v^."''^^-^ 
 
 IMAGE EVALUATION 
 TEST TARGET (MT-S) 
 
 
 1.0 
 
 I.I 
 
 1.25 
 
 2.0 
 
 US 
 
 ^ 111116 
 
 Sciences 
 Corporation 
 
 \ 
 
 f^V 
 
 •^ 
 
 \\ 
 
 % 
 
 V 
 
 
 o^ 
 
 33 WEST MAIN STREET 
 
 WEBSTER, N.Y. 14580 
 
 (716) 872-4503 
 
 '^•'•^^' 
 ^ 
 
^^.^"^^s 
 
 CIHM 
 Microfiche 
 Series 
 (l\/lonographs) 
 
 ICIMH 
 
 Collection de 
 microfiches 
 (monographles) 
 
 Canadian Institute for Historical Microreproductions / Institut canadien de microreproductions historiques 
 
 M 
 
Technical and Bibliographic Notes / Notes techniques et bibliographiques 
 
 The Institute has attempted to obtain the best original 
 copy available for filming. Features of this copy which 
 may be bibliographically unique, which may alter any 
 of the images in the reproduction, or which may 
 significantly change the usual method of filming, are 
 checked below. 
 
 D 
 D 
 
 n 
 
 Coloured covers/ 
 Couverture de couleur 
 
 Covers damaged/ 
 Couverture endommagee 
 
 Covers restored and/or laminated/ 
 Couverture restauree et/ou pellicul6e 
 
 □ Cover title mi 
 Le titre de coi 
 
 issing/ 
 couverture manque 
 
 n 
 
 Coloured maps/ 
 
 Caites giographiques en couleur 
 
 L'Institut a microfilm^ le meilleur exemplaire qu'il 
 lui a iti possible de se procurer. Les details de cet 
 exemplaire qui sont peut-£tre uniques du point de vue 
 bibiiographique, qui peuvent modifier une image 
 reproduite. ou qui peuvent exiger une modification 
 dans la methode normale de f ilmage sont indiques 
 ci-dessous. 
 
 Coloured pages/ 
 Pages da couleur 
 
 □ Pages damaged/ 
 Pages endommagees 
 
 □ Pages restored and/or laminated/ 
 Pages restaurees eJou pellicultes 
 
 y\ Pages discoloured, stained or foxed/ 
 Pages decolorees, tachetees ou piquees 
 
 Pages detached/ 
 Pages detachees 
 
 Coloured ink (i.e. other than blue or black)/ 
 Encre de couleur (i.e. autre que bleue ou noire) 
 
 0Showthrough/ 
 Transparence 
 
 □ Coloured plates and/or illustrations/ 
 Planches et/ou illustrations en couleur 
 
 □ Bound with other material/ 
 Relie avec d'autres documents 
 
 D 
 
 n 
 
 n 
 
 Tight binding may cause shadows or distortion 
 along interior margin/ 
 
 La reliure serree peut causer de I'ombre ou de la 
 distorsion le long de la marge interieure 
 
 Blank leaves added during restoration may appear 
 within the text. Whenever possible, these have 
 been omitted from filming/ 
 II se peut que certaines pages blanches ajouties 
 lurs d'une restauration apparaissent dans le texte, 
 mais, lorsque cela etait possible, ces pages n'ont 
 pas ete filmees. 
 
 Additional comments:/ 
 Commentaires supplementaires: 
 
 □ Quality of 
 Qualite ine 
 
 print varies/ 
 egale de I'impression 
 
 □ Continuous pagination/ 
 Pagination continue 
 
 □ Includes index(es)/ 
 Comprend un (des) index 
 
 Title on header taken from:/ 
 Le titre de I'en-tSte provient: 
 
 □ Title page of issue/ 
 Page de titre de la livraison 
 
 □ Caption of i 
 Titre de dep 
 
 ssue/ 
 depart de la livraison 
 
 n 
 
 Masthead/ 
 
 Generique (periodiques) de la livraison 
 
 This Item is filmed at the reduction ratio checked below/ 
 
 Ce document est filme au taux de reduction mdique ci-dessous. 
 
