The Northern Seas ...... William Horoitt. 38

The Children in the Wood . . . . . . . . . . 40

The L'ee of Flowers ...... Mary Howitt...

To my Little Cousin with her First

Bonnet ....Mrs. Southey..

The Young Letter-writer .... Miss Lamb. . .

On another's Sorrow ...... Blake. ..

The Pebble and the Acorn .... H. F. Gould..

Night .....

.. Blake. ...

Childhood . . . . . .

I. Scott....

Ranger's Grave ....... Mrs. Southey..

Christmas Times ....... Howard. ...

The Pet Lamb. ....... Wordsworth. . 57

The Little Black Boy . .. .. Blake. .. .

The Spartan Boy .... . Miss Lamb. . .

My Birthday . . . . . .

.. Miss Lamb...

The Ride . . . . . . . .. Miss Lamb...

Gentle River . . . . . . • Percy's Reliques.

Nose and Eyes . . . . . .. • Cowper. ...

Traditionary Ballad . . . . .

.. Mary Howitt..

To the Lady-bird ....... Mrs Southey. 72

The Rook and the Sparrow ... Miss Lamb. . .

To a Redbreast . . . . . . . . . Langhorne. . .

Mariner's Hymn .. . . ... Mrs. Southey.. 75

The Two Estates ....Mary Howitt.. 76

The Town and Country Child .. Cunningham.. 79

The Two Boys .......Miss Lamb. . .

A Song to Creating Wisdom ... Watts. ...

The Coffee Slips ....... Miss Lamb. . . 84

The Battle of Blenheim ..... Southey. . . .

The Inchcape Rock . . . . . . Southey. ... 87

To my Birdie .. .. .. · Mrs. Southey..

The Grasshopper ...... Cowley. ...

The Castle by the Sea ..... Longfellow. . .

Casabianca ... .Mrs. Hemans. .

Lamentation for the Death of Celin. Lockhart. ...

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Flowers .......... Leigh Hunt. . .

Glenara .......... Campbell... 99

To the Grasshopper and Cricket . . Leigh Hunt. . . 100

Lord Ullen's Daughter ..... Campbell...

To the Fringed Gentian . .... Bryant. ....

My Doves ..Miss Barrett...

Troubadour Song .i....Mrs. Hemans. .

Human Frailty .... Cowper. ...

The Universal Prayer. ..... Pope. ..... 108

Sir Patrick Spence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

Lucy . . . . . . . . . . . Wordsworth. . 113

To a Mouse . . . . . . . . .

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Burns.

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To a Mountain Daisy ..... Burns. . . . 116

The Graves of a Household ... Mrs. Hemans. . 118

The Solitary Reaper ...... Wordsworth. . 119

The Adopted Child ...... Mrs. Hemans. . 120

Psalm.CXLVIII. ....... Sandys. . . . 122

Peace of Mind ........ Old Eng. Poetry. 123

An Elegy written in a Country

Churchyard ........ Gray. . ... 125

Ye Mariners of England . . . . . Campbell. . . 130

On Mungo Park's finding a Tuft of

Green Moss in the African Desert. Edin. Ch. Herald. 132

Landing of the Pilgrim Fathers .. Mrs. Hemans. . 134

A Child's First Impression of a Star . Willis. . . . 136

To a Child during Sickness. ... Leigh Hunt. . 137

The Dirge in Cymbeline . . . . Collins. ... 138

The Passage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139

That each Thing is hurt of itself . . Old Eng. Poetry. 140

The King of the Crocodiles ... Southey. . . . 141

Burial of Sir John Moore .....

The Traveller's Return ..... Southey. . . . 145

Adoration of the Deity in the Midst of

his Works...... T. Moore. . . 146

Charade ....... ... Praed. ... 147

Winter ........... Burns. ... 148

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Launching into Eternity ..... Watts. ... 149

On a Leaf from the Tomb of Virgil Mrs. Hemans. . 149

The May Queen . . . . Tennyson... 150

New Year's Eve ....... Tennyson. ...

She was a Phantom of Delight . . . Wordsworth. . 156

The Lost Pleiad ... . . Mrs. Hemans. . .

Coronach .......... Sir W. Scott. . 158

The Pauper's Death-bed . .... Mrs. Southey..

