OLD HOMESTEAD.

Old homestead! old homestead! what feelings arise! As now the old homestead greets kindly our eyes; Old homestead, where oft we were merry or sad; Each day as it fled, still some witchery had.

The homestead! how dear is its old, friendly look, Its dun rolling hills, and its slow running brook; Its time-worn, old gables, and cornice so plain, Its roof that grew mossy from shadow and rain.

Old homestead! some dwelt with us, loved with us here; Some smiled at our smile, and they wept at our tear: Of those some have gone to a far distant land; And some—where yon cedars like pale mourners stand.

Oh! memories most thrilling, most holy, most dear, Still cluster around thee, old homestead, fore'er; Thou hast a deep magic that never can die, 'Till 'neath the green valley, we endlessly lie.



LOVE SONG.

I love thee, oh! I love thee, As the sweet bee loves the flower, As the swallow loves the summer, As the humming bird the bower; As the petrel loves the ocean, As the nightingale the night; I love, I love thee, dearest! Thou being good and bright.

I love thee, oh! I love thee, There's nothing on this earth, Can feel a deeper fondness, A flame of purer worth; The eagle loves its offspring, Most faithful is the dove; But thou! thy smallest ringlet, Has more from me than love.



SUSIE.

A gentle maid, a dove-like soul, An eye that knows no ill; I met her from her rural walk, Upon yon grassy hill.

Her apron filled with early flowers, And some were lightly bound Into a wreath that sweetly lay Her snowy temples round.

And as I met her on that hill, At twilight's magic hour, My spirit felt her loveliness And own'd her magic power.

And since our meeting on that hill, I still have fondly thought, Of what a store of pleasant dreams, That eve to me hath brought.



LINES ON PARTING WITH ——.

Since Fate's tyrannical decree, Sweet friend, dissevers you and me, Now memory shall vanquish fate, And yield the bliss we knew so late.

Yes, she a mournful devotee, From scenes of busy strife shall flee; To kneel beneath that cherish'd shrine, Whose every offering is thine.

Oh! sometimes in the lonely hour, My heart shall own a deeper power, And tears shall tell, upon my cheek, The grief that words could never speak.



BLUE-EYED ELLA.

Oh blue-eyed Ella's face is fair, And beautiful her braided hair, As fair the feelings that do speak Upon her pure and placid cheek.

Oh! blue-eyed Ella's heart is kind With warm desires by Heav'n refin'd; Amid this world of crime and ill, She walks serene and sinless still.

Oh! blue-eyed Ella! keep for me, A thought from scorn and coldness free; I fain would ask, I fain would find A memory in so blest a mind.



ACROSTIC.

Far hath beauteous Fanny flown, And sad Nature's drooping eye, Now declares her pleasure gone, Newly weeping from the sky. Yet, when she shall seek again, Mildest maid! these haunts she loved, In that hour, will Nature's pain, (Caus'd by her) be all remov'd. Here sad Nature shall regain Increase of the joy she proved, Ere you fled the flowery plain.



TO THE MUSE. L'ENVOI.

Dear maid, with whom I, happy, wander'd back, To roam o'er that now sacred, hallow'd ground, Where Smith who trod old ocean's stormy track, The noble state of chivalry did found.

Delightful hours thou mad'st them all, when I Went musing there with thee, my spirit guide, I saw the chieftain with his eagle eye, And all his val'rous comrades, by his side.

I saw the doubtful scene; the hard assay, The daring crown'd with victory at last; I saw the ancient forest fall away, I saw the little empire spreading fast.

And, on through other realms in charmed life, I follow'd, by thy silver accents led, So sweet, the summer air with bliss seem'd rife, And harping angels hover'd o'er my head.

But yet—farewell! with sadden'd, sinking heart, I turn from all the joys I late have known, Where from the rushing crowd I oft shall start, To find myself dejected and alone.

Yet, sometimes thou return, and with those eyes Bright as an angel's, look on me again, So I shall feel the wonted raptures rise, And I shall lose the deaden'd sense of pain!



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