 10X 14X 18X 
 
 12X 
 
 16X 
 
 20X 
 
 22X 
 
 / 
 
 26X 
 
 30X 
 
 24 X 
 
 28X 
 
 
 32 X 
 
The copy filmed here has been reproduced thanks 
 to the generosity of: 
 
 IMcLennan Library 
 
 iVIcGill University 
 
 IVIontreal 
 
 The images appearing here are the best quality 
 possible considering the condition and legibility 
 of the original copy and in Iceeping with the 
 filming contract specifications. 
 
 Original copies in printed paper covers are filmed 
 beginning with the front cover and ending on 
 the last page with a printed or iiluatrated impres- 
 sion, or the baci( cover when appropriate. All 
 other original copies are filmed beginning on the 
 first page with a printed or illustrated impres- 
 sion, and ending on the last page with a printed 
 or illustrated impression. 
 
 The last recorded frame on each microfiche 
 shall contain the symbol —^(meaning "CON- 
 TINUED"), or the symbol V (meaning "END"), 
 whichever appiiea. 
 
 Maps, plates, charts, etc.. may be filmed at 
 different reduction ratios. Those too large to be 
 entirely included in one expoaure are filmed 
 beginning in the upper left hand comer, left to 
 right and top to bottom, as many frames aa 
 required. The following diagrams illustrate the 
 method: 
 
 L'exemplaire fiimi fut reproduit grice i la 
 gAnirositi de: 
 
 McLennan Library 
 
 IVIcGIII University 
 
 IVIontreal 
 
 mages suivantas ont it6 reproduites avec le 
 plus grand soin. compte tsnu de la condition et 
 de la nettet« de l'exemplaire film*, at en 
 conformity avec lea conditions du contrat de 
 filmage. 
 
 Lea exemplaires originaux dont la couvarture en 
 papier est imprim^ sont filmte en commenpant 
 par le premier plat et en terminant soit par la 
 dernidre page qui comporte une empreinte 
 d'impression ou d'illustration. soit par le second 
 plat, salon la cas. Tous les autres axemplairss 
 originaux sont filmte en commen^ant par la 
 premiere page qui comporte une empreinte 
 d'impression ou d'illustration et en terminant par 
 la dernlAre page qui comporte une telle 
 empreinte. 
 
 Un dea symboies suivants apparaitra sur la 
 demiAre image de cheque microfiche, selon le 
 caa: le symbole — ^ signifie "A SUIVRE", le 
 symbols V signifie "FIN". 
 
 Les cartes, planches, tableaux, etc., peuvent dtre 
 filmia i das taux de rMuction diffirents. 
 Lorsque le document est trop grand pour dtre 
 reproduit en un seul clichA, 11 est film« d partir 
 da I'angle supirieur gauche, de gauche i droite. 
 et da haut en baa. en prenant le nombre 
 d'images n^essaire. Les diagrammes suivants 
 illustrent la m^thode. 
 
 1 2 3 
 
 22t 
 
 1 
 
 2 
 
 3 
 
 4 
 
 5 
 
 6 
 
McOlM Unlvarilly LIbrtrlai 
 
 PS 8453 A35L44 1871 
 Uiwra HMMMnts : 
 
 3 000 674 864 N 
 
 MSQILL 
 
 UNIVERSITY 
 
 LIBRARY 
 
 ACC. NO. 
 
 UNACC,«-^<193: 
 
! wmmmf9tem»,-xifiiffxst>'^'a. svisat 
 
 
 A FETV rf»E}lS, 
 
 — Bf 
 
 S T E L JL A . " 
 
 -•— *» 
 
 f'RINT.'CD BY PanIEL floSB. 910 ^T. |JaHBS 3rREEr. 
 
 1871. 
 
