 61Flowers
- 62The Old Castle
- 63The Myrtle
- 64Death
- 65The Home of Childhood
- 66The Happy Land
- 67Devotion
- 68To a Friend
- 69Lines, Written Upon the Death of Two Sisters
- 70To I ——
- 71Lines, Written for a Friend Upon the 20th Anniversary of Her Birthday
- 72Human Thought
- 73Lines, Written on the Departure of a Brother
- 74Lines, on the Death of a Friend
- 75The Power of Custom
- 76Annie Howard
- 77We All Do Perish Like the Leaf
- 78Life Compared to the Seasons
- 79Writing Composition
- 80Lines, Written in Answer to the Question “Where Is Our Poet?”
- 81My Husband’s Grave
- 82Lines, Written Upon the Young Who Have Recently Died in Our Village
- 83Conscience
- 84Lines, Written in an Album
- 85Letter, From the Pen of My Husband, Now Deceased
- 86Hope
- 87Visit to Mount Auburn
- 88Lines, From Mary to Her Father in California, With Her Daguerreotype
- 89A Reminiscence
- 90Letter of Resignation, From Mrs. Hanna to the Maternal Association
- 91Improvement of Time
- 92Lines, Written on the Death of Frank
- 93The Pleasures of Memory
- 94The Song of the Weary One
- 95Lines, Inscribed to a Brother
- 96Changes
- 97To Mr. and Mrs. S — — , on the Death of an Infant
- 98The Spirits of the Dead
- 99The Widow’s Home
- 100To Mrs. J. C. Bucklin, by Her Father
- 101To the Reader
Withered Leaves from Memory’s Garland
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