POEMS.
BLOWING BUBBLES.
[4]
INFANT FAITH.
[6]
PATTY PROUD.
[9]
I CAUGHT A BIRD.
[11]
THE FLOWER OF SHELLS AND SILVER WIRE.
TO ——.
[12]
THE LITTLE BLIND BOY.
[13]
THE SALE OF THE WATER-LILY.
[18]
THE SILVER BIRDSNEST.
We were shown a beautiful specimen of the ingenuity of birds, a few days since, by Dr. Cook, of this borough. It was a birdsnest made entirely of silver wires, beautifully woven together. The nest was found on a sycamore tree, on the Condorus, by Dr. Francis Beard, of York county. It was the nest of a hanging-bird; and the material was probably obtained from a soldier’s epaulet, which it had found.
Westchester Village Record.
Spring of 1838.
[20]
THE QUAKER FLOWER.
A TRIFOLIUM FROM THE GRAVE OF PENN.
[22]
THE HUMMING-BIRD’S ANGER.
“Small as the humming-bird is, it has great courage and violent passions. If it find a flower that has been deprived of its honey, it will pluck it off, throw it on the ground, and sometimes tear it to pieces.”
Buffon.
[24]
THE SABBATH.
[26]
THE DEPARTING SPIRIT.
[27]
SONNET.
[28]
FATHER, HEAR!
[29]
THE PILGRIM’S WAY SONG.
[31]
THE RISING MONUMENT.
[34]
A NAME IN THE SAND.
[35]
THE CHILD OF A YEAR AND A DAY.
[38]
THE BELIEVER’S MOUNTAINS.
[41]
THE NIGHT AND THE MORNING.
[44]
I SHALL BE SATISFIED.
“I shall be satisfied when I awake in thy likeness.”
[46]
THE PENITENTIAL TEAR.
[48]
TEACHINGS OF GOD.
[50]
THE HERALD’S CRY IN THE DESERT.
“He was not that Light; but was sent to bear witness of that Light.”
St. John i. 8.
[52]
OUR FATHER’S WELL.
[56]
THE MOTHER’S DREAM.
“And I will give him the morning star.”
Rev. ii. 28.
[60]
THE WAR-SPIRIT ON BUNKER’S HEIGHT.
[64]
THE INNER SELF.
[67]
TIME.
[71]
MY HEAD.
Dryden’s Virgil.
[74]
THE WHEAT FIELD.
[76]
THE LITTLE TRAVELLER.
[78]
THE ENTANGLED FLY.
[80]
THE PEACH BLOSSOMS.
[82]
THE BROKEN PIPE.
[85]
VIVY VAIN.
[89]
THE MOCKING BIRD.
[92]
THE BIRD’S HOME.
[93]
THE BIRD UNCAGED.
[95]
DAME BIDDY.
[100]
THE ENVIOUS LOBSTER.
[102]
KIT WITH THE ROSE.
[104]
THE STORM IN THE FOREST.
[106]
THE UPROOTED ELM.
[108]
THROUGH THE CLOUDS.
[110]
MY ROSE TREE.
[113]
THE INFANT BAPTIST.
And the child grew, and waxed strong in spirit, and was in the deserts until the day of his showing unto Israel.
Luke i. 80.
[115]
HYMN TO SOLITUDE.
[117]
THE BIBLE IN THE FIELDS.
[120]
THE HOARY HEAD.
“The hoary head is a crown of glory, if it be found in the way of righteousness.”
[121]
MY FATHER.
“In the evening time there shall be light.”
[1] A robin had, this spring, been seen taking materials from an old nest on an apple-tree near the door, and carrying them to the corner of the house, where she built on the top of the water-conductor, and close under the eaves, so near my father’s chamber, that, when her brood had peeped, if the window was opened, their voices could be heard in the room, while she was feeding them.
[124]
A SAGE HATH DEPARTED.
[2] His birth-place.