 I 
 
fRINTED 
 
. ■*. 
 
 tmmt 
 
 iA^ 
 
 A FEW rOEMS, 
 
 — BY — 
 
 STELLA. Veo. 
 
 s.c.^ 
 
 
 ■♦— •■ 
 
 f RINTED BY PaniEL J^OSE, 2IO ^T, ^AMES ^TREET. 
 
 1871. 
 
PS8453 A35L44 1871 
 Bags. Stanley Clark 
 Leisure moments 
 71770696 
 
 McLenna 
 
 n 
 
n 
 
 NE afternoon, when wearied 
 \^ith the dull routine of life 
 
 My spirit rose in fancy ' 
 
 Above this world of strife. 
 
 I was wearied with the beauty 
 Of the heaving restless sea ; 
 I was weary of the meadows 
 And the fine old Priory. 
 
 So in spirit, as I said before, 
 
 I gently soared away. 
 And rested in the regions 
 Where there is eternal day. 
 
 The first thing I saw on entering 
 This land so pure and bright, 
 
 Was a Being all surrounded 
 With dazzling rays of light. 
 
He took me gently by the hand 
 
 And in lovina; accents said : 
 Come with me and I will show you 
 
 Those now live, who once were dead. 
 
 I follow'd him in ecstacy, 
 
 For evt ry time I gazed 
 Bright angels in my path appear' d 
 
 And jewels round them blazed. 
 
 Still, with trembling footsteps, on I walked, 
 And followed my Bright Guide, 
 
 'Till he led me to a chamber 
 Where the ransomed ones abide. 
 
 He turned, " Now look around," said he, 
 
 And when I had done so, 
 I saw bright faces with gold crowns 
 
 That I had known below. 
 
 At first I saw a baby girl 
 
 With cherub face so bright, 
 And tiny harp and little crown, 
 
 And robes of sunny white. 
 
 And then T saw a youthful form, 
 Clad in dazzling robes of light, 
 
 With golden harp ard bnili;iiit crown, 
 Set with jewels rare and bright. 
 
 He was called away in boyhood's bloom, 
 
 To the blest land above, 
 Where now he joined the angel's choir 
 
 And sang of Jesus' love. 
 
 r 
 
id. 
 
 talked, 
 
 d he, 
 
 )OII), 
 
 nr 
 
 r 
 
 For taking him so early 
 
 From all sorrows and all pains, 
 
 To the glorious land where angels are 
 And where our Saviour reigns. 
 
 And then I s iw an aged pair, 
 
 With laurels on their brow 
 For they had triuinphnd over sin 
 
 And wore rewarded now. 
 
 And then niethought when in the midst 
 
 Of that angelie throng, 
 My spirit wander'd back to earth — 
 
 1 woke and was alone. 
 
 For no bright angel was by me, 
 
 'Twas only a sunbeam 
 That greeted my unclosing eyes 
 
 To find it all a dream. 
 
 C. S. H. 
 
 Tynemout'h, August 4-, 1868. 
 
 gjie §0^th ::.':ib ^$t 
 
 
 ftlJE loved and lost ! how sad these words 
 P When we look at them in despair ; 
 What memories dark rise in our thoughts, 
 What grief's so difiicult to bear ! 
 
6 
 
 The loved ! ah yes ! that tender word 
 From which all joy and passions spring: 
 
 The lifiht of life, the sense of which 
 Makes us to our dear idols cling. 
 
 Yes, notwithstanding God's strict law, 
 We, His commandments disobey j 
 
 We set up earthly idols here, 
 
 And worship beings made of clay. 
 
 The lost ! we say when mourning o'er 
 The death of some poor mortal here ; 
 
 He is not lost, but gone before, 
 Is whispered sweetly in our ear. 
 
 Not lost I but gone before, the strain 
 Trails on the ears of those who weep ; 
 
 Comforting with its soothing balm, 
 " Asleep in .lesus,'" blessed sleep. 
 
 No cares, no sorrows, now on earth, 
 No woes', but joys tor evermore, 
 
 Aud heavenly music greets our ears. 
 As angels with him upwards soar. 
 
