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PREFACE, 
 
 Who amonff the readers of tliis preiace has not been 
 invited to write a few words of sentiment in the Album 
 of a friend? As an aid to the many thousands who 
 have received this invitation, and have not known what 
 to wi'ite, we offer this collection of choice verse and 
 prose, as an aid to thein and all others, with the hope 
 that our labor shall not have been spent in vain nor be 
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 CONTENTS 
 
 Dedication Vei;ses, 
 Sentiment and Affection, 
 
 MlSOlCLLANEOUS, 
 
 Esteem and Confidence, 
 
 Humorous, . - • • 
 BtvvTHday Verses, 
 Christmas and New \juB| • 
 
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 SUITABLE EOR INSCRIPTION ON TITLE PAGES 
 
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 Go forth, thou little volame, 
 Like Noah's faithful dove, 
 
 And bring to darling . 
 
 An olive leaf of love. 
 
 Mt Album's open ! Come and see I 
 What ! Won't ;. , . waste a line on me ? 
 Write but a thojght, a word or two, 
 That Memory may revert to you. 
 
 
 To My Fbibnds :— 
 
 My Album is a garden spot 
 
 Where all my friends may sow, 
 Where thorns and thistles flourish not. 
 
 But flowers alone may grow. 
 With smiles for sunshine, tears for si lowers, 
 I'll water, watch and guawl these flowers. 
 
'JIlic ;|VIb«m 52lriter'0 ^rienb. 
 
 Go forth, thou little vohime, 
 I leave thee to thy fate ; 
 
 To lov'o ntul ffiendwhip truly 
 Thy leaveH I dedicate. 
 
 Go, Album! ranpo the gay parterre, 
 
 From (>em to gem, froin flower to flowea, 
 Select with fasto and cull with care, 
 And l)ring your ofTonnf.', fresh and rarO| 
 To this sweet maiden's bower. 
 
 A- 
 
 WnKN years elapse, 
 
 It may, perhaps, 
 Doli^'ht us to review those scrapB, 
 And live again 'mid scenes so gay, 
 TSliat TimeV, rough hand has sw^pt away ; 
 Foi- when the eye, bedimmed with age. 
 Shall rest upon each treasured page. 
 
 Those pleasant hours 
 
 That once were ours 
 . Shall come again, like Autumn flowers, 
 To bloom and smile upon us here 
 "When all things else seem sad and drear; 
 'Twill tuue our hearts and make t!iem sing, 
 And turn our Autumn into Spiiug! 
 
 Go, little book, thy destined course pursne, 
 Collect luc'iuoriius of the just auu truo, 
 And V>eg of every friend so near 
 Some token of remejnbrance dear. 
 
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 *8Clvc ^Ibrxm ESritfr'a Jrinib. 
 
 As life flows ou from dav to day, 
 Aud tlhiK, your book, hoou tilla, 
 
 How many uiay be far away 
 From treaauiod valeb and hiJls ?' 
 
 But there :s joy, in future time 
 
 To turn tlie pages o'er. 
 And see witliin a name or rhyme 
 
 From one you'll see no more. 
 
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 LrFi is a volume, 
 
 From youth to old age, 
 Each year forms a f'hapter, 
 
 Each day is a page. 
 May none be more charming, 
 
 More womanly (manly) true, 
 Than that, pure and noble, 
 
 Sketched yearly by you. 
 
 Many kind wishes wiU be written here, 
 And none more sincere than mine. 
 But — 
 
 Words are lighter than the cloud-fcair 
 
 Of the restless ocean's spray ; 
 Vainer than the trembhng shadow 
 
 That the next hour steals away. 
 By the fall of summer raindrops 
 
 Is the air as deeply stirred, 
 And the roseleaf that we tread oa 
 
 Will outlive a wov^a 
 
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 'aihe ^Ibttin WELviitt'e Jftuttb. 
 
 We may write our names in Albums ; 
 
 We may trace them in the sand ; 
 We may chisel them m marble, 
 
 With a firm and skillful hand : 
 But the pages soon are sullied, 
 
 Soon each name will fade away; 
 Every monument will crumble, 
 
 Like all earthly hopes, decay. 
 But, dear friend, there is an Album, 
 
 r ull of leaves of snowy white, 
 Where no name is ever tarnished, 
 
 But forever pure and bright. 
 In that Book of Life, God's Album, 
 
 May your name be penned with care 
 And may all who here may write, 
 
 Have their names forever there 
 
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SENTIMENT AND AFFECTION. 
 
 Peace be around thee, whereve- thou rovest ; 
 
 May life be for thee cue suix. jr's day • 
 And all that thou wiali, and all that thou lovest, ^ 
 
 Come smiling Hroun<I thy summer way. ' ^ 
 
 If Hoirow e'er this calm should break, 
 
 May even thy toMi-H pass off so lightly, 
 Lik.j spring showers, they will only mako 
 
 The smiles that follow shine more brightly. 
 
 Mat the claim of friendship formed by the links whid, 
 are dropped here, serve to unite you more closelv in ..pirit 
 with the friends who have worked it. 
 
 May each link be brought to a white heat in the fires of 
 Love ; and, forged on the anvils of Truth, mjiy they be 
 strong as iron, yet light as air : keeping you bravciv to the 
 duties of hfe. And when \e chain of human bondalo shall 
 be broken, may they .become flowers of eternal briViitnesy 
 in the gardens from whence cometh exceeding peace'.' 
 
 Our lives are albums, written through 
 With good or ill— with false or true— 
 And, as the blessed angels turn 
 Tho pages of our years, 
 God grant they read the good with smiles, 
 And blot the ill with teara. 
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 Z\\t .vHbu'.u CHritct'iS 4:;icniJ, 
 
 Tuv: ^em cannot bo polished without friction, nor man 
 peri'ected without adversity. 
 
 Time advances like the slowest tide, but retreats like the 
 swiftest current. 
 
 What's the use nf always fretting 
 At the trials we shall find 
 
 Ever strewn along our pathway — • 
 Travel on, and never mind. 
 
 Life giveth unto each his space, 
 A span of earfcli. an arch of sky, 
 
 And unto each a several giace — 
 To each a separate destiny— 
 
 And some were born to win and spend, 
 
 And sonae to love unto the end. 
 
 There is another album 
 Filled with leaves of spotless white, 
 
 Where no name is ever tarnished, 
 But forever pure i-snd brjf^'ht. 
 
 In the Book of Life — God's album — 
 May your name be penned with care. 
 
 And may all who here have written. 
 Write their names forever there. 
 
 Daily we write our autographs on the minda and hearts 
 of those urouud us. 
 
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 <^hc ^Ibttm mtiUx's Jmttb. 
 
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 ats like the 
 
 " Poor is the frienclless master of a world, 
 purchase for a friend, is gain." 
 
 A world in 
 
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 So slight a favor 'tis yon crave, 
 
 That I can scarce refuse corapliance ; 
 
 Nor shall I use the page you gave, 
 To set your champions at defiance. 
 
 Dear lady, vainly awed, I praise 
 
 That dimpled hand I pressed at parting; 
 
 Or those dark eyes, beneath whose gaze 
 A cupid lurks equipped for darting. 
 
 Nor can I hope to lightly touch 
 On charms so oft the theme of lovers ; 
 
 To add another, while so much 
 That beautiful about thee hovers. 
 
 I can but add one little pearl 
 
 To all the gems about thee scattered ; 
 And say again, sweet, artless girl, 
 
 That all thy poets have not flattered. 
 
 and hearts 
 
 I HAVE tried for a week, and vainly I seek 
 Words of wisdom to write to you o^-re ; 
 So, wishing you life free from sorrow and strife, 
 Nor waiitiug in friends and good cheer, 
 '"Xj' With health— perhaps wealth — 
 xS^ Love better than self, 
 
 \ Q And Truth, far the best, to the end; 
 
 f Since content it maintains 
 
 While existence remains, 
 I subscribe myself, Truly, your friend 
 
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 'SThc ^Ibum mrihr'0 J^rienb. 
 
