77 | Drew me to | school | 7 a- | long the | public |

way, 7 7 |

7 (De-lighted with my | bauble | coach, 7 | 7 and | wrapp❜d |

7 In | scarlet | mantle | warm and | velvet | cap'd) 7 | 7 'Tis | now be- | come a | history | little | known, 7 | 7 That | once we | call'd the | pastoral | house | 7 our | own. | 77 |

Short lived pos- session! | 7 7 | but the | record | fair 7 | 7 That | memory | keeps | 7 of all thy | kindness |

there, 7 |

Still outlives many a storm | that has ef- faced 7 | 7 A thousand | other | themes | 7 less | deeply traced. |

771

7 Thy | nightly | visits | 7 to my | chamber | made, 71 That thou might'st | know me | safe 7 | 7 and warmly | laid, 7 |

7 Thy | morning | bounties | 7 ere I | left my | home, 7 7 The | buiscuit, | 7 or con- | fectionary | plum; 7 | 77 | The fragrant waters | 7 on my | cheeks be- | stow'd 7 | By thy | own hand, 7 | 7 till | fresh they | shone 7 | 7 and glow'd; 7 |

77 | All this, 7 | 7 and | more enmore en-dearing | still than |

all, 7

7 Thy constant | flow of | love, 7 | 7 that ❘ knew | no |

fall, 7 |

Ne'er roughen'd by those | cataracts and | breaks, 7 | 7 That humor | 7 inter- | posed too

makes; 7 | 77 |

often |

All this 7 (still | legible in memory's | page, 7 | 7 And still to be so | 7 to my latest | age) 7 | Adds joy 77 to | duty, | 77 |makes me | glad to | pay 7|

Such honours 7 to thee as

may; |

my numbers |

7 Perhaps a frail me- | morial, | 7 but sin- | cere, 71 Not scorn'd in | heav'n, 7| 7 though 7 | little | noticed | here. 7 7

7 Could time, 7 | 7 (his | flight re- | vers'd,) 7 | 7 re- | store the hours, 7 |

When 7 playing with thy | vesture's | tissued | flowers, 7 7

7 (The | violet | 7 the | pink | 7 and | jessamine,) |

7 I | prick'd them into | paper with a | pin, 7 |

(7 And thou wast | happier | 7 than my- | self the | | while, 7 |

Would'st | softly | speak | 7 and stroke my head 7 | 7 and smile) 71

Could 7 those few | pleasant | days 7 | 7 a- | gain ap- pear 7 |

7 Might one 7 wish | bring them, | 77 |would I | wish them here? 7 |

7I would not trust my heart 7 | 77 | 7 the dear de- |

light 7 |

Seems so to be de- | sired, 7 | 7 perhaps I |

might 7 |

7 But no 7 what | here we | call our | life 7 | 7 is |

such 7

7 So little 7 to be- | loved, 7 | 7 and thou | so 7 |

much, 7 |

7 That | I should | ill re- | quite thee | 7 to con- |

strain 7 |

7 Thy | unbound | spirit | 7 into | bonds a- | gain. 7 | 77 | 7 7 |

Thou 77 as a | gallant | bark, 7|7 from | Albion's coast 7 | 77 |

7 (The storms all | weather'd | 7 and the ocean | cross'd) 7 |

Shoots into port 7 | 7 at | some well | haven'd | isle, 7 | 7 Where | spices | breathe, | 7 and | brighter | seasons | smile, | 77 |

There 7 sits qui- | escent on the | floods, | 7 that |

show 7

7 Her | beauteous | form 7 | 7 re- | flected | clear be- | low, 7|77|

7 While | airs 7 | 7 im- | pregnated with | incence |

play 7 |

7 A-round her | fanning | light her | streamers |

gay ;) 7 |

77 | So thou, 7 | 7 (with | sails 7 | how 7 | swift!) 77 hast reach'd the shore, 7 |