 No sorrow in that land of bliss. 
 
 But peace for ever and for ever ; 
 No griefs, no pain, no partings more, 
 
 No ties with dearest ones to sever. 
 
 So with these thoughts, dry up these tears, 
 
 And for the loved one weep no more : 
 The angels whisper in sweet tones, 
 He is not lost but gone before. 
 
 C. 8. B. 
 Philadelphia, June 12, ]8t>9. 
 
 ■'■ 
 
 
 )> 
 
:jje gijuntrjj. 
 
 I 
 
 
 f 
 
 I^H ! how I love the country , 
 o In the pleasant days of spring! 
 When all nature seems so joyous 
 And the birds begin to sing. 
 
 When the grass throws off its winter garb 
 
 Of dry and russet brown, 
 And changes to a brilliant green, 
 
 With a freshness all its own. 
 
 When the golden buttercups appear, 
 And groups of dnisies white ; 
 
 And open wide their p'etty eyes, 
 Nodding their heads so bright. 
 
 And when with the?e the grass is strewn. 
 And diamond dew drops cling 
 
 Tenderly to their petals soft. 
 And added beauties spring. 
 
 And when I see the little stream, 
 
 ■ (Singing its song of praise ; 
 And bubbling o'er its stony bed 
 Through all the bright spring days. 
 
 Then — then how sweet the country is, 
 
 All nature seems so glad, 
 With the wild flowers and trees and fields, 
 
 la radiant verdure clad. 
 
And then how sweet the country is 
 In bright midsummer time, 
 
 When o'er the rustic cottages 
 J-ow trails the graceful vine. 
 
 When the fair flowers are in bloom 
 
 And all around is still, 
 Save the sweet voices of the birds 
 
 And the pretty murmuring rill. 
 
 Ah yes ! all nature is so bright 
 
 And beautiful and gay ; 
 It teaches us to think of God 
 
 And praise Him every day. 
 
 Cape Elizabeth, August 19, 1869. 
 
 c. s. B. 
 
 ;}}e ^mth in ^mn 
 
 I- 
 
 wow sad it is to think and dream 
 & With feelings mixed of joy and pain ; 
 Of bright, dear faces we have loved, 
 And feel that we have lov'd in vain. 
 
 When memory brings before the mind 
 The joyous scenes now passed away • 
 
 A halo bright surrounds them all 
 And breakx the sadnesa of to-day. 
 
 h 
 
S. B. 
 
 !♦ 
 
 un 
 
 3 
 
 9 
 
 When lookiriji down the weary vale, 
 And vista of the long past years ; 
 
 And seeing all the ch,ii)<;es wrought, 
 It almost moves the heart to tears. 
 
 The years that now have passed away, 
 Since first 1 saw thy forin and face, 
 
 Have added to lliy benity rare 
 
 And heightcn'd all thy charms and grace. 
 
 I think of days, of bright sunshine, 
 
 When thou wer't with me ' v my side • 
 
 These pleasures are but phi,. ,,s now 
 And all into dark shadows glide. 
 
 So now no more of idle thouirht 
 
 It only but recalls the p.iin, 
 And makes the [)leasurL's t;ide away 
 
 To think thai I have lovM in vain. 
 
 London, March, 1869. 
 
 c. s. B. 
 
 I 
 
 Pn ^ECEIVJNG A ..fORGET-E-NDT' ,N A J^ETTEa 
 
 
 |ORGET-\I10.NOT, that pretty flower 
 r That thou has sent so far for me ; 
 Suggestive of .some happy hours, 
 And more than one bright memory. 
 
-I 
 
 10 
 
 The sentinipnt expressed by it, 
 To " love in absence," as you say, 
 
 Oh ! happy hipfruage of the flowers 
 That can so well our thoughts convey. 
 
 For even tho' so fur away, 
 
 Divided by the deep blue sea ; 
 
 Absence but makes the heart more fond 
 ]f it but true and constant be. 
 
 So pretty flow'r, with the blue eyes. 
 
