"Alas! alas my song is sad;
How should it not be so,
When he, who used to make me glad,
Now leaves me in my woe?
With him my love, my graciousness,
My beauty, all are vain;
I feel as if some guiltiness
Had mark'd me with its stain.

"One sweet thought still has power o'er me,
In this my heart's great need;
'Tis, that I ne'er was false to thee,
Dear friend, in word or deed:
I own that nobler virtues fill
Thy heart, love only mine;
Yet why are all thy looks so chill
Till they on others shine?

"Oh! long-loved friend, I marvel much
Thy heart is so severe,
That it will yield not to the touch
Of love and sorrow's tear.
No, no! it cannot be, that thou
Should seek another's love;
Oh! think upon our early vow,
And thou wilt faithful prove.

"Thy virtues--pride, thy lofty fame,
Assures me thou art true,
Though fairer ones than I may claim
Thy hand, and deign to sue.
But think, beloved one, that, to bless
With perfect blessing, thou
Must seek for trusting tenderness:
Remember then our vow!"

"Collectively," says our author, "women might do much to remove
the national stigma of leaving men of science and letters
neglected. But their education is seldom such as enables them to
know the great importance of science and literature to human
improvement; and they are rarely brought up to regard it as any
part of their duty to promote the interests of society. They
would not, indeed, be able directly to reward men of talent by
employment or honours, but they might make them acquainted with
those who could; at all events, mere social distinction, the
attention and approbation of our fellow creatures, is in itself
an advantage to men who seldom possess that passport to English
respect--wealth. Though learning is tacitly discouraged in women,
yet the access to every species of knowledge requisite to direct
their efforts wisely and well, is as open to them as to men. With
this power of forming the mind of the rising generation, this
influence over the opinions, the morals, and the tastes of
society, this direct power in promoting objects both of private
benevolence and