PRESENTIMENT. "Sister, you've sat there all the day, Come to the hearth awhile； The wind so wildly sweeps away, The clouds so darkly pile. Th...
THE TEACHER'S MONOLOGUE. The room is quiet, thoughts alone People its mute tranquillity； The yoke put off, the long task done,—— I am,...
PASSION. Some have won a wild delight, By daring wilder sorrow； Could I gain thy love to-night, I'd hazard death to-morrow. Could the battle-strug...
EVENING SOLACE. The human heart has hidden treasures, In secret kept, in silence sealed；—— The thoughts, the hopes, the dreams, the pleasu...
STANZAS. If thou be in a lonely place, If one hour's calm be thine, As Evening bends her placid face O'er this sweet day's decline； If all...
APOSTASY. This last denial of my faith, Thou, solemn Priest, hast heard； And, though upon my bed of death, I call not back a word. Point not to thy Ma...
WINTER STORES. We take from life one little share, And say that this shall be A space, redeemed from toil and care, From tears and sadness free. And, ...
THE MISSIONARY. Plough, vessel, plough the British main, Seek the free ocean's wider plain； Leave English scenes and English skies, Unbind, dissev...
FAITH AND DESPONDENCY. "The winter wind is loud and wild, Come close to me, my darling child； Forsake thy books, and mateless play； And, while th...
STARS. Ah！ why, because the dazzling sun Restored our Earth to joy, Have you departed, every one, And left a desert sky？ All through the night, your g...