 You bring such pleasant thoughts to me, 
 If only for the givi-r'n sake, 
 
 I'll love ^nd keep thee carefully. 
 
 C. S. B, 
 
 ()VrITTEN for a yOUNG |-A DY. ) 
 
 
 (T LOVE him ! but how fondly, 
 ? Nought but my loving heart can tell : 
 Which beats and throbs so wildly 
 
 At the sound of footsteps known so well, 
 
 I love him ! and with mouuting blush 
 
 And flattering voice I greet 
 Him whom my heart so longs for, 
 
 Yet I tremble when we meet. 
 
 -f~ 
 
II 
 
 say, 
 sonvey. 
 
 'Tis not fear of iina-er. 
 
 That I shrink from the bright rays 
 Of those dark e^fs which thrill me 
 
 With their burnin<' love 'mzo. 
 
 fond 
 
 Its to me, 
 
 c. s. B, 
 
 V.) 
 
 1 tell : 
 
 a so welU 
 lush 
 
 Although with tender care my heart, 
 This cherisird love conceals; 
 
 The burning blu.-h, that at his name, 
 Mounts to my ehoek reveals. 
 
 I fear the deep iiiipassion'd love 
 
 Which in my bosom glows, 
 May shine out from my shrinking glance 
 
 And my sweet hopes disclose. 
 
 For I know vot if lie l.»vos me, 
 Tho' me thinks his glances speak 
 
 More love than words cm utter 
 To my heart so fond and weak. 
 
 Oh ! if I knew ho lov'd me 
 
 If I knew thijt in his breast, 
 His heart beat answering love to mine 
 
 My fears would be .it rest. 
 
 0. 8. B. 
 
 Montreal, 1871. 
 
12 
 
 - 
 
 jf AW i^itiirig on a hijili bold cliff, 
 ^ Jutting out into ihe sea ; 
 And watching the great angry waves 
 Come rolling in to nie. 
 
 The day is dull and dreary, 
 
 The sky is leaden grey, 
 The breakers dasli in fury 
 
 'Gainst the rocks with their white spray. 
 
 They chase each other in road sport, 
 
 With fast increasing speed; 
 And break with never ceasing roar 
 
 In music wild and dread. 
 
 And as I gaze, far, far away, 
 
 A ship noble and brave 
 Appears in sight, with flowing sail, 
 
 Struggling against the wave. 
 
 'Tis tossed about with fury wild, 
 
 13y the great roaring sea ; 
 But rides the waves with grace untold 
 
 And bears up gloriously. 
 
 But soon a change oomes o'er the scene^ 
 Which was so dark and drear ; 
 
 The sun with rajs of beautious light, 
 Breaks through ihe cloudf^ to cheer. 
 
 ii 
 
13 
 
 ivea 
 
 lite spray. 
 
 )rt, 
 
 The wind has chanjicd, tlie sea is calm, 
 And sparkles in tiie iiglit; 
 
 The ship I see Ims braved the storm, 
 And passes out of sight. 
 
 Oh surjiiiij^ sea, what beauties lie 
 
 Under thy billows white ; 
 W hai gems, what caves of coral reef, 
 
 Too dazzling for the sight. 
 
 And more than these, the treasures dear, 
 Lost in (by storms most dread. 
 
 And never to be found again, 
 'Till thou givest up thy dead. 
 
 c. s. B. 
 Cape Elizabeth, July 1 1, 1869, 
 
 told. 
 
 scene^ 
 
 ;ht, 
 heer. 
 
 []iVRITTEN W^HEN JWELVE YeARS OF AgE."] 
 
 fH ! go not loved one, — stay — 
 Go not away from me ; 
 The night may come, the day may dawn, 
 But I'll be true to thee. 
 
 So spoke a noble ladye. 
 