 Stbkngth for to-day, in house aud home, 
 To practice forbearance sweetly ; 
 
 To scatter kind words and loving deeds 
 Still trusting iu God completely. 
 
 A TOLTTME of this kind, it is supposable, will be more or 
 less frequently referred to, in future years, to revive fading 
 recollections and recall pleasant associations; and there 
 fore, though it is so easy to moralize, it seems eminently 
 htting that helpful suggestions should aocom»any familiar 
 autographs. 
 
 Let me say, tli.u, that while in your youth a favorable 
 combmation of circumstances permits bo much of happi 
 ness, the conditions of its enjoyiueMt cannot always remain 
 as now. 
 
 As the responsibilities, at present borno for vou, shall 
 come to rest on your own shoulders, and the darker skades 
 of life's history are unfolded, you will find the peace, which 
 floweth like a river, only in the degree iu which vou rc«o. 
 lutoly perform every known duty; and, forgettmg 'your own 
 wauts-whether fancied or real-devote your thoughts, as 
 well as your enorgies, to making the society in which you 
 move hai)pier for your bein(». 
 
 That you may indulge in°no selfish case ; but bestow, ag 
 well as enjoy, a full share of the pleasures of time, and 
 afterward receive a crown of glory, is the earncat wish of 
 your friend — 
 
 I WOULD that I could express ray mind 
 
 To you, dear friend, i 
 
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 But you know my foiling na Aveil i>m I 
 And youM better get auoLher to try. 
 
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 Tid, there- 
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 That one who can work right on, quietly waiting for recog- 
 mtion, If it come; if not, yet right on, is the true uohleman. 
 
 Dost thou know, love, that thy smilo 
 Makes the whole world bright for me ? 
 
 Just as sunrise pours a sudden 
 Purple glory on the sea. 
 
 Ah ! had I that power, ever 
 Should the world look bright to thee. 
 
 I KNOW not what to write about, 
 So many themes are pressing ; 
 All good euougli in very truth, 
 But quite unprepossessing : 
 Each moment of thy future life, 
 Live holy, whether maid or wife. 
 
 And let it be thy constant care, 
 Midst eorthly joy and sorrow, 
 
 By watchfulness and fervent prayer, 
 Each this day and to-morrow. 
 
 To be prepared when Christ shall como, 
 
 His heaven to make thy final home. 
 
 Oh, those eyes ! so calm, serene- 
 Sweetest oyes were ever seen. 
 Will the WOPS of coming years 
 Ever shadow them witli tears? 
 Shal- my life the sunshine own, 
 That last night upon me shone, 
 When, beneath the summer f^kies, 
 Beamed on me those brown, brown eyes ? 
 
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 These little souvenirs possess not their greatest value 
 when first written : but as time, with scythe ,in hand, 
 passes alonft, and we are left standing, we are not the 
 same, but these lines remain. Some, to cheer the sad- 
 dened by awakening slumberinff memories of better things; 
 and others serving as guide-boards on the road to eter* 
 nity. 
 
 And thou, too, wkosoe'er thou art, 
 
 That readest this brief psalm, 
 'As one by one thy hopes depart, 
 
 Be resolute and calm. 
 
 fear not in a world like this. 
 
 And thou shalt know e're long 
 
 Know how sublime a thing it is 
 
 To suffer and be stron". 
 
 Press on ! our life is not a dream 
 
 Though often such its mazes seem. 
 We were not bor» to live at case — 
 Ourselves alone to aid and please. 
 To each a daily task is given ; 
 A labor that shall fit for beaven ; 
 When duty calls, let love grow warm 
 Amid the sunshiue or the storm ; 
 With faith, Hfe's trials boldly breast, 
 Then come a conqueror to thy rest. 
 
 Ap, yon travel through life, scatter kind words and gentle 
 deeds, ; in so doing, you will enrich your soul. Withold 
 them, and it tends to poverty. 
 
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 May your life be like tlie clay— more beautiful in the 
 ' veniiig ; like tlie summer— aglow witli promise ; aud, like 
 the autumn, rich with the golden slieaves, where good 
 works and deeds have ripened on the Held. 
 
 L.")T the road be rough and dreary, 
 And its end far out of sight ; 
 
 Foot it bravely — strong or weary ;— ^ 
 Trust in God, and do the right. 
 
 Life is but a day at best, 
 Sprung from uigbt, in darkness lost; 
 
 Hope not sunshine every hour ; 
 Fear not, clouds will always lower. 
 
 All the paths of faith, tho' severed wide, 
 
 O'er which the feet of prayerful reverence pass, 
 
 Meet at the gate of Paradise at last. 
 
 If I wake, or if I sleep. 
 
 Still the memoi'y I keep 
 
 Of the tender light that lies 
 
 In the depths of those brown eyes. 
 
 Be blessings scattered o'er thy way. 
 
 My gladsome, joyous, laughing sprite ; 
 Be thy whole life one summer's dry 
 Without the night. 
 
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 Ox this leaf, in memory prost, 
 M;:y my luimo forever rest. 
 
 On this page I'll write, simply to indite 
 My name as your friend. 
 
 Mav thy life happy be, 
 Is my dear wish for thee. 
 
 It never pays to f rof and growl 
 When fortune seems our foe, 
 The ))etter bred will pnsli ahead 
 And strike the braver blow ; 
 For luck is work, 
 And those wlu^ shirk 
 Should not lanu :,t their doom. 
 But yield the play. 
 And clear the way, 
 That hetter.men have room. 
 
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 Desire not to live long, but well • 
 
 How long we live, not years, but actions, telL 
 
 Meanness sh,m, and all its train • 
 Goodness seek, and life is gain. 
 
 ii BEAUTIFUL life ends not in death. 
 
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 'iHhc Sllbum (Itlritcr'ai Jricnb. 
 
 Round went the auto.qraph ; hithfr it came, 
 Forme to write iu ; ho horcVj my uamo. 
 
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 ons, telL 
 
 Pabbino through life's field of action, 
 Lest we part before its end, 
 
 Take within your modest volume, 
 This memento from a friend. 
 
 We meet and part— the world is wide ; 
 We journey ouwtird side by side 
 A little while, and then again 
 Our paths diverge. A little pain— 
 A silent yearning of the lieart 
 For what has grown of life a part ; 
 A shadow passing o'er the sun, 
 Tli^n gone, and light again has come. 
 We meet and part, and tVien forget ; 
 And life holds blessings for un yet. 
 
 When things don't go to suit you. 
 
 And tlie world seems upsidi- down, 
 Don't waste your time in fretting, 
 
 But drive away the frown. 
 
 Old friends and true friends ! 
 Don't talk to me of nevv friends ; 
 
 The old are the best, 
 
 Who stand the test. 
 Wlio book their name» as ^^ rough friends. 
 
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 •^Ehc 3llbttm Sairitcr's ^ricni. 
 
 Mat your coffee and slanders against you be ever the 
 lame— without giounds. 
 
 The world is full of fools. 
 
 And he who would none view, 
 Must shut himself in a cave, 
 
 And break his mirror, too. 
 
 Methinks long years have flown, 
 
 And, sitting in her old arm-chair, 
 ■ • has older grown, 
 
 With sUver sprinkled in her hair. 
 Her album tlius she holds, 
 
 And turns its many pages o'er, 
 And wonders if it still contains 
 
 The memories of yoro, 
 And o'er these pages thus she runs, 
 
 With many a sigh and kiss, 
 Then suddenly she stops and says, 
 
 " Who could have written this?" 
 
 It never pays to wreck the health 
 
 In drudging after gain ; 
 And he is sold wlio thinks tliat gold 
 The cheapest bought with pain, 
 An humble lot, 
 A cosey cot. 
 Have tempted even kings ; 
 For station hisjh, 
 That wealth will buy. 
 Not oft center tment brings. 
 
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 Eemember me, ia all I ask ; 
 And, if remembrauce be a task, 
 Forget me. 
 
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 -, life is all before you, 
 
 Stretclied out in its misty sheen j 
 And tire future, though now hidden, 
 
 Holds much joy for thee, I ween. 
 Why, then, seek to know what's coming ? 
 
