She has two eyