I am a harp of many chords, and ea… Strung by a separate hand;—most mu… My notes, discoursing with the men… Not the outward ear. Try them, th… With wisdom, fancy, graceful gaiet…

Prune thou thy words; the thoughts… That o’er thee swell and throng;— They will condense within thy soul… And change to purpose strong. But he who lets his feelings run

When Heaven sends sorrow, Warnings go first, Lest it should burst With stunning might On souls too bright

Let the sun summon all his beams t… Bright pageant in his court, the c… Earth trim her fields and leaf her… Till the dull month with summer-sp… It is my Birthday;—and I fain wou…

SHE is not gone;—still in our sig… That dearest maid shall live, In form as true, in tints as brigh… As youth and health could give. Still, still is ours the modest ey…

Fair Cousin, thy page is small to encage the thoughts which engage the mind of a sage, such as I am;

Time was, I shrank from what was… From fear of what was wrong; I would not brave the sacred fight… Because the foe was strong. But now I cast that finer sense

OH! miserable power To dreams allow’d, to raise the gu… And back awhile the illumined spir… On its youth’s twilight hour; In mockery guiling it to act again

O that Thou wouldest rend the bre… That veils Thy presence from the… O that, as erst Thou camest from… Sudden in strength, Thou so would… Track’d out by judgments was Thy…

Lead, kindly Light, amid the enci… Lead thou me on! The night is dark, and I am far f… Lead thou me on! Keep thou my feet; I do not ask t…

There is in stillness oft a magic… To calm the breast, when strugglin… Touch’d by its influence, in the s… Diviner feelings, kindred with the… By this the Arab’s kindling thoug…

ONCE, as I brooded o’er my guilt… A fever seized me, duties to devis… To buy me interest in my Saviour’… Not that His love I would extenua… But scourge and penance, masterful…

‘Man goeth forth’ with reckless tr… Upon his wealth of mind, As if in self a thing of dust Creative skill might find; He schemes and toils; stone, wood…