 As with teiirful eyes she stood, 
 
 Her head upon her lover's bosom. 
 In a pretty flowering wood, 
 
14 
 
 Oh ! dearest I will mourn for ihee, 
 A^ the' swiin does for her ^ourig, ' 
 
 Andalwuys, love, ]'il think of th'ee 
 
 And of the days when we have sung :- 
 
 " We'll never forget each other, 
 ^ We'll always constant be," 
 I'll never forsake i«y lover 
 I'll always think of thee. 
 
 He fell on his kn.es l,y the side of his love, 
 And in accents loving and ,-oft 
 
 By the crossx.„ the hili of my sword T swear- 
 ^ever to forsake tnyiadyefaire, 
 But to love her and think of her oft." 
 
 Then the knight he left his ladye fair 
 By the side of a murmuring creek 
 
 And he said "I'll go to distant lands' 
 Where I my fame may seek." 
 
 To distant lands he therefijre went, 
 
 To fifiht by the king's own side;' 
 But tho' many a maiden fair he saw 
 
 He never forgot his promis'd bride. 
 
 Throngh many battles thick and thin, 
 
 This noble warrior made his way 
 Till he fell by the side of his dear king 
 
 And when on the ground exhausted he lay 
 
 iie remembered the parting day. 
 
 L.. 
 
15 
 
 ing:— 
 
 And on the ground, junid wounded and dead, 
 
 By the lielp of his arm, he raised his head, 
 And a smile on his noble countenjince, said 
 
 " Give this to may lady, when I am dead, 
 And tell her, happy I lived, 
 
 Happy I died, 
 For no one took the place 
 
 Of niy own dear prouiisd bride." 
 
 is love, 
 T swear- 
 oft." 
 
 And on one summer evenintr. 
 
 By the light of the new moon, 
 In a distant country— Kn^^lard — 
 
 His ladye-fair sat down. 
 
 " I know my love's no more," she said, 
 "My heart has told me so ; 
 
 But he is in another world, 
 Where joys eternal flow." 
 
 Then she took a dagger, and plunged it in her breast, 
 And looking up,— her face all peace and rest, — 
 
 Said, " I will not live longer than you my love, 
 But share with you the eternal joys 
 
 Of beauteous heaven above." 
 
 c. s. B. 
 
 Montreal, 1863. 
 
 le lay, 
 
 f 
 
H 
 
 16 
 
 Ij^t ^n^tl^s |o;je- 
 
 'HE City l,iy in silence, 
 ? PtTched ill the floods of li^'lit, 
 Which streaiuVl in silvery radiiincc, 
 From the fiir Queen of Night. 
 
 The earth had donn'd her mantle 
 
 Of pure and spotless white, 
 Whirl) lilistened in the moonbeams, 
 
 Like diamonds to brii^ht. 
 
 But hiirk ! upon the clear still air 
 
 Is borne the sound of bells ; 
 Wliich clinging from the old church tow'r, 
 
 The hour of midnight 'ells. 
 
 But ere the last stroke dies away, 
 
 Upon the midnight air, 
 I see from heaven descending. 
 
 Two angels, bright and fair. 
 
 Across the cloudless star gemm'd sky, 
 They softly wing their flight. 
 
 And stop at length above our house, 
 On which the moon shines bright. 
 
 And as I gaze, — oh what is this 
 
 I see in anguish wild ? 
 They hover o'er the cradle 
 
 Of my lov'd and only child. 
 
 y. 
 
17 
 
 )t 
 
 OS, 
 
 rch tow'r, 
 
 sky. 
 
 use, 
 ght. 
 
 Wliv (lid I .say in ;ii)"uiKl, 
 
 That I saw the arigols fair, 
 Bend sniilinjr o'er my sleepin- child, 
 Whil.- my heart brealh'd a prayer ? 
 
 Ah ! I know ihi' lovo.s ofamjels. 
 
 Not loTiir Oil earth remain. 
 Therefore my sobs of an-uish 
 
 Which I could not restrain. 
 
 When riookd into the cradle, 
 Where my babe in slumber lay ; 
 
 I saw its poor, frail body. 
 But its soul liad p-iss'd away. 
 