[126]
THE BURIAL OF SCHILLER.
[129]
FUNERAL HYMN FOR PRESIDENT HARRISON.
[131]
DIRGE FOR FELICIA HEMANS.
[133]
SHE DIED, AS DAWNED HER NATAL DAY.
[134]
WRITTEN IN AN ALBUM, AFTER THE LINES OF A DECEASED FRIEND.
[135]
THE SOVEREIGN OF BABYLON.
[137]
THE DEER STRICKEN BY TORCH-LIGHT.
[139]
THE DEATH OF SAPPHIRA. [3]
[3] This piece originally illustrated an engraving.
[142]
WILLIAM AT SEA.
[146]
MY PORTRAIT.
[148]
THE WIDOW’S ONLY SON.
[150]
THE YOUNG MOTHER.
[152]
EVENING AT ANDOVER SEMINARY-HILL.
[155]
HYMN OF THE PARTING CLASS.
SUNG BY THEOLOGICAL STUDENTS.
[157]
THE SPECKLED ONE.
[161]
THE MOON OF A WINTRY NIGHT.
[165]
TOM TAR.
[170]
THE SEAMAN’S HYMN.
[172]
THE MARINER’S SONG OF DEPARTURE.
[174]
THE SEA-EAGLE’S FALL.
[177]
THE CAGED LION.
[179]
THE TRAVELLER AT THE RED SEA.
[181]
THE HEBREW CAPTIVES.
[182]
FRAGMENTS FROM “ESTHER,” A POEM.
[185]
GONE IN HER BEAUTY.
[187]
THE NUN.
[193]
TREES FOR THE PILGRIM’S WREATH.
Knowing that tribulation worketh patience, and patience experience, and experience hope; and hope maketh not ashamed.
Romans v. 3-5.
[194]
THE MUSHROOM’S SOLILOQUY.
[195]
THE SPIRIT AND THE MOUNTAIN.
[197]
THE FALL OF THE STATUE.
A SCENE OF THE REVOLUTION.
This declaration [of Independence] was received by the people with transports of joy. Public rejoicings took place in various parts of the Union. In New York, the statue of George III. was taken down; and the lead, of which it was composed, was converted into musket-balls.
Goodrich’s History of the United States.
[201]
THE BIRD’S MATERNAL CARE.
The following is but versified statement of a touching, literal fact that occurred not long since a few rods from my own door.
[205]
SONG.
[207]
THE WHITE MOTH.
[209]
EDWARD AND CHARLES.
[213]
MUSIC OF THE CRICKETS.
[216]
CHILDHOOD’S DREAM.
[218]
THE FRUIT-TREE BLOSSOM.
[220]
THE PLYMOUTH APPLE DECLINED.
Visiting at the house of a friend in Boston, I was shown an apple which he told me had been sent to him from Plymouth, and was the fruit of a tree that was planted by Peregrine White, the first child born of Pilgrim parents in New England. I praised the apple for its beauty, and the venerable associations connected with it. He wished me to keep it; but, as he had no other of the tree, I declined the gift.
[222]
THE HALF APPLE.
A year after the foregoing poem was written, a nice little casket was sent me, at the distance of thirty-five miles, which, on opening, I found to contain the half of an apple like the one I had seen the previous autumn.
[224]
THE HORTICULTURIST’S TABLE-HYMN.
[227]
THE WHIP-POOR-WILL.
[230]
THE AUTUMN ROSE-BUD.
[231]
TO L. A. E. ON HER WEDDING-DAY.
[233]
TO MRS. H. F. L.
[235]
MUSIC.
Transcriber's Notes
The cover image was created by the transcriber and is placed in the public domain.
Original spelling has been retained except in the following case:
In the poem "The Pilgrim's Way Song" on page 29 "thrist" has been corrected to "thirst" (To drink, and to thirst never more.)
The deviation between some items in the table of contents and the actual headings have also been retained.
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