which they may be supposed to take a particular interest; or as affording specimens of the poetical powers of female votaries of the muses. Fourthly, it has been his aim to form in his young readers, a delicate and correct taste, conformed to an elevated standard of morals and poetry; and to inspire a decided predilection for what is truly and intrinsically beautiful in art and in nature. Lastly, he has sought to render the volume, as a whole, a suitable present for a daughter, a sister, or a valued friend, in whose welfare, both here and hereafter, the donor feels a strong interest. No one, it is presumed, will deny that such a volume was a desideratum. How far the author has succeeded in carrying out these principles, he leaves it to an impartial public to decide. PHILADELPHIA, June, 1835. CONTENTS. Song~"I like not beauty's roseate brightness" The Death of the Flowers. (By Miss Bowles.).. care" To Consumption Evening Music of the Angels.. To a Child Song—"Fly to the desert, fly with me". The Snow. The Winter Evening The Spring.. The Nightingale.. An Italian Sunset The Aspen Leaf. Shall a light word part us. Idle Words.. To a Sister. The Wreck. The Sunday School. Verses for an Album A Father's Farewell.. To the Memory of a Young Lady Flowers Birds' Nests The Wakening. Autumn Flowers . To the Evening Wind The Kitten.... Dirge in Cymbeline.. The Green Linnet.. To my Child.. Reflections of a Belle. The Swallow.. Ode to Evening 54 55 55 56 57 58 60 63 64 67 68 70 71 72 74 76 76 77 79 80 81 83 84 85 86 89 90 91 93 94 96 |