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 //f'/^, ///'^' ^z glimmering tapers light. 
 Adorns and cheers the way ; 
 
 And still, as darker gro7vs the night 
 Emits a brighter ray. 
 
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 Hard & Parsons. 
 
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MORNING GLORIES. 
 
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 FR0RNING Slonies bloomm^ now. 
 
 Wben all tl}e eart[) lies neatb tl}e snow, 
 3n you 3 read a promise briar^t, 
 
 (^l^at winter soon nnust tabe its fliabt, 
 ynd ll;)ouab tl^e passina clays are drear 
 
 ^l^e aladsome sprina will soon appear, 
 ©i^en tell your " Dniaf)t Hopes blossoms aay, 
 
 ^o all you meet, tl;is wintry day! 
 
 Elizabeth PjOkkodaile. 
 
HOPE FOR WINTRY DAYS. 
 
 ' l'10UGH savage Winter s iron reign 
 oi^ase evei y flow ret from fr^e distant plain, 
 
 Waain \\)Q ^pnna si^all twine l^er early wreatr} 
 yaain tl^e rose l^er Rummer fraarance breaibe, 
 
 Wl/ile by eacb auspina fountain s mossy side 
 y aain sl;all blow tl^e lily s snowy pnd 
 
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 J. G. Phuximoke. 
 
LOVE. 
 
 ^HERE is a fragrant blossom \\)c\\ mal^etb placi \\)Q 
 narden of tl}e heart ; 
 
 ^ts root liet'9 deep ; it Is delicate, yet lastinp, as 
 t[;e Mac crocus of clutumn, 
 
 tloveliness and "ihouaht are tbe de\?is l^ot water it 
 morninn and even ; 
 
 rriemory and absence cbenisl) it, as \\)e balmy 
 breatbmas of tl^e soutp. 
 
 Sts sun IS tl^e bnabtness of affection, and it 
 bloometi) in tl^e border of Mope. 
 
 M. F. Timer. 
 
HOPE IN ALL. 
 
 *^HE Ripbt is motber of tbe Bay, 
 
 ^be Winter of \\)Q ^pnna ; 
 Ond ever upon old decay 
 
 ^b® qreenest mosses cima. 
 Debind tbe cloud tbe starliabt lurbs ; 
 
 ^b^oLiab sbowens tbe sunbeams fal 
 nor trod, wbo lovetb all b'S worbs, 
 
 Hatb left bis Hope witb all. 
 
 VVmrriEK 
 
A FAITHFUL FRIFND. 
 
 V^RIMEVAL Hope, tbe Qonian FRuses say, 
 
 Wl^en rKan and rtature mourned tl;eir first decay. 
 Wl;en every form of ueati) and every woe 
 
 ^>\)o\ from malignant stars to QantI} below. 
 Wben I Kurder bared ^en arm, and rampant War 
 
 Y obed tr^e red dragons of oer iron can ; 
 Wben reace and iHercy, banisbed from tbe plain, 
 
 Sprung on tbe viewless winds to Heaven aaain ; 
 OH, ail forsool? tbe friendless, nuilty mind, 
 
 Dut, Mope, tbe cbarmer, lingered still bebmd. 
 
 Thos. Campdki.i 
 
THE SLEEPING YEAR. 
 
 ^RPHAN Hours, il;e Year is dead, 
 
 Oome and sial;?, come and weep ! 
 
 rrierry Hours, smile instead, 
 
 Por tl^e Y ear is but asleep : 
 
 ^ee, it smiles as it is sleepina, 
 
 rHocking your untimely weepinn, 
 
 •X- -X- -Jf 
 
 (ds \\)Q Wild air stirs and sways 
 
 (^be tree-swuno cradle of a cl^ild, 
 
 ^o the breatf} of ibese rude days 
 
 l\ocl?s il^e Y ear. De calm and mild, 
 
 ^remblmn Hours ; sbe will arise 
 Witb new love within ber ey 
 
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 Pp:rcy Bysshe Sheli.ey. 
 