An Invitation to praise God ... Watts. ...

To the Evening Wind ....... Bryant. ': ..

The Erl King . . . . ...

Lament of Mary Queen of Scots. Burns. ... 164

Avarice . . . . . . . . . . George Herbert.

The Trumpet ........ Mrs. Hemans. . 167

Farewell to the Muse, .. • Sir W. Scott. . 168

True Riches . . . . . .

: Watts. ... 169

The Moss Rose . . . . .

· · . . ... 171

A Monarch's Death-bed ..... Mrs. Hemans. , 172

On Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173

Virtue ............ George Herbert. 174

To a Skylark . ........ Wordsworth. . 174

To the Bramble-flower ..... Elliott. . . .

Lines written in a Highland Glen . Wilson. . . . 176

The Evening Rainbow .. ... Southey. . . . 177

Book of the World ...... Drummond. . 178

The Skylark . . . . . . . Hogg. .. .

To Daffodils ......... Herrick. . ...

The Hermit. . . . . . . . · Beattie. ...

Song of the Silent Land ..... Longfellow. . . 182

Ode . . . . . . . . . . . · Collins. ... 183

To our Eldest Heir ..... Mrs. H. Coleridge. 183

The Husbandman . . . . . . · Sterling. . . . 184

Hellvellyn ......... Sir W. Scott. . 185

The Reaper and the Flowers ... Longfellow. . . 187

The Flowers of the Forest .... Mrs. Cockburn. 188

The Tragedy of the Lac de Gaube · Milnes. ... 189

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Autumn Musings....... Burns. ... 192

On the Shortness of Human Life . . Wastell. ...

Sensibility ... . .. .. . Burns. ...

Slossoms ... ..... Herrick. · · · 195

Love . . . . . . . . . . . Milnes. . . 196

Burial of the Minnisink ..... Longfellow. . 196

Heaven .. ... . ... From Festus..

Arnold Winkelried ...... Montgomery. 199

On Myself .. ... .. Cowley. ...

The Grasshopper ....

Tennyson. .. 201

A Grecian Anecdote ...... Milnes. ... 203

The Death of the Flowers .... Bryant. ... 204

The Coral Grove .... ... Percival. . . . 206

A Happy Life ........ Sir Henry Wotton. 207

Knowledge and Wisdom ... Cowper. ... 208

Good Temper ........

More..... 208

Virtue ..

Old Eng. Poetry. 208

Constancy . . . . . . .. George Herbert. 209

Times go by Turns ...... Southwell. . . 210

To Sorrow .: ....... Milnes. ... 211

Humilibus dat Gratiam ..... Peacham. .. 213

On the Death of a Friend ... Milnes. ...

To a Virtuous Young Lady ... Milton. . ..

Twenty-Second Sunday after Trinity Keble. . ..

The Beggar . . . · · · · J. R. Lowell..

Ode to Duty . . . . . . . . . Wordsworth. . 219

Milnes. ....

Death's Final Conquest. .... Shirley. .. . 221

The Widow to her Hour-glass ... Bloomfield. . . 222

Hymn to Diana ... .. . Jonson. '. .. 224

The Men of Old ...Milnes. .. . 224

The Worth of Hours . . . . . . Milnes. ... 226

· Abou Ben Adhem and the Angel . . Leigh Hunt. . 228

The Violet-girl ........ Milnes. ... 228

From Eleonora ........ Dryden. ...

The Deserted House ...... Tennyson. . . 230

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Familia

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A Psalm of Life ......Longfellow....

Bermudas . . . . . . . . . Marvell. . . . 232

Twenty-Fourth Sunday after Trinity Keble. . ...

A Sonnet . . . . . . . . . . Wordsworth. . 235

Experience ......... Jane Taylor. . 235

Say, Henry, should a man of mind . . . . . . . 237

Sonnet . .......... J. R. Lowell. .238

The Forerunners ....... R. W. Emerson. 239

The Summer Evening . . . . . Clare. · · · 240

To the Rainbow ....... Campbell. .. 241

Hymn of the Cherokee Indian . . . I. McLellan, Jr. 243

Chidhar the Prophet ...... Milnes. ... 245