77 | Drew me to | school | 7 a- | long the | public | way, | 77 |

7 (De- | lighted with my | bauble | coach, 7|7 and| wrapp'd |

7 In | scarlet | mantle | warm and | velvet | cap'd) 7 | 7 "Tis | now be- | come a | history | little | known, 7 | 7 That | once we | call'd the pastoral | house | 7 our | own. | 7 7 |

Short lived pos- session! | 7 7 | but the | record | fair 7 | 7 That | memory | keeps | 7 of all thy | kindness | there, 7

Still | outlives | many a | storm | that has ef- | faced 7 | 7 A | thousand | other | themes | 7 less | deeply | traced. |

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7 Thy | nightly | visits | 7 to my | chamber | made, 7 | That thou might'st | know me ❘ safe 7 | 7 and warmly | laid, 7|

7 Thy | morning | bounties | 7 ere I | left my | home, 7 7 The | buiscuit, | 7 or con- | fectionary | plum; 7 | 7 7 | The fragrant | waters | 7 on my cheeks be- | stow'd 7| By thy | own hand, 7 | 7 till | fresh they | shone 7 | 7 and | glow'd ; 7 |

77 | All this, 7 | 7 and ❘ more en- | dearing | still than | all, 7 |

7 Thy | constant | flow of | love, 7 | 7 that | knew | no |

fall, 7 |

Ne'er | roughen'd by those | cataracts and | breaks, 7 | 7 That humor | 7 inter- | posed | too

makes; 7|77|

often

All this 7 | (still legible in | memory's | page, 7 |

7 And still to be so | 7 to my | latest | age) 7 |

Adds | joy 77 to | duty, | 77 |makes me | glad to |

pay 7

Such honours 7 to thee | as

may;

my numbers |

7 Per- | haps a | frail me- | morial, | 7 but sin- | cere, 7 | Not scorn'd in heav'n, 7|7 though 7 | little | noticed | here. 77

7 Could | time, 7 | 7 (his | flight re- | vers'd,) 7 | 7 re

store the hours, 7 |

When 7 playing with thy | vesture's | tissued | flowers, 7 7

7 (The | violet | 7 the | pink | 7 and | jessamine,) |

7 I | prick'd them into | paper with a | pin, 7 |

(7 And | thou wast | happier | 7 than my- | self the | while, 7 |

Would'st | softly speak | 7 and stroke my head 7 | 7 and | smile) 7 |

Could 7 those few | pleasant| days 7 | 7 a- gain

ap- pear 7 |

7 Might one 7 | wish | bring them, | 77 |would I |

wish them here? 7 |

7 I would not trust my heart 7 | 77 | 7 the | dear de- |

Seems

light 7 |

so to be de- | sired, 7 | 7 per- | haps I | might 7

7 But no | 7 what | here we | call our | life 7 | 7 is |

such 7 | |

7 So little 7 to be- | loved, 7 | 7 and | thou | so 7 |

much, 7

7 That I should | ill re- | quite thee | 7 to con

strain 7 |

7 Thy | unbound | spirit | 7 into | bonds a- | gain. 7 |

77 | 7 7 |

Thou 77 as a | gallant | bark, 7|7 from | Albion's coast 7 | 77 |

7 (The | storms all | weather'd | 7 and the | ocean | cross'd) 7 |

Shoots into port 7 | 7 at | some well | haven'd | isle, 7 7 Where spices | breathe, | 7 and | brighter | seasons | smile, | 7 7 |

There 7 | sits qui- | escent on the | floods, | 7 that | show 7

7 Her | beauteous | form 7 | 7 re- | flected | clear be- | low, 7 | 77 |

7 While | airs 7 | 7 im- | pregnated with | incence |

play 7 |

7 A-round her | fanning | light her | streamers |

gay ;) 7 |

77 | So thou, 7 | 7 (with | sails 7 | how 7 | swift!) 7 | 7 hast | reach'd the | shore, 7 |