THE FINAL TRIUMPH OF HOPE, 
 
 ^ TERNAL Mope ! wl^en yonder spberes sublime, 
 realed tbeir first notes to sound t[;e marcr) of time, 
 
 ^l^eir loyous vnutr) began — but not to jade. — 
 Wl^en all ti^e sister planets l;ave decayed ; 
 
 Wben rapt in fire lbe realms of etl^er ^low, 
 Ond Heavens last launder sl^abes tl^e world below; 
 
 ^bou, undismayed, s^alt o er tbe rums smile. 
 Ond ligbt iby torcb at Kature s funeral pile! 
 
 ThOS. CAMPIitCLL. 
 
THE HAPPY MAN. 
 
 If} 
 
 "e, e en now, 
 
 E is t[}e [)appy man wpose life 
 
 ^i^ows somewhat of il^at l^appier life to come; 
 WI70 doomed to an obscure, but tranquil state, 
 
 Ss pleased witl} it, and, were pe free to c9oose, 
 Would mabe l^is fate bis ci^oice; wl^om Peace, tf^e fruit 
 
 0f Virtue, and whom Virtue, fruit of Kaitf?, 
 r repare for l^appiness : bespeab 91m one 
 
 Oontent indeed to soiourn, wr^ile i^e must, 
 Delow \\)Q sbies, but r^avina tpere 91s bonne. 
 
 COWPER. 
 
EARTH'S BLESSING. 
 
 OPEa buinbly then ; witb tremblina pinions soar 
 
 Wait \\)e areat teacher Deatl; ; and t^od adore. 
 Wl;at future bliss, \)Q aives not tf)ee to bnow, 
 
 Dut Gives tr)at bope to be il}y blessina now. 
 Mope sprmas eternal in tl^e l^uman breast: 
 
 iHan never is, but always to be blest ; 
 (^pe soul uneasy, and confined, from \)o\v,q, 
 
 i\ests and expatiates in a life to come. 
 
 Poi-K. 
 
PROMISES OF SPRING. 
 
 *^'HR0UGH bedpe-row leaves in drifted beaps 
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 beft by tbe stormy blast, 
 
 ^be li"^^le bopeful blossom peeps, 
 
 Qnd tells of winter past; 
 few leaves flutter from tbe woods 
 
 ^^\)o\ \)i\r>.(^ tbe season tbroupb- 
 beavina tbeir place for swelling buds 
 
 ^o spread tbeir leaves anew. 
 
 Clare. 
 
HOPE EVER! 
 
 •^ x' 0PE on, bope even ! after darbest nigl^t, 
 
 oomes, full of loving life, tl^e lauabma morning ; 
 Mope on, bope even! ^pmna-tide, flusb c) witl; liq^t, 
 
 (dye crowns old Winten witb ben nicb adonnmn. 
 Mope on, bope even I yet tbe time sball come, 
 
 Wben man to man sball be a friend and bnotben 
 Ond tbis old wonid sball be a bdPPy bof^e. 
 olnd all Qantb s family love one anotben I 
 Mope on, bope even. 
 
 ("lEKAi.o Masse V. 
 
NATURES RADIANCE. 
 
 I jOST \\)ov\ revel in tbe rosy momma,. 
 
 Wben all nature [)ails ll^e Qorcl of liar)t, 
 (sind hiS smile, \\)Q mountain tops adorning, 
 
 l\obes yon fragrant fields in radiance bnal^t. 
 
 Kature wears tl^e color of ti^e spirit; 
 
 sweetly to l^er worshiper sr)e sinas ; 
 yil t[}e alow, the nrace sl^e dotl} intierit, 
 
 l\ound \)Q? trustina cpild S9e fondly flina 
 
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 Harriet Sewai.i,' 
 
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