7 Where | tempests | never | beat 7 | 7 nor | billows | roar, 777

7 And thy | loved | consort | 7 on the dangerous |

tide 7

7 Of life, 7 | long | since has | anchor'd by thy | side. 7 | 77 | 77 |

7 But me, scarce | hoping to attain that rest, 7 |

Always from port with- | held, 7 | always dis- | tress'd 7 | 77 |

Me | howling | blasts | drive 7 | devious, | tempest |

toss'd, 7|

Sails ripp'd, 7 | seams | opening | wide 7 | 7 and compass lost, 7 |

777 And | day by day 7 | 7 some current's |

thwarting force 7 |

Sets me more 7 | distant | 7 from a prosperous | course. | 77 | 7 7 |

Yet 7 | O the thought, | 7 that | thou art | safe, 7|7 and | he! 7 |

That thought is joy, | 7 ar- | rive what | may to me, 7|77|

7 My boast is not, 7 | that I de- ¦ duce my | birth 7 | 7 From loins en- throned | 7 and rulers of the | | |

earth; 7 |

7 7 | 7 But | higher | far 7 | my | proud pre- | tensions |

rise, 7

777 The son of

skies. 7 | 77 | 77 |

parents | pass'd into the |

7 And now, 7 | fare- | well. | 7 7 | Time | unre

7 His wonted | course, 7 | yet 7 | what I | wish'd | 7

is done. 7 |

777 By ❘ contem- | plation's | help, 7 | 7 not sought

in vain, 7 |
|

7 I seem to have | lived my childhood | o'er a- |

gain; 7 |

To have re-newed the | joys 7 | 7 that once were | mine, 7 |

7 With-out the | sin of | violating | thine; 7 | 7 7

7 And | while the | wings of | fancy | still are | free, 7 | 77 | And I can | view this | mimic | show of | thee, 7 | Time has but half 7 | 7 suc- | ceeded in his | theft 7 ¦ 77 Thy- self re- | moved | 7 thy | power to soothe me left. 777 | 7 7 |

ON SINCERITY.

From A. B. Tillotson, (Abridged.)

Truth | 7 and sin- | cerity | 7 have | all the ad- | vantages 7 of appearance | 7 and | many | more. | 7 7 | 777 If the show of any thing | 7 be good for any thing | 7 7 | 7 I am | sure | 7 the re- | ality | 7 is | better: 777 for | why | 7 does | any man | 7 dis- | semble, 7 or | seem to be ❘ that which he | is not, | 7 7 | but be- | cause | 7 he thinks it good | 7 to | have the | qualities 7 he pre- tends to? | 7 7 | Now the | 7 for a man to | seem to be | any thing,

best way |

is to

be in

re- | ality, | 7 7 | what he would | seem to be: | 77 | 7 be- sides, 7 it is often as | troublesome | 7 to sup- | port the pre-tence of a good quality, | 7 as to | have it; | 7 and | if a ↑ man | have it not, | 7 it is | most | likely | he will be dis- covered to | want it ;|77|7 and | then, | all his labor to seem to have it, | 7 is lost. | 77 | 7 7 | 7 There is something | un- | natural | 7 in | painting, | 7 which a skilful | eye | 7 will | easily dis- cern | 7 from | native | beauty | 7 and com- | plexion. | 77 | 77 |

Therefore 7 if any man | think it con- venient to | seem | good, let him | he so in- | deed: | 77 | 7 and | then 7 his goodness will ap- | pear | 7 to | every one's | satisfaction. | 77 | 77 | 7 Par- | ticularly, | 7 7 | as to the af- | fairs of | this | world, | 7 in- | tegrity | 7 hath I many advantages | over | all the arti- | ficial | modes | 7 of dissimulation | 7 and de- | ceit. | 77 | 77 | 7 It is | much the | plainer | 7 and | easier, | 7 7 | much the | safer, | 7 and | more se- | cure | way of | dealing in the | |

world; | 77 | 7 it has | less of trouble and | difficulty, |