 And out of my lo,,,- wi,„iuw, 
 
 I saw the anj;els soar. 
 And between them -ently restin- 
 
 My precious b,.be they bore. ' 
 
 It look'd so pure and happy, 
 '^hat I lonjr'd to follow where 
 
 The an-els gently wing'd their flight, 
 Far. far above this spliere. 
 
 And although I 
 in its iniiocer; 
 inow that J si 
 'Tho' it cannot come to n 
 
 miss my darling, 
 in its innocence and "lee 
 Iknow that J shall go to it' 
 
 me. 
 
 Montreal, February, 7. 1871. 
 
 C. 8. B, 
 
18 
 
 ink of Mk^t. 
 
 ii 
 
 HKN the tirst lis^lit of early morn, 
 Stciils o'er the rosy tinted sky; 
 When tlif lark carols forth his song of praise 
 And x'lirs ahovc the world -o high. 
 
 When the glorious sun, with his golden rays. 
 
 Sends streams of light o'er land and sea; 
 When tlM- dt-w-drop falls on leaf and flo-w'r, 
 
 Then love— 1 would I were with thee. 
 
 When I see the waves in their heedless sport, 
 
 Dancing upon the shining shore, 
 Memory recalls the happy hours 
 
 1 spent with thee, but they're no more. 
 
 When I s.e the harks with their flowing sails, 
 
 (Jlide scftly o'er the deep blue sea, 
 I oft times wish, I were on the wave-s. 
 That I might be carried away to thee. 
 
 And when in the evening, the sun has set, 
 And leaves but his glittering train behind ; 
 
 •Tis like in my Janey the days I've pass'd, 
 
 Which have left but their memrios in my miad. 
 
 When the silvery moon and the diamond stars. 
 
 Appear in the soft a/ure sky, 
 Tho' thourt absent my love. I still dream of thee, 
 
 And in fancy. '(/ Itast. thou art nigh. 
 
in 
 
 \UenMnn.|,|.e.sof,..U.ls,,lK.fai.-,n..oMl.ashid 
 
 And llu. twinkling star. clo>e, heir eyes- 
 I think nl- ,/,„, sfill, throu^rl, „// t,„ ,,,„„ ,;. „,^, 
 
 And I .Ire.ini ..f thee 'till IJio sun lis,-. " ' 
 
 Andthron.i..,. |.,,,,,,3.,.,,^,,,j^,,,,^^^^^ 
 Ihis tliuii.lit hww by nngels of love 
 
 Comes stealin. u.y ,no. tl.o' we parted on earth, 
 "ell m..H in tl... l.ri.l.t land above. 
 
 July, I86!t. 
 
 '^ s. B. 
 
 JJ}^ , |5i^ 
 
 
 ^f iiiiT Jijirk^* 
 
 *i-r<; 
 
 
 JU'AS a svvoet ..till ovv in Min.mer, 
 
 VMien fair Luna« Ix-a.ns were bright, 
 And .silver star* were twinklin- 
 I" the tirniament. so li<r|i> 
 
 I was standing in a reverie, 
 
 On the borders of a brook, 
 When 1 spied out in the distanee 
 
 A sweet sequestered nouk. 
 
 'Twas at the far end of the stream. 
 
 And where wild flowrets grew 
 In all shades of the rainbow, 
 
 Red, violet, white .'ind blue. 
 
20 
 
 
 : '! 
 
 WIkmi I reacli'd tliis little crocner, 
 And li.id ^i,■l^ me down to think 
 
 Lo\ bfuuteous music .-^wiii'd to come, 
 Just from the water's brink. 
 
 I rose up gently from my seat 
 Of mos.s nrid tiowers blue ; 
 
 VVlien just before me there appear'd 
 A beauteous, cbarniiny view. 
 
 'Twas just before me. as I've said, 
 
 And by the silvery li:rht, 
 1 saw a sroup of fairies eiad 
 
 III gosamer so biiglit. 
 
 They .seemd to rise uj) from the ground, 
 While j'rom behind the trees, 
 
 Delicious music and .sweet sounds 
 Were wafied on the breeze. 
 