 It is forming day by day ; 
 But your heart, in blind out-reaching, 
 
 Makes to-morrow of to-day. 
 
 •• Life is real— life, is earnest ;" 
 
 And the heroine in the strife 
 Is the one who leaves the future— 
 
 Living but the present hfe ;— 
 Lives it truly, nobly, grandly ; 
 
 Thus prepares for coming fate ;— 
 Strives to make her living pei-fect';— 
 
 Learns to labor and to wait. 
 
 The violet is for faithfulness, 
 Which in me shall abide : 
 
 Hoping, likewise, from your heart 
 You will not let it slide. 
 
 This is thine album. May it be 
 
 A source of happiness to tliee. 
 
 And may each page that's written o'er, 
 
 Be better than tli< one before. 
 
the Sllbttm 8Krttrc-« ^titrA, 
 
 'Tib a torriblo fate, ray dear miflH, 
 
 To bo asked t<. write in a hook like thiB; 
 
 For, scratcli my head as hard as I may-l 
 
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 've such a skull- 
 
 And if I try to morahze, 
 
 Or vent my thoughts in sentiment, 
 Or attempt to laud you to the skies, 
 
 Or spread myself on compliment, 
 I'm 80 awful dull, 
 
 That my efforts would prove futility ; fmind 
 
 For the sex of your kind, are of that turn of 
 
 That morals, verse a7ul flattery. 
 Have to you been bo olt de buod, 
 
 You are full. I 
 
 If rhyming I try, adorable Misa, j 
 
 The first I think of, is dear little Kiss, 
 
 Or somo such nonsence as connubial bliss, 
 Or chan<,'ing your title "Mrs." from " Miss :" 
 But that's prosaical. 
 
 To give you advice, I'd never presume ;— 
 Incompetence may be the reason for that ;_ 
 
 To wish you long life and a blest happy home 
 Is aged and stale, exhauster, and flat, 
 And excruciatingly formal. 
 
 Now, what to do I do not know, 
 
 Or how to make my paragraph ; 
 Po I'U doff my hat, and make my bow 
 r^l send this as my autograph. 
 
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 Mat thore bo [mt, clouds eu agh o'er your life to cause a 
 glonous BU3.aot. 
 
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 ^he ^Ibttttt aarltcr'e Jrienb. 
 
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 Thvt .jvery kindly wieh and thought, 
 By friends expressed witliin those pages, 
 
 Be yours, and trials common to us all 
 May cross your path by - easy Btages." 
 
 Remember me when far away, 
 
 And only half awake ; 
 Ke.nember me on your wedding-day, 
 
 And Bend a shoe of cake. 
 
 When worth and beauty prompt the liua, 
 Perhaps a pen as pooi- as mine 
 
 May be forgiven 
 To try and write of things divine, 
 
 And think of heaven ! 
 But pause, rash verse I and don't abusa 
 A bashful maiden's ear with news 
 
 Of her own beauty ! 
 And yet no other theme I'll choose, 
 
 Or think a duty ! 
 So, tln-i, for fear I might offend 
 I'll say, God bless her!- .nd thus eni 
 
 The earth can boast no purer tie. 
 
 No brighter, richer gem, 
 No jewel of a lovelier dye. 
 
 Than Friendship's diadem. 
 Then may this ray of li<;],t (V.vina 
 
 Ne'er from our bosoms fnde ; 
 But may it on our pathway shine. 
 
 Till death our hearts invade. 
 
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 %\t 3^lbttm SSlritcr'e (i'rintb. 
 
 IS vour name, 
 
 Siiif^le is your station ; 
 Happy be the little man 
 That makes the alteration. 
 
 On ! love is such a strange affair ; 
 Bo strange to all. 
 
 It cometli from above 
 And lighteth like a dove 
 
 Ou some. 
 But some it never hits 
 Unless it gives them fits, 
 
 Oh. hum. 
 
 Thy cheerful, gentle ways, I do admire: 
 Thy future, to be happy, I greatly desire ; 
 Thy trusting confidence may I require ; 
 Thy firm friend to be, will I aspire. 
 
 As a slight token of esteem, 
 
 Accept these lines from me ; 
 Bo plain and simple, they do seem 
 
 Unworthy such as thee. 
 But soon these traced lines will fade 
 
 And disai^pear— 'tis their doom. 
 May you, unlike them, be arrayed 
 
 In a perpetual bloom. 
 
 Tn Memory's wreath may one bud be entwined for me. 
 
 
Tthf ;^lbam e'tlvitrr's .^'virnb. 
 
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 We are all placed here to do something. It is for us, and 
 not for others, to find out what that something is ; nnd then, 
 with all the energy of which we are capable, honestly and 
 prayerfully to be about our business. 
 
 Oh ! think of me some 'lay 
 When I am far away ; 
 I'll pray thy days be long 
 And joyous as the song 
 Of sweet birds singing near, 
 Thy heart with love to cheer. 
 
 Mat joy thy spirit till, 
 
 All care and sorrow cease ; 
 
 Remember 'tis His will 
 Who hath spoken " Peace 1 " 
 
 or me. 
 
 In fair and snnny beauty, or gray 'neath evening skiea, 
 The purple hills from misty vales, upward to heaven rise : 
 Their rugged side we scarce can see o'er-decked with fern 
 
 and heather, 
 That rings its scented violet bells through fair and stormy 
 
 weather ; 
 So may thy life be clothed with flowers, and breathe a purer 
 
 air, 
 
 Fresh from the " everlasting hills," knowing no grief or 
 
 care, — 
 And if the sunny sky must pale, as pales the setting sun, 
 May it only show the stars are near, p«eping out, out by 
 
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 "Hlht Alburn eavitcr'a ^ricnb. 
 
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 Thrsk few lines to you are tendered, 
 Hy a friend sincere and trne ; 
 
 Hopin-,' bnt to be remenihered 
 "When I'm far away from you. 
 
 'Work, while yet tlie dayli.<tht sliines, 
 With a loving \wiivt and true, 
 
 For golden years aiv fleeting by, 
 And we are paa.s jig, too. 
 
 Wait not for to-morrow's sun 
 
 To beam upon thy way, 
 For all that thou can'st call th-ne own, 
 
 Is in thn one to-day. 
 
 Then learn to make the most of life 
 
 Make glad each passing day— 
 . For time will never bring thee back 
 The chances swept away. 
 
 Leave no tender word unsaid- 
 Do good while life shall last ;— 
 
 You know the mill can never grind 
 With the water that is past. 
 
 Let not the hours we've spent together, 
 
 Go past as nothing, by ; 
 Forget me not, e'en though you must 
 
 Kemember with a sigh. 
 
 Thanksgiving-day again is here, 
 And turkey is the leading question ; 
 
 I wish, with heartiness sincere, 
 That you may hav« a good digestion. 
 
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 t^Iu .?^lbum JTBrltcr^^ .^rirub. 
 
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 TnoroH many flowers have frule.l from my life 
 And clouds obscure the br .Iifcin-ss of the sky'- 
 
 Tins have I learned : we can do much to make ' 
 Oar lives .-o bl-ss^n. :,nd our words a power 
 
 If what we find to do, for Christ's dear sake ' 
 We do with faithfuluess, from hour to hour 
 
 It may occur in after life 
 That you, I trust, a happy wife, 
 Will former happy hours retrace, 
 Eecall each well-remembered face, 
 At such a moment I but ask— 
 I hope 'twill be a pleasant task- 
 That you'll remember as a friend 
 One who'll prove true e'en to the end 
 
 I saw two clouds at morning. 
 Tinned by the morning sun, 
 And in the dawn they floated on 
 
 And mingled into one ; 
 I thought that morning cloud was bleat. 
 It moved so sweetly to the west. 
 Such bo your gentle motion. 
 Till life's last pulse shall beat, 
 And you float on in joy to meet 
 A calmer sea, where storms shall cease-. 
 A purer sky, where all is peace. 
 
 Whkn on this page you chance to look, 
 Just think of me and close the book. 
 
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 'dhc gllbt^m Eilriicr's ,J^ucnb. 
 
