CONTENTS.

Page.

Whittier,

The Winds, by Hannah F. Gould,

To the Memory of J. G. C. Brainard, by J. G.

Morning Twilight, by J. G. Percival,

122

Lines, by J. G. Percival,.

Sunrise on the Hills, by H. W. Longfellow,

America to Great Britain, by, Washington Allston,

Love Unchangeable, by R. Dawes, .

The Star and the Lily, by O. W. Holmes,

To My Cigar, by Charles Sprague,

To the South Wind, by J. W. Miller,

Love, by F. G. Halleck,

133

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134

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138

139

141

143

144

Highland Ballad, by J. W. Miller,

The Mermaid's Song, by H. F. Gould,

His Captors to Andre, by J. W. Miller,

151

Funeral of the Osage Warrior, by Lydia H. Sig-

Hymn of Nature, by W. B. O. Peabody,

The Little Beach Bird, by R. H. Dana,.

Morning among the Hills, by J. G. Percival,

To a Lady, by J. W. Miller,

The Little Foot, by Hannah F. Gould,

163

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180

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184

The Ship is Ready, by H. F. Gould,

Lines to her who can understand them, by F. G.

Halleck,

The Dying Seneca, by O. W. Holmes,

Painting, by P. M. Wetmore,

The First Day of the Year, by S. J. Hale,

The Birth of Thunder, by W. J. Snelling,

To the Witch Hazel,

Illustration of a Picture, by I. McLellan, Jr.

To, by O. W. B. Peabody,

The Storm of War, by J. G. C. Brainard,

The Last Leaf, by O. W. Holmes,

Stanzas, by J. G. C. Brainard,

The Dead Mariner, by G. D. Prentice,

205

To the Daughter of a Friend, by J. G. C. Brainard, 207

The Sea Boy to his Barque, by G. D. Strong,

The Young, by W. G. Clark

To a Lady for a Nosegay, by J. G. C. Brainard,

I see thee still, by Charles Sprague,

Canzonet, by John Howard Payne,..

Lines, by Charles Sprague,

A Morning Hymn, by W. G. Clark,

Night Winds, by Henry Lance,

The Last Request, by B. B. Thatcher,

A Sea Piece,

Stanzas, by St. George Tucker,

"The Lost at Sea, by J. O. Rockwell,

Returning a Stolen Ring, by C. Sherry,

Love and Friendship, by W. Leggett,

Stanzas,

215

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The Billet Doux, by F. A. Durivage,

Song, by Rufus Dawes,

The Annoyer, by N. P. Willis,

The Coral Grove, by J. G. Percival,

We Meet Again, by George Lunt,

The Spirit of the Air,

Calm at Sea,

Greece, by J. G. Brooks,

Song of the Bee, by O. C. Wyman,

To a Lady with a withered Leaf, by W. G. Crosby, 248

The Lyre, by M. Ward,

250

THE LAUREL.

POETRY.

BY JAMES G. PERCIVAL

THE world is full of Poetry-the air
Is living with its spirit; and the waves
Dance to the music of its melodies,

And sparkle in its brightness. Earth is veiled
And mantled with its beauty; and the walls,
That close the universe with crystal in,
Are eloquent with voices, that proclaim
The unseen glories of immensity,
In harmonies, too perfect, and too high,
For aught but beings of celestial mould,
And speak to man in one eternal hymn
Unfading beauty, and unyielding power.

The year leads round the seasons, in a choir
For ever charming, and for ever new;
Blending the grand, the beautiful, the gay,
The mournful, and the tender, in one strain,
Which steals into the heart, like sounds, that rise

Far off, in moonlight evenings, on the shore
Of the wide ocean resting after storms;