A daughter, friend, and wife - She lived a bautcous life, And lore and song shall bless her in her sleep. The flowers whose language shs interpreted, The delicate airs, calm ores, nnd starw k k s That touched so sweetly her chaste sympavliea, And all the grieving aouls she comforted, IVill bathe in separate sorrow the dear mound, Where heart and harp lie silent and profound. Oh, Woman d1 the soup thou IeR to us Fe will pwemc for thee, in grateful love G i t e ho u return of our affection thus, And keep for us the Bonge thou ...
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A daughter, friend, and wife - She lived a bautcous life, And lore and song shall bless her in her sleep. The flowers whose language shs interpreted, The delicate airs, calm ores, nnd starw k k s That touched so sweetly her chaste sympavliea, And all the grieving aouls she comforted, IVill bathe in separate sorrow the dear mound, Where heart and harp lie silent and profound. Oh, Woman d1 the soup thou IeR to us Fe will pwemc for thee, in grateful love G i t e ho u return of our affection thus, And keep for us the Bonge thou singst above They told me thou mast dead And I said I upouId not grieve, But the stars came oftly o ut oerltead, And slanted thro1 the eve And round oar quiet cot, We heard the night-winda swaep, Then, dear departed, J forgot I said i would not weep They tdd me thou wast laid . Down in thc pencehl dell, Bencath the moaning maple shade, Ydu loved in life so well I said I wouls not mourn. Since all the past was vain, Till muaing round the silent urn, All I forgot agnin They tell me tbw hast gone To fairer worlds on high, Wl ei- s ummer close comcs never on, Kor bud8 in darkness die. The cva is blue and still, The wind Is mild and free, lrn laning on tlra Indow-sill, h d waiting, love, for the. I wonder if those cges-In life so dark and bright--Are looking from the starry ski-, Down in my own to-night Oh guard me from afar, From out the heavens fold, Like yonder tiny, burning tar, That dote the blue with gold. Ne like that lorely ray Thro nll of this hearts gloom, And light me, angel, down the uay That slopes into the tomb And when lifes trembling dove, flood of death f l i o e r, Come to tha waters dark edge love, And meet me on the shore Alexandria, Vu. 1 A CUI-offlowers, cut from mossy banks and grassy borders. with their stems drawing life from afTection9s dew, is its own best itpology, while the cIaborately arranged bouquet provokes criticism and challenges comparison. The l ocms contained in this voIurne hare nearly all appeared in t. he pcriodicaIs of the day. They mcre, when utt. ered, thc expression of R harmonious and sympathetic nature, touclled to the necessity of gong by appeals to its scnsibilityfmrn t, he Spii-it of Bcauty, tlie Spirit of Love, the Spirit of Humanity, and the Spirit of Cl ristiatlit. The unanlbitious soul in which they had their birth has passed am-ay the gentle hand that penned them lies folded vit, ll its fellow oyer a sileiit Ilefirt but the literary flowers thus planted by the wayside still smile and Mossom, and a com bination of their fragrance in a choacn collcctioa is deemed a fitting tribute to the memol-j of her who trained and nourished them, and Rn appropriate expression of the affection of the rnullitude of friends she left bchind her. THE EDITOH. CONTENTS . OBITUARY AND ISTRODUCTORY. . 9 TO THE BITER CONNECTICZPT . . . . . 13 TIIELIXEBT. . . . . . . . . . . 19 IVHERB DOTH THT SPIRIT DIVBLL . . . . . 21 OH. TELL ME SOT - SOSG., . . 2 3 TIIE YOUKG MISSIOEARY, . . . . . . . 25 TO AN OLD MAN. . . . . . . . . . 29 T I l E YAP QUEEX. . . . . . . n . 33 FA-ORITEW ILD F LOWERS . . . 3 5 3IORXihG IS JUSE. . . . . . . 39 STANZAS. . . . . . . . 42 TO AY OLD FRIEND. . . . . . . . 4 5 SWEET ME dORIEB. . . . . . . . . . 47 TO A SOCTHEEX POETESS. . . . . . 50 THECAPTI BE ILESDRCAM . . . . . . . . 5 4 THE MOTHERS GIFT. . . . . . . . . 60 KTNG DEATU ASD THE XAXDEN . . . . . . . 6 4 BY-GONE DhTS. . . . . b . . 67 MORbIPGIn OCTQEER. . . . . . . . . 73 IDAS G R A . . . . . . . . . . 76 BITPRhT4R. . r r . . ...
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