 Be a good girl, and you will be a true womr.n. 
 
 May thy darkest liours in life be well lighted with the 
 sunshiue of couteutuieut. 
 
 YouEs sincerely — although merely — 
 
 When .thq golden sun is setting, 
 And your heart from care is free. 
 
 When o'er a thousand things you're thinking. 
 Will you sometimes think of nio ? 
 
 How long we live, not years, but actions tell ; 
 That man lives twice who lives the first life well. 
 Make then, while yet ye may, your God your friend, 
 Whom Christians worship, yet not comprehend. 
 The trust that's given, guard ; and to yourself be just, 
 For, live we how we can, yet die we must. 
 
 Live well ; how long or short, permit to heaven ; 
 They who forgive most, shall be most forgiven. 
 
 Soar not too high to fall, but stoop to rise ; 
 We masters grow of all that we despise. 
 
 YotJR fate is but the common fate of all ; 
 Uumiuglod joys here to no mau befall. 
 
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 MISCELLANEOUS. 
 
 uking, 
 
 •ell. 
 
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 be just, 
 
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 Mat e'en thy failings lean to virtue's side. 
 
 Houus are golden links-God's token- 
 lleachiug heaven, but one by one ; 
 Take them, lest the chain be broken 
 l.re thy pilgrimage be done. 
 
 HonsE beautiful-your book, from end to end 
 And every page a room to lodge a friend ; 
 
 nun would I enter with a seemly grace, 
 A tu a ,ud mannered as befits the pla.;, ; 
 But best endeavor falls below the aim 
 And rests at last, content to leave a name 
 
 Thk brave man is not he who feels no fear. 
 For that were stupid and irrational • 
 
 But he whose uoble soul its fear subdues. 
 
 And bravely dares the danger nature shrinks from 
 
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 1S.ht ^\hxv.n ^tritcr's Jricnb. 
 
 Flino wicle the portals of your heart I 
 
 Make it a tomple set apart 
 
 From earthly use, for Heaven's employ,— 
 
 Adorned with prayer and love and joy ; 
 
 So shall your Sovereis^u enter in 
 
 And new and noble life begin. 
 
 We should count time / heart throbs ; he most lives 
 . who thinks most, speaks the noblest, acts the best. 
 
 We ourselves shape the joys and fears 
 Of which the life to come is made, 
 
 And fill our future atmosphere 
 With sunshine or wioh shade. 
 
 When ^he name that I write here is dim on the page, 
 And the leaves of your album are yellow with age. 
 
 The massive gates of circumstance 
 Are turned upon the slightest hinge, 
 
 And thus some seeming pettyest chance, 
 Oft gives to life its after tinge.] 
 
 Oh, for a home in Zululand or Artie regions cold, 
 A peasant's cot or hermit's hut, midst sohtude unnoia, 
 With Kailrs or with Hottentots, in Egypt or Leons-^ 
 'Twere bliaa to live in any spot where albumn are un- 
 
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'^ht ^ibttm eStTtn'a Jrienb. 
 
 Stillthink of me kindly, and do not forget 
 That, wherever I am. I remember you yet. 
 
 G.M8 of price are deeply hidden, 
 
 Neath the rngged rocks concealed ; 
 mat would ne'er come forth unbidden. 
 Ao thy search may be revealed. 
 
 Whilb the fading flowers of pleasure, 
 Spring spontaneous from the soil. 
 
 Ihou wat find the harvest's treasure 
 lields alone to patient toil. 
 
 If recollections of friends hri«v>+«^ 
 
 What a fund of deSt is h ? °''^*' "' '*^"«"' 
 T4 J • tieiignt IB here treasured for f-h^^ t 
 
 The tissues of the Life to be— 
 We weave with colors aU our own. 
 
 And in the field of Destiny. 
 We reap as we have sown. 
 
 
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 Ihc 3llhntn SSlr iter's c^tttnb. 
 
 Leap green on ground of white, 
 My name, I fain would write 
 That you remerabor still 
 In June or in December chill, 
 We two are friends. 
 
 Oh, wayward mortal who these books invented, 
 Why was't thou not by some kind hand prevented ? 
 And thereby kept from many a luckless swain, 
 The direful knowledge that ho lacked a brcdn — 
 Lacked it, at least, where poetry was needed. 
 Like the poor wight who here has not aucceeded. 
 
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 Through days of doubt and darkness, 
 
 It. fear and trembling breath, 
 Through mists of sin and sorrow, 
 
 In tears and grief and death ; 
 Through days of hght and gladness. 
 
 Through days of love and life, 
 Through smiles and joy and sunshine 
 
 Through days with beauty rife ; 
 The Lord of life and glory, 
 
 The King of earth and sea, 
 The Lord who guarded Israel, 
 
 Keep watch, sweet friend, o'er thee. 
 
 Truth — Freedom — Virtue — these have power 
 K rightly cherished, to uphold, sustain, 
 And bless thy spirit, in its daivest hour. 
 
'^The Jllbttm g^ritcr'^ Sthrtb. 
 
 
 Tht own t:im. modest form, 
 Isalways neatly clad. 
 
 Xliat ever husband had. 
 
 A^ONo the many friends who claim 
 A kind remembrance in thy heart 
 
 I. too, would add my Simple na^:f' 
 Among the rest. 
 
 SafeoeralUh,.th„„j.,,>„j; 
 
 Lead «17' "'"'»■" ^"""^ "«=, 
 i-ead tlieo home to His abode, 
 
 Few words are bost-I™,,,,„„ P^';»- 
 
 MrotTsuil" "' "'"■''"•^'''^^.-hieh leaves a mark 
 
 B™..Twithro.ceofttcrovalJ„„o 
 
 jC, JefT- ■''"', '°"'™"S'''* I ™«' 
 
 . •• "^^^^ lajimg chancres hw,.., *i ■ ' , 
 
 And flames of love in swi! ^ ''' '^''^y' 
 
 While all thy thourts ef r"^"^" "'«« 
 
 y ^^oughts lead on toward the skies. 
 
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 ^arhc K^lbnm SBritcr'a ^fmxb. 
 
 Small service is true si^rvice while it last ; 
 
 Of friends, however hinnblo, scorn not one ; 
 The daisies, by the f>l!arui\v that they cast, 
 
 Protect the liuguriiig ilow-drops from the sun. 
 
 Makk pood use of timf , if thcu lovest eternity ; yester(la\ 
 oannot bo recalled— to-morrow cannot be secured — to-day 
 only is thine, which, if once lost, is lost forever. 
 
 In tine we transact business for eternity ; whatever, 
 therefore, we do now, should be done wall. 
 
 M\T each thought be pure, and sincere, 
 Addressed upon these spotless pages ; 
 
 Reflections foud, they'll always prove, 
 Youthful friend, through many ages. 
 
 Thry who have light in themselves, will not revolve as 
 
 satoUites. 
 
 Through time we'll change, and then, 
 This httle book will somehow bind us ; 
 
 You'll take it up, and think of rae 
 And all the joys we've left behind UB. 
 
 As the shadow of the sun is largest when his beams nro 
 lowest, so we are always least when we make ourselves • ] 
 greatest. 
 
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 e sun. 
 
 yesterday 
 (1 — to-cla\ 
 
 whatever, 
 
 revolve as 
 
 is; 
 
 AcRORs tlie paf,'e of spotlpRs white 
 Frie.uls tiail tho pen, and m our si^ht 
 Grow precious all thu Lues they write. 
 
 A8 for some white-sailed ship at sea, 
 So, little hook, my watch for thee ; 
 Returu With freight of love to me.' 
 
 Evrnr ],onr comes to u. charged with duty, and the 
 rnon.e„t ,t . past, returns to heaven to register 'U how 
 
 TuRRE-.s a Divinity that shapes our ends, 
 Kough-hew them how we will. 
 
 OuK eyes see all around in gloom or glow, 
 
 Hues of their own, fresh borrowed from the heart. 
 