 Soon from my stand behind the trees, 
 
 J saw tliem fliUinj; round, 
 And soon again when all was still, 
 
 I beard a ."^ilvery .sound. 
 
 'Twas the voice of Titaiiia. 
 
 Their tiuly royal .jueen, 
 Who told her subjects they could have 
 
 A revel on the green. 
 
 With graceful steps tboy all began, 
 
 And .soon before my /aze, 
 Brownies and fairies all are lost. 
 
 In tlie cncbantinir maze. 
 
21 
 
 For 'twas no danco like mortals have, 
 Of prim steps to and fro ; 
 
 And 'twas beneath the moonlit sky, 
 With the green grass below. 
 
 • 
 
 They danced under the waving trees, 
 Entwined with wreaths of flowers; 
 
 With light elastic airy steps, 
 
 Through those enchautinjr bowera. 
 
 I watched them from my hiding place, 
 And heard their merry revelry, 
 
 As in the mazes of the dance 
 
 I saw their bright forms flitting by. 
 
 But soon the air, which balmy was, 
 
 Began to feel so chill ; 
 The silvery moon now waned away, 
 
 And all again was still. 
 
 The music suddenly had ceased, 
 And no trace could be seen 
 
 Of all the-fa'es, or still more strange. 
 Their midnight revel on the green. 
 
 O. S. B. 
 
 Nice, 18G8. 
 
♦>o 
 
 icture 
 
 ixmn 
 
 tmox^. 
 
 <^AA1 drean.i,,.. ^veetly dreami„. 
 
 G«ziDg on the dark l.luo .ea 
 M ith .,,s ever heaving boson,, ' 
 *»ll<'f deep and wild beauty. 
 
 AMhe tiny waves in sunhght 
 
 D«nce along the foannng sprav 
 
 W-.y thoughts unbidden L'e to n,e 
 ^t inemh now passed away. 
 
 J" 'iK'ir .Lpfhs, J see reflected 
 '^"l.y pictures fre.h and bright 
 
 ^^'';^1 I tell you one which .en!;:; 
 ^'"'^'"""^•"'"HHibefbnMny sight. 
 
 I ^^^y "f first a h.ppy h,„„e, 
 0| worth and be.uty rare, 
 
 I^oru was bles't as loves above, 
 And hallowd by love's care. 
 
 I >^' a little prattling child 
 
 ^^'tl'infantgrace and glee 
 J"PP»ng,,long toherpupa 
 And climbing on his knee. 
 
 I see the mother's happy gh.nce 
 • • <^r joy and beaming prid^ 
 
 As down the little darling jumps, 
 And hastens to her side. 
 
t^. 
 
 I 
 
 23 
 
 The years pass on with ceusoless iiiurch 
 
 And still I luuk ami dream : 
 I see reflected on tlio wavt's 
 
 A pure and briiilit ■>iiiilicain. 
 
 'Tis the little child of jear's' ;^oiic by, 
 
 We see in the maiden fair. 
 A flower to brifrhten the siardon here. 
 
 Of beauty and sweetness rare. 
 
 Spared to her parents, through trials sore, 
 She smooths their roujili pathway here ; 
 
 With her winning; smile and ucntle words, 
 She strives their old ai.'e to cheer. 
 
 I see the first years oi her maidenhood spent, 
 Blessing all by her patience and love ; 
 
 And then I see iier taken away, 
 Transplanted to the garden above. 
 
 1 see her waiting on lifavens bright shore, 
 
 To welcome ht'r parents so dear ; 
 I see them crossing the liver of ileath. 
 
 With nothing from evil to fear. 
 
 For beyond- tile dark river their Saviour stands, 
 Saying " Come unto mc all ye blest, 
 
 Ye have fought the good tight, and liavc 
 coni|Ucred the foe. 
 And with joy enter into your rest." 
 
 ?. B. 
 
 Montreal. July, 18ti!>. 
 
h