The occurrence her related took place during the great conflagration in New York, December 16, 1835. It was a fearful night,
The strong flame fiercely sped
From street to street, from spire to spire.
And on their treasures fed;
Hark! - 'tis a…
Dear as thou wast, and justly dear,
We will not weep for thee;
One thought shall check the starting tear,
It is - that thou art free.
And thus shall Faith's consoling power
The tears of love restrain;
Oh! who that saw thee here on hour
Could…
How sad and forsaken
Is that heavy heart,
Where hope cannot waken,
Nor sorrow depart!
So sad and so lonely
No inmate is there,
Save one - and that only
Is chilling despair.
How sad is the slumber
Long sufferings bring,
Whose visions…
This little book I'd rather own
Than all the gold and gems
That e'er in monarch's coffer shon,
Than all their diadems.
Nay, were the seas one chrysolite,
The earth one golden ball,
And diamonds all the stars of night
This book were worth them…
Come to me, gentle Sleep!
I pine, I pine for thee!
Come with thy spells, the soft, the deep,
And set my spirit free!
Each lonely burning thought
In twilight languor steep;
Come to the full heart, long o'er wrought,
O! gentle, gentle…
TUNE - "I see them on their winding way."This is our Nation's natal day!Her starry banners brightly play;And marshaled hosts, with fife and drum,In long and bright procession come,To celebrate with honors due,The deeds of heroes bold and true;Who…
Hail to the land, where the white man breathes free as the air,But the soul-fetter'd black man pours the wail of despair!Where the alter with the flame of Liberty glows,But the Temple's surrounded with Slavery's woes: -Where the light of the…
The wilderness and the solitary place shall be glad or them;
And the desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose. It shall blossom abundantly, And rejoice even with joy and singing; The glory of Lebanon shall be given unto it. The excellency of…
O, how inestimably dear,
The sweet possession of a friend!
What can we find of all that are,
From which such bliss, such joys descend!
Riches may purchase for awhile
The sycophant's fallacious grace -
But when Fortune has ceased to smile,
When…
"There is a voice from the tomb sweeter than song. There is a resemblance of the dead to which we turn, even from the charms of the living." The grave hath many a jewel rare
Beneath the cypress tree -
But Death ne'er placed a casket there
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