 Writk your name by kindness, love and mercy upon the 
 
 beams tiro 
 rselves '■] 
 
 Lkt Fate do her worst ; there are relics of joy, 
 'Bn.ht dreams of the past she cannot destroy 
 lliey con.e in the night-time of sorrow and care 
 And bnng back the features that joy used to weLr. 
 
 You may break-you may sliatter the vase, if you will • 
 ^iut the scent of the roses will hang round it s ill ' 
 
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 Uhc ;jVlbttm eiOritcr's .frirub. 
 
 If you wish Buccess 
 
 m l.fo, make jwrfioveninoo your 
 boHoin friend, experience your wise counsel, cauoioa your 
 elder brother, and hope your guardian genius. 
 
 Count that day lost whose low descendinjt sun 
 Views from thy jiand no worthy action done. 
 
 'Tifl but a trifle that you ask, 
 
 But this you will admit, 
 That trifles, more than •,'reatof tasks. 
 
 Will aonietimes strain onrwit. 
 I wish tiiee health, and wealth, and joy, 
 
 As otliers have before: 
 And were I in luetic mood, 
 
 I'd surely wiih thee more. 
 
 Our greatest glory consists not in never failing, but in 
 rising every time we fall. 
 
 Hebe's a sigh for those who love me, 
 And a smile for those who hate, 
 
 And, whatever sky's above me, 
 Here's a heart lor every fate. 
 
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 In all +hy humors, whether grave or mellow, 
 Thou art such a touchy, testy, pleasant fellow, 
 Hast so much wit, vml mirth. mjiI spleen, about thee, 
 There is no hving with thee, nor without tliee. 
 
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 May you live in blisH, from sorrow away, 
 
 Having,' plenty laid up for a rainy day ; 
 
 And wiien you are rea<Iy to Hottle in life, 
 
 May you liad a ^'ood husband and make a good wife 
 
 I WHITE here a name which T hope shall be known 
 To ail of the agen which follow my own 
 "How conceited ! " you say ; but my lines shall remain ; 
 lis my hope, you'll discover, not I, that is vain. 
 
 OoB lives are albums ; each new day's a page 
 As spotless as the leaf on which I write. 
 
 Whene'er those books of ours shall be read, 
 May few unwise inscriptions maet the sight. 
 
 On the broad highway of action 
 • Fiieuds of worth are far and few ; 
 But wlita ono Jias proved her friendship, 
 Cling to her who chugs to you. 
 
 Wbrb mine the power I'd twine for tlieo 
 
 A crown of je*vels rare ; 
 Each gem should be a kingdom, 
 
 Each pearl an humble prayer. 
 
 There are few friends in this wide worhl 
 
 That love us fond and true ; 
 But whon you count them o'er, 
 
 Place me umoug the few. 
 
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 "^ht ^Ibxtm Wivitex'e Jtf^nb. 
 
 
 THKim is a sTnM,ll and simple flower 
 Tlmf, twines around tlie humblest cot. 
 
 And m tho sad and lonley hours 
 It whispers low : " Forget me not " 
 
 Whkn asked in an album to write, 
 I feel quit^ inclined to refuse • 
 
 For what should I dare to indite 
 That would a young lady amuse ? 
 
 Not wit, fpr I have none of that 
 Nor romance-my fancy is tame ; 
 
 And compliments sound so flat, 
 Tm forced to write merely my name. 
 
 May you always be happv, 
 And live at your ease " 
 
 Get a kind husband, 
 And do as you please. 
 
 Truk frion.ls. like ivy and the wall 
 Both stand together or together fall'. 
 
 Beattty is but a vain, a fleeting good, 
 A sh n:,ig gloss that fadeth anddenly 
 
 A flower tliat dies when almost ,n the bud 
 A bngbt gl.ss that broakefch suddenly : 
 
 Afl.^etinggo„d,a;^ia«s,a,aoss,aflowMr 
 Lo..t. fadod, broken, dead w.thin the hour 
 
'^ht gllbtttn earitcr's ^tunh. 
 
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 Mat happiness ever be thy lot, 
 Wherever thou shalt be ; 
 
 A.nd joy and pleasure light the spot 
 That may be home to thee. 
 
 How sweet to have a faithful friend, 
 In whom we can confide : 
 
 To bless us if we act right 
 And if we err to chide. 
 
 Hope the best, get ready for the worst, and take what 
 God sends. 
 
 Be content with the lot God has marked out for you. 
 Love, honor and obey Him in all things, and your last 
 days will be peaceful and happy. 
 
 Mat the morn of thy life be bright and joyous, the noon- 
 tide peaceful and happy, and the sunset gloriously hopeful, 
 is the wish of your friend. 
 
 Life, Death and Immortahty— these three— the first, the 
 Road— the second, the Gate. May you walk safely the 
 first, pass triumphantly the second, and rest forever in the 
 
 May the Angels twine for thee 
 A wreath of immortality. 
 
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 ^hc JlUmm Cdllritcr' 
 
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 f' , ' ^ ^^" ^^'^'te my name 
 
 Inhere, as your.. quest; 
 And If to you it's anthe same, 
 
 loi Clitics' eyes, as my bequest. 
 
 % wishes and my hopes for you. 
 
 I md glad expression here • 
 Although, indeed, it's very true. 
 Ihere is no room for all that's due 
 
 To one we hold so dear. 
 
 Good health-first wish of all- 
 
 Of all God's gifts the best ; 
 A happy heart, that loves to call 
 
 On Him who notes the sparrow's fall 
 And promises sweet rest. 
 
 Although beset by worldly care, 
 
 ^ix all your hopes on Heaven, 
 And v.ew by faith the glories fai;. 
 
 Whicii, in that world beyond the air 
 To faithful ones are given 
 
 ALTHotroH I am advised not to write fast 
 
 I hope the thought I would expi.es:i':;l3. 
 
 ^*: .ul^..^ A^.«f ^ fr your Album a rhyme; 
 . '^.^.J ^' ^ ^^''^ pleasure I hear and obey 
 ^V/fj ■ \ ^^"^ ^^ere folly or crime- ' 
 
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 For who could to 
 
 say "nay?' 
 
■^Che ^Ibttin ESr'tcr's! <#ricnb. 
 
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 Mat Heaven on you its choicefit blessings shower — 
 Ib the sincere wish of your friend. 
 
 Be kind to all ; be intimate with few ; 
 And may the few be well chosen. 
 
 Evils in the journey of life are like the hills wnich alarm 
 travelers upon their road ; they both api)ear great in the 
 distance, but when we approach them, we find them far less 
 insurmountable than we had conceived. 
 
 Miss ! O Miss- 
 
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 What can I write that's new 
 Among so very many 
 Pretty comi^liments to you ? 
 In poetry, I fear I'd fail — 
 I'm very sure I'd stammer — 
 You cannot drive the ponderous nail 
 With a small ten-cent tack hammer. 
 Since, then, so high I cannot soar, 
 Nor chirp notes like a lark, 
 Please cancel what I said before. 
 I'll simply make my mark. 
 
 It has been beautifully said : The water that flows from 
 a spring does not congeal in winter ; and those sentiments 
 which flow from the heart cannot be chilled by adversity. 
 
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 Bosks, without thorus, for thee. 
 
 r^r just write a fow 
 
 ou turn theso uu<I life 
 
 words horo ; ho that wl 
 
 You 
 
 r Jnen.ory back to tJio ti 
 
 PfigOH «)'or ii.,';iin 
 
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 Whou you and 
 
 I were " Q - ^,,^i 
 
 "lo will ^o^ 
 
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 To W. M.-^allod 
 
 worked torrether in 79 
 
 When you and 
 
 >ver the W. U. Lino 
 our quod," yo„i,„„,„ 
 
 I were " O 
 
 How Lu talked by tlie 1 
 (And we stood it Jil 
 
 juid " Jo. 
 
 lour to us. 
 
 How 
 
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 wenscdto,rot"sn«tehod 
 
 '^- ^mcrtyr'H n.ukin. no fuRs). 
 
 ii«n you and I si,<rned " O " and 
 
 vvo hated tliat so— 
 'Jo." 
 