7 Where | tempests | never | beat 7 | 7 nor | billows | roar, 7 7 7

7 And thy loved | consort | 7 on the dangerous |

tide 7 |

7 Of life, 7 | long | since has | anchor'd by thy | ~ side. 7 | 7 7 | 7 7 |

7 But me, scarce | hoping to at- tain that | rest, 7 |

Always from port with- | held, 7 | always dis- | tress'd 7 | 77 |

Me | howling | blasts | drive 7 | devious, | tempest |

toss'd, 7

Sails ripp'd, 7 | seams | opening | wide 7|7 and | compass lost, 71

777 And day by day 7 | 7 some current's

thwarting | force 7 |

Sets me more 7 | distant | 7 from a prosperous | course. | 77 | 7 7 |

Yet 7 | O the thought, | 7 that | thou art | safe, 7 | 7 and he! 7 |

That thought is | joy, | 7 ar- | rive what | may to | me, 7|77|

7 My boast is not, 7 | that I de- duce my | birth 7 | 7 From loins en- | throned | 7 and | rulers of the | earth; 7 |

7 7 | 7 But | higher | far 7 | my | proud pre- | tensions |

rise, 7 |

777 The son of | parents | pass'd into the | skies. 7 | 7 7 | 7 7 |

7 And now, 7 | fare- | well. | 7 7 | Time | unrevoked | 7 has | run 7 |

7 His wonted | course, 7 | yet 7 | what I | wish'd | 7 is done. 7

777 By contem- | plation's | help, 7 | 7 not | sought in | vain, 7 |

7 I seem to have | lived my childhood | o'er a- |

gain; 7 |

To have re-newed the | joys 7 | 7 that | once were |

mine, 7

7 With-out the | sin of | violating | thine; 7 | 77 | 7 And while the | wings of | fancy | still are | free, 7 | 77 | And I can view this | mimic | show of | thee, 7 | Time has but half 7 | 7 suc- | ceeded in his | theft 7 | 77 Thy-self re- | moved | 7 thy | power to soothe | me | left. 7 | 77 | 77 |

ON SINCERITY.

From A. B. Tillotson, (Abridged.)

way |

be in

Truth | 7 and sin- | cerity | 7 have | all the ad- | vantages | 7 of appearance | 7 and | many | more. | 77 | | 7 7 7 If the show of any thing | 7 be | good for any thing 777 I am sure | 7 the re| sure | 7 the reality | 7 is | better: 777 for why | 7 does | any man | 7 dis- | semble, 7 or seem to be ❘ that which he | is not, | 7 7 | but be- cause | 7 he thinks it | good | 7 to | have the | qualities | 7 he pre- tends to? | 7 7 | Now the | best 7 for a man to seem to be any thing, is to reality, 7 7 what he would seem to be: | 77 | 7 be- | sides, | 7 it is | often as | troublesome | 7 to sup- | port the pre-tence of a good quality, | 7 as to have it ; | 7 and | if a | man | have it not, | 7 it is | most | likely | he will be dis- covered to | want it ; | 77 | 7 and | then, | I all his labor to seem to | have it, | 7 is lost. | 7 7 7 7 7 There is something | un- | natural | 7 in | painting, | 7 which a skilful | eye | 7 will | easily dis- | cern | 7 from | native | beauty | 7 and com- | plexion. |77|77|

Therefore 7 if any man | think it con- | venient to seem good, let him | he so in- | deed: | 77 | 7 and then 7 his goodness will ap- pear | 7 to | every one's | satis- | faction. | 77 | 77 | 7 Par- | ticularly, | 7 7 | as 1 to the affairs of this | world, | 7 in- | tegrity | 7 hath | many ad- | vantages | over | all the arti- ficial | modes | 7 of | dissimu- | lation | 7 and de- | ceit. | 77 | 77 | 7 It is much the plainer | 7 and | easier, | 7 7 | much the safer, 7 and more se- | cure | way of dealing in the | world; | 77 | 7 it has | less of trouble and | difficulty,