Don't Drive Me Away

    "Don't drive me away,
    But hear what I say:
    Bad men want the gold;
    They will steal it to-night,
    And you must take flight;
    So be quiet and busy and bold."

    "Slip away with me,
    And you will see
    What a wise little thing am I;
    For the road I show
    No man can know,
    Since it's up in the pathless sky."

Louisa May Alcott

Louisa May Alcott was an American novelist and poet best known as the author of the novel 'Little Women' and its sequels 'Little Men' and 'Jo's Boys.' Born in Germantown, Pennsylvania, she grew up in Massachusetts. She was an abolitionist and a feminist and was active in both the Transcendentalist and suffragist movements. Alcott began writing to support her family and went on to publish numerous works that have had a lasting impact on American literature.

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