 I'll not wish you all sunslnne • for lifn • 
 
 Up of in.tal]ment« nf .„..,,.' ^"' .^'^*^ '^ '"ado 
 
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 ments of sunsli 
 
 !ty you novel- bo worse off tl 
 
 mo and shade. 
 
 ■Thau when ou W. M 
 
 "«'i lift), as you .tq 
 wa-ewe»;au,a..o.,^^j..'^^' 
 
 Ma. the hinge, of our Friendship never rust. 
 
 Mat your days in joy be passed 
 
 .J'*^^^^'^^^^'^^ t° bless and cheer. 
 And each vear ev-^'j^/i fu- . . * 
 
 In all that earth holds dear. 
 
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 TnEiiK'H nmhy a trouble 
 
 Would I)it!uk liko u buhlde, 
 And iuto the waturs of L.itho depart, 
 
 Did not \vc i-ebearBo it 
 
 And tenderly nurse it, 
 And give it a pern^iunent place in the heart. 
 
 licHolve to bo merry, 
 
 All worry to ferry 
 AcroBB the famed waters that bid ua forget, 
 
 And no longer fearful. 
 
 But happy and eheerful. 
 We feel life haB much that's worth living for yet. 
 
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 tiiat so— 
 
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 lud "Jo." 
 
 Mat we always remain as good friends as we are neighbors. 
 
 The night has a thousand eves : — 
 y Tile day but one; 
 
 Yet the light of the whole world dies 
 With the setting sun. 
 
 The mind'has a thousand eyes — 
 
 The day but one ; 
 Yet the light of the whole world dies 
 
 When love is done. 
 
 On this spotless page my pen essays to trace a record of 
 affection ; and, hh I write, a wish is in my hearf, that , fur thee, 
 every life-leuf will bu written with the golden pen of love. 
 
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 '^hc ^Ibum ££lritrr"5 <#Ticnb. 
 
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 TnonnH many frienrls linve signed their names 
 
 And some have l<'ft their mark, 
 I see a place foi- me remains 
 
 To add my small remark. 
 My wish for thee is : joy through life ; 
 
 And bliss supreme, when some one's wife. 
 
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 I PRAT the prayer of Plato old : 
 God make thee beautiful within ; 
 
 And let thine eye the good behold 
 In everything, save sin. 
 
 
 A FEW trne friends to aid us and love us, 
 
 And cordial hands to warmly clasp our own ; 
 
 O ! surely Cod hath never made us 
 To live distrustingly, selfish, and alone. 
 
 A VERSE you ask this fine day • 
 Of course I'll write you one, 
 
 The task of writing finds its pay 
 In joy that it is done. 
 
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 Why ask a name ? 
 
 Small JM the good it brings; 
 
 Names are but breath- 
 Deeds— deeds alone— are things. 
 
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 When years and months have glided by, 
 And on this page you caat your eye, 
 Reiueniber 'twas a friend sincere 
 That left this kind remembrance here, 
 With bust wishes for your future cheer. 
 
 -, may your life be blest 
 
 Dear — 
 
 Witl: friendship, love and happiness; 
 
 May all your friends prove true, 
 
 And cheer you all the journey through. 
 
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 May Future, with her kindest smile, 
 Wreath laurels for thy brow; 
 
 May loving angels guard and keep thee 
 Ever pure as thou art now. 
 
 If writing in Albums remembrance insures, 
 
 v'v'ith the greatest of pleasure I'll scnbbie in yourB. 
 
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 I:; after ytars, when you recall 
 
 The days of pleasure past. 
 And think of joyous hours aud all 
 
 Have flown away so fast. 
 When some forgotten air you hear 
 
 Brings back past scenes to thee, 
 And gently claims your listening ear, 
 
 Keep one kind thought fur me. 
 
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 'Ihf :^\hrtm 5^rttcr'3 .-frtcnb. 
 
 The truest happiness is found in makiii^< uthurs happy. 
 
 Accept, my friend, these lines f om me, 
 They show that I remember tuue, 
 And hope some thought they wiJl retaiu 
 Till you and I shall meet agam. 
 
 For thee, my fair and gentle friend, 
 I ask not vswialth or fame, 
 I only ask thy path may be 
 Free from life's toil and care. 
 
 Among the many friends that claim 
 A kind remembrance in thy breast, 
 
 I too would add my simple name 
 Among the rest. 
 
 Never grow weary doing good. 
 
 I WANT a warm and faithful friend, 
 
 To cheer the adverse hour ; 
 Who ne'er to flatter will descend, 
 
 Nor bend the knee to power ; 
 A friend to chide me when I'm wrong ; 
 
 My inmost soul to see ; 
 And that my friendship prove as strong 
 
 For him as his for me. 
 
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 ESTEEM AND CONFIDENCE. 
 
 Some little token of regard, 
 Yon wish from nje to claim; 
 
 But as time is pressing hard, 
 I will but write my name. 
 
 Every joy that heaven can send ; 
 
 WealUi iina every kind of treasure; 
 
 Health and wealth to thee, my friend 
 
 And happiness without measure. 
 
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 In futnrp years, should trusted friends 
 
 Depart like summer birds ; 
 And all the comfort memory lends, 
 
 Is false and honeyed words. 
 Tarn then to me wlio fain would prove, 
 
 However tliy lot be cast, 
 Thai n;i'.!i::ifc lu? heart can ever move 
 
 From friendship of the past. 
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 'QThc JUtum g®ritcr'« Jricnb. 
 
 Mat your path be strewn with robes, 
 Fair aud flowery to the end ; 
 
 And when your body in death reposes, 
 May your Maker be your friend; 
 
 Well, ■, I surely would like to please; 
 
 But can't think what to say. 
 All your friends have wishes bright, 
 
 To cheer your life so gay. 
 
 I will add : May all their words 
 
 Be symbols of love aud truth ; 
 That when you grow weary, and seek for rest, 
 
 You will rejoice in the friends of your youth. 
 
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 To write in your Album, dear friend, you ask ; 
 Ah, well ! it is not such a difficult task. 
 All I can say is contained in one line : 
 May the blessings of Heaven forever be thine. 
 
 >^ Let not our friendship be like the rose, to sever ; 
 But, like the evergreen, may it last forever. 
 
 Hb who does good to another, does also good to himsplf ; 
 not only in the act, but in the consciousness of well-doing 
 is his reward. 
 
 Tn the evening of life, cherish the remembrance of one 
 . i loved thee in its morning. 
 
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 Speak of me kindly wheu life's dreams are o'er; 
 Speak of me geutly wheu I am no more. 
 
 Safely down Life's ebbing tide, 
 V.tiy our vessels smoothly glide, 
 And anchor side by side-in heaven. 
 
 Tdat Hope and you, 
 Lriglit days will view. 
 
 Gdabd well thy thoughts ; our thoughts are heard in 
 heaven. 
 
 May He who hath pencilled the leaves with beauty, given 
 the flowers their bloom, and lent music to the lay of the 
 timid bird, gi-aciously remember thee in that day when He 
 shall gather His jewels. 
 
 From memory's leaves, 
 I fondly squeeze 
 
 Three little words — 
 Forget Me Not. 
 
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 A ■ 3NO life, and a happy one; 
 A tall man, and a jolly one- 
 Like — well — you know who I 
 
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 Ihc 3\lbnm cBritrr'a JPricnb. 
 
 TuE lulls ure shiuiows. and tlmy flow 
 
 FroMi form to form, anduuth.ua staudH • 
 Tliey melt like mint, tho soli.l laii.lB, 
 
 Like clouds tlwy shape tliemselveH and go. 
 But in my spirit will I dwell, 
 
 And dream my dream and hold it true- 
 For though my pen doth write adieu, 
 
 I cannot say for aye farewell. 
 
 God's love and peace be with thee, whensoe'er 
 
 This soft Atumnal air 
 
 Lifts the dark tresses of tliy hair. 
 
 Thou lackeat not friendship's spellword, nor 
 The half-unconciouH power to draw 
 All hearts to thine by Love's sweet law. 
 
 With such a prayer, on this swet-t day, 
 As thou miiyest hear iuid I may say, 
 I greet thee, dearest, far away. 
 
