Faith, Hope, and Energy. DESPAIR thou not! droop not thy wing, The time must come for all to fail; But then despair thou not! But keep A steadfast soul-on thee shall stream The light that God hath given in sleep, The teachings of a dream. There, Death and Health appeared to me But Death was winning! On the arched, When lo! two beings toward him trod, With woman forms-those forms which God They laved the fever from his brow, They chafed the numb'd limb free from pain, And Health beheld her roseate flow Exulting in each vein. And, till the eternal portals ope, That dream shall never fade from meThose angel sisters, FAITH and HOPE, Nursing young ENERGY. C. DONALD MACLEOD. The Past Year. THE stars of the old year shone last night, Should Memory's chords that evening thrill, MISS LUCY HOOPER. GIFT FOR THE HOLIDAYS. The Heart. WHO has robb'd the ocean cave, Thousand charms, thy form to deck, On thy breath their fragrance borne. But one charm remains behind, Fairest, would'st thou perfect be, The Sunshine of an Eye. IF I am doomed to waste my passing days From the sweet music of the wilderness, Its merry waters, and its laughing winds, And leaves, and reddening blossoms-let me have The sunshine of a bright and gentle eye H. W. ROCKWell. Woman's Tear. OH! too convincing, dangerously dear, BYRON. GIFT FOR THE HOLIDAYS. Memory. THE day will come when Memory lingers While waiting for that sober time, Fast-fleeting Time may scatter o'er us; MRS. G. NORMAN. Affection. O! there is one affection which no stain Of earth can ever darken ;—when two find, The softer and the manlier, that a chain Of kindred taste has fastened mind to mind. PERCIVAL. |