ightning which darts through the sky.

Old Franklin has tamed it and brought it to earth,
And men are now learning how much it is worth;
'Twill dart through the stomach, the heart, and the brain,
Each pore it will open and drive out the pain.

Come, quit all this fussing, take rich hearty food,
And soon, I assure you, your health will be good;
Leave your warm stifling beds, your soft cushioned chair,
Run ten miles a day in the cool healthful air.

If I went thus, moping and lounging about,
'Twould bring on dyspepsia, consumption, or gout;
Now here is good counsel, why will you be shy,
You'd much better take it than lie down and die.

CONTENTS.

The Snow-drop
My Birth-place
The Oak and the Rill
Hymn for a Donation Gathering
The Marriage Vows
Lines on the death of Ellen N----
An Epitaph
Lines on the death of R., P.B., C., S., and M.A. Wing
The Rose and Lilac Tree
Lines on the death of Mrs. West
Thoughts on the sudden death of J.W.N.
Reflections on the death of Mr. White
The Sister's Lament
Lines on a Lock of Hair
Lines on the last hours of Mrs. Judson
Judson's Grave
Lines on a Baptismal Occasion
The Inquiry
There is joy in heaven, &c.
Jephthah's Vow
Like a lost sheep, &c.
And the vail of the temple was rent in twain
Lines to an absent relative
Lines to the wife of the above
Come home to New England
A Sister's Departure
A Sister's Counsel
Lines to a Friend on parting
Farewell to a Brother
To W.H.D, an adopted Brother
Lines to a Friend in affliction
Lines to a Sister
To my Brother
My Brother in the Tempest
Lines to an absent Sister
A Scene on a Sister's Wedding day
To the Whippowil
My harp is on the willows hung, &c.
To a Sister, while dangerously ill
The Invalid's Dream
To a Butterfly in my Chamber
To the "Wild Flower"
The Minister at the Family Altar
An Appeal for Ireland
The Little Cloud
Lewiston, as it was, and as it is
Twilight Musings. By Amelia
To Amelia
Moonlight Musings
Thoughts on a Petunia
To a White Hollyhock
Lines on the Miniature of a pair of twin boys
The Cultivation of Flowers
Music of the Mind

APPENDIX.

Praises of Rural Life
Ode to Sarah
An Epistle to Jere
Neighbors' Advice to Invalids

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