 This Album's a mansion which n^ers Us br^-^fc 
 
 A ^; *''V'''"^' ^''^" '''^^^ ^^-'tten their thoughts. 
 And the banquet is sj.read with festal face 
 
 Where guests mingle enjoyment w.th rest ■ 
 And they leave their memorials „„der thy roof 
 Sometimes in sorrow, more oft -in joy divine, ' 
 Nor think a single thought quite ....od enough 
 To measure its faintest -.ulse with thine ' 
 
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 •BIRTHDAY VERSES.-^ 
 
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 I WISH thee every blessing 
 That can attend thee here ; 
 
 And may each future birthday prove 
 My wish to be sincere. 
 
 Tour Birthday will always be green in the memory of 
 your friendb. 
 
 Mat these flowers presented on j'our birthday, be em- 
 blematical of the purity of your life. 
 
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 ughts, 
 
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 Wake early this morning, 
 Nor miss the grey dawning ; 
 Take this greeting froiii me 
 As it goes straight to thee ; 
 May joy and gladness e'er be thine ; 
 And eudless brightness round thtf ■ 
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 '^The ^Ibnm mriUr^ Srimi. 
 
 This is thy Birthday; may it be 
 A source of Jiappiuess to thee- 
 
 Audi^ay each Birthday yet in' store 
 J3e brighter than the one before 
 
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 Dear friend, on this thy natal day. 
 I send to thee a httle lay, 
 
 A ;, , ^od wishes tender • 
 
 And only ask that thou'lt repay 
 My thoughts with thine, and fondly say, 
 ^ " I thank the sender " 
 
 ^A.u.nfrui.^rir;;:3^--- 
 And ;\.,nter, with its iovi.l cheer! 
 
 Bring friends to meet thee. 
 
 And if I still must absent be 
 Do not forget to send to me ' 
 
 p,. 1 , . ^"e kind word only 
 
 B> home b,rds passing by thy door, '^• 
 Who, flymg towards the distant sh;re, 
 
 May greet me kindly. 
 
 LiKK sunbeams to the drooping flowers. 
 
 Good-wUl our lives dotli bless ; 
 It furthers every wish of ours. 
 
 And joys in our success 
 So^may its rays towards von flow, 
 
 ^hatnone but friends, our heart may kn^^. 
 
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•^Chc ^Ibum Sarttcr'a ^f ticttb. 
 
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 ;ore 
 
 In these days of mirth and glee, 
 What shall my message be to thee ? 
 What can I wish for one so bkot ? 
 Thou sunny bird in a sunny nest ! 
 This I wish, and this I pray : 
 May the joys of life never pass away, 
 But only merge in a sigh of bliss— 
 Into a Hfe far brighter than this ! , 
 
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 bee; 
 
 thee. 
 
 If words could all my wishes say, 
 Oh ! how my tongue would talk away. 
 I wish this day and many more 
 
 Might on dear blessings pour. 
 
 May health, wealth, love, and peace 
 With each succeeding year increase ; 
 And oh ! the last, come when it may, 
 Be unto thee a happy day. 
 
 On this Birthday morn arise 
 
 From thy placid slumber ! 
 Soon to meet love's longing eyes 
 
 And greetings without number. 
 Heaven's dearest gifts be thine 
 
 To crown all earthly treasure, 
 For gifts that God gives unto thee 
 
 Know neither stint or measure. 
 
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 As beauteous flowers in garlands entert^rine. 
 May Peace and love to cheer thy heart combine, 
 To give you a very happy Birthday 
 
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 'SThc ^Ihttm ^Itritcr's ^frxaxt. 
 
 Love in every bosom live, 
 And the truest pleasure jjive : 
 And happy smiles each hp adorn, 
 On this happy birthday morn. 
 
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 Little trouble and still less care, 
 With ever a faithful heart to share ; 
 Birthdays many, and happy too, 
 This is the life I wish for you. 
 
 Dear, happy b-'thdays, how fair ye seem, 
 
 Along the patli of time : 
 Foot-prints wliereon sweet he.irt-flowcrs blow, 
 
 By woi'ldly Ktonns nnriven, 
 That we may mark them as they ^o, 
 
 And find our way to heaven. 
 
 Bbioht as a flower may thy Birthday be. 
 
 True love shall live thro' sorrow's wintry storm, 
 And bloom afresh on this glad Birthday* 
 
 morn. 
 
 Lovingly take this birthday souvenir, 
 And for my sake esteem it dear I 
 
 Mat the morning of thy birth break in fila.?nes8. and th. 
 day teem with light-hearted mirth that sliall last always ! 
 
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 •s blow, 
 
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 ■HUMOROUS.- 
 
 I DIP m^ p ::n into the ink, 
 And jfi Hisp your album tight ; 
 
 But fc uUe life of me I caunot think 
 Oue single word to write. 
 
 In the storms of life. 
 
 When you need an umbrella, 
 May you have to uphold it 
 
 A handsome young fellow. 
 
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 Mat beauty and truth, 
 Keep you in youth ; 
 
 Green tea and sage, 
 Preserve your old age 
 
 3, and th. 
 always ! 
 
 Some people can be very funny, 
 
 I never could be so ; 
 So I'll just inscribe my name, 
 
 It's the funniest thing I know. 
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 '^Thc 5llb«m SSIrifcr'a ^Ifrirnb. 
 
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 Fer simpi.e and simple fee, 
 
 And all the fees in tail, 
 Arc nothing when compared to thee- 
 Thou best of fees— female. 
 
 What ! write in your albnm. for critics to sny, 
 For the learned to laugh at ?-No, not I ! 
 
 Accept my valued friendship, 
 And rqll it up in cotton, 
 
 And think it not illusion, ' 
 iiecuuse so easily gotten. 
 
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 WiTHsoEVER is this, for why ? 
 Wherefore. Ain't it ? 
 
 Whek I poor elf, shall have vanished in vapor, 
 May still my memory live-on paper. 
 
 EouNi. went the book, and here it came, 
 InitformetoM'ritemynnme; 
 I would write better, if I could, 
 But nature said I never Bhould. 
 
 If .von wish to laugh, 
 Glance at my autograph. 
 
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 wy, 
 
 When on thin pa^e you clianco to iouk, 
 Til. Ilk of iiiv and close the book. 
 
 Sailing down the stream of Hfe, 
 In your little bark canoe, 
 
 May you have a pleasant trip, 
 With just room enough for two. 
 
 7or, 
 
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 Dkab Friend : — 
 
 Uo not doubt me ; 
 
 You know more about me 
 
 Than many whose names 
 
 Here appear. 
 
 But to tell them I'll never, 
 
 What! never? Hardly ever — 
 
 What I'd like to write to you 
 
 Here. 
 'Tis nonsense I've written ; 
 
 You'll tliink I am smitten 
 
 Wku charms that I hold 
 
 Very ucar. 
 
 Please excuse me from wntmg, 
 
 More lines so inviting, 
 
 Your time to be spent 
 
 Idly here. 
 
 I CARB not much for gold or land, 
 Give me a mortgage here and there, 
 
 Some good bank stock — some note of hand, 
 O^' trilling railroad share. 
 
 I only ask that Fortune send 
 
 A little moro than I can spend. 
 
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 ^Itc Jllfaum mutev'a J'mix^. 
 
 Man's love is like Scotch snaff- 
 You take a piuch and tliat's enou.-]i 
 Frotit by tliis sage advice, 
 Whea you fall iu love, think twice 
 
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 I^ONG may you live, 
 f lappy may you be, 
 
 Whon you ^^et married 
 Come nud see me. 
 
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 May yon bo hanpy, 
 Each -lay ol your life, 
 
 Get a good huabaud 
 And make a good wife. 
 
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 As sure as comes your wedduicr ,7ay 
 A broom to you I'll send ; 
 
 111 sunshine; use the brushy part, 
 111 Sturm, the otiier end. 
 
 I WRITE in your Album ? 
 
 How very absurd ! 
 % mind is at random— 
 
 May your cheeks retain their dmples. 
 
