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title: 'The Fate of a Rain-Drop'
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authors:
- 'Margaret Junkin Preston'
date: 1842-01-01
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- 'Journals, Magazines, and Newspapers'
- 'Fiction'
- 'Poetry'
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- 'Psalms 107'
- 'Psalms 137'
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# The Fate of a Rain-Drop

December 1842 issue of the Southern Literary Messenger featuring letters of an Italian exile, original prose and poetry, and extracts from an American naval officer's journal.

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