 May your heart be just as L^ay. 
 Until soma manly voice shall whisper 
 
 " J^eai-est. will you name the day ? "' 
 
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 CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR 
 •=— VERSES -^ 
 
 •Tot and plenty in the cottage, 
 Peace and feasting in the ball ; 
 
 And the voices of the children 
 Bing out clear above it all : 
 A merry Christmas ! 
 
 As Christmas offerings meet your eyes, 
 Still closer be bweet friendship's ties 
 
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 EiNG out, ye bells, o'er all the earth, 
 To tell with brazen voice, 
 
 The tidings of the Saviour's birth 
 And bid mankind rejoice. 
 
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 Tbue love shall live thro' sorrow's wintry storni, 
 And bloom afresh on this glad Christmas mom. 
 
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 ^ht Allium eeritcr"? SxUn'h, 
 
 On j'lyons be your (Miristiuis-tide 
 Ami l)f;fi;lit youi New Yoai' Lt.'o; 
 
 To you muy iovc iio'er bo denied ; 
 May all your frieuds be t: tio. 
 
 Onr Saviour Christ whs ixn-n 
 
 That we might liave the J\(>se witliont the n-.nrn. 
 
 All thvoiigh His dehwJt liio 
 
 He felt the thorns ol' huinau sin and atr.fe. 
 His blessed feet were bare 
 To every hurting brier. He did not spare 
 
 One bleeding footstep on the way 
 
 He came to trace for us, until the day 
 The cruel crown was pressed upon the Brow 
 That smiles upon us from His glory now. 
 
 And so He vvon for us 
 
 Sweet, thornless, everlasting flowers thus. 
 
 He bids our desert way 
 
 Eejoice and blossom as the Eose to-day 
 There is no hidden thorn 
 In His good gifts of grace. He would adorn 
 
 The lives that now are His alone, 
 
 With brightness and beauty all his own. 
 Then praise the Lord wlio came on Christmas day 
 To give the Eose and take the thorns away. 
 
 
 Again the festiv< season's here, 
 With ail tiiat can delight and cheer ; 
 Oh ! may you nothing lack each day. 
 But find fresli bleasiugs strew your way. 
 
"^Ehc ^Ibxtm SSEtritcr's Jfrienb. 
 
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 Ring in, ring in the revelries, 
 
 And let the feast be one 
 Where not a single guest there is 
 
 But Innocence and Fun ! 
 Let Christmas warmth keep winter out, 
 
 And joy unbroken reign — 
 From floor to roof-tree send the shout 
 
 Till Christmas comes again ! 
 
 IS day 
 
 A LITTLE bird comes singing. 
 
 Singing a song to you ; 
 He sings of sun-tipped flowers, 
 
 Uathcd in a diamond dew. 
 •♦ The days are coming," he warbieo, 
 
 " When the frost has flown away. 
 When the earth will be sweet witli flowers 
 
 And the breath of new mown hay." 
 
 Oh bird so softly singing 
 
 Your song of pleasant days. 
 Go sing to her I fondly love, 
 
 Through the wintry cold and bare. 
 When the heart is light, the days are bright, 
 
 And the sun seems ever near ; 
 So sing her your lay this Christmas Day, 
 
 And through all the bright New Year. 
 
 Oh 1 tnny thy Christmas happy be, 
 And naught but joy appear, 
 
 Is n-'W the wish I send to thee, 
 Auu all I love most dear. 
 
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 •^hc ^Ibttm mxHzt'e ^rwnb. 
 
 Now Christmas comes with hearty cheer, 
 May kindly thoughts go round, 
 
 And bring to you a glad New Year, 
 With peace and plenty crowned. 
 
 Christmas is coming, and what will it bring? 
 Many a pleasant and gladdening thing ! 
 Meetings and greetings, and innocent mirth : 
 All that 18 brightest and best on the earth. 
 
 Christmas comes, let every heart 
 In Christmas customs bear its part : 
 The " old " be " young," the sad be gay, 
 And smiles chase every care away. 
 
 Sure, Christmas is a happy time, 
 
 In spite of wintry weather. 
 For laugh, and song, and jest go round 
 
 When dear friends meet together : 
 And hearts are warm, and eyes beam brigiin, 
 In the ruddy glow of Chustmas night! 
 
 For friends we strive to pierce 
 
 The future, dense and dark, 
 But not a ray of light 
 
 We see, nor faintest spark : 
 But yet while we have faith to cheer. 
 We trusting wish •' A bright New Year.'' 
 
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 Habk, the pearly air is trembling, 
 
 Liquid music floats along ; 
 Angels in sweet joy assembling, 
 
 Thrill the skies with heavenly song. 
 •• Peace on Earth," is their refrain, 
 Oh, be it yours this peace to gain. 
 
 Mat piety with wishes placed above, 
 And steady loyalty and faithful love, 
 Be thy blessings this Christmas-tide. 
 
 O Lite is but a river. 
 
 And in our childhood we, 
 But a fair and running streamlet 
 
 Adorned with flowers, see. 
 
 But as we grow more earnest, 
 The river grows more deep, 
 
 And where we laughed in childhood, 
 We, older, pause and weep. 
 
 Each Christmas as it passes, 
 Some change to us doth bring, 
 
 Tet to our friends the closer. 
 As time creeps on, we ohng. 
 
 Ma? heal til and joy and peace be thine. 
 
 Upon this Christmas day ; 
 And happy faces round thee shine 
 
 As pjentc'ous as tlie flowers in May. 
 
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 'SThc ^llbnm ^Britcr's ^xm\h. 
 
 O BRioHT be the day 
 
 Sweet echoes resoanding, 
 Love lighting the way 
 
 And warm hearts surrounding. 
 May the breath of His peace 
 
 In thy spirit remain, 
 Till Christmas revisits 
 The round world again I 
 
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 Let the New Year be to you 
 As a childisli playmate new, 
 Stealing suddenly among 
 Apple-boughs that overhung. 
 
 Greet him half in confidence, 
 Half as ready for defence I 
 Is he come to tease or play? 
 Will he give or take away ? 
 
 Let him come as friend or foe ! 
 No New Year can overthrow 
 '^bis our friendship that has grown 
 From the years that now are flown. 
 
 O CHILDHOOD is a golden time, 
 
 When all the world is bright, 
 When sunshine comes with eve'ry morn 
 Sweet dreams with every night. * 
 
 Were I a fairy, I would give 
 
 To thee a magic kiss. 
 That should ensure for the New Year, 
 As fair a time as this. 
 
UThc 3^lburi; SSritcv'a Jfvicnb. 
 
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 Take, ray frien'l, this lieartfelt jjreetiiig, 
 Ila[>py be tliy CliiistmaH ilay, 
 
 Faith, and hope, ami lovo here meethi^, 
 Speed thee on thy New Year's way ! 
 
 I CA.NNOT tell what thou wilt '. ••\n^ to n;?), 
 
 -itrantjo New 'car, 
 
 Bat the' thick darkness shroudh Ihy <T .ys and months, 
 
 1 will not fear. 
 
 Why should I fret my heart to know before ' 
 
 What may befall ? 
 With this one thought content — I ask uo moro — 
 
 God knows it all. 
 
 Health and prosperity 
 
 Your life to cheer, 
 With every blessing 
 
 For the brijiht New Year. 
 
 On this New Year's mornina 
 My wishes take their tliglit. 
 
 And wing to thee a greeting 
 
 That would make all things bright. 
 
 Gladly now it is my pleasure, 
 
 Joys to wish you without nipasure, 
 
 Happiness and peace nttonding. 
 
 With pure i\wl heavenly t'ieobiu^Jis blendinf 
 
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 Mav the blessings or th. «M y.ar folLw in the new. 
 
 We cannot look into the future, 
 We cannot tell if the New Year 
 
 Will bring us fresh sorrows to mourn o'er 
 Or bring us new blessings to cheer. ' 
 
 Bat an all-seeing God is above us, 
 Who knows what for each one is best, 
 
 Wno m tlus world will care for and love us. 
 And brmg us at last to our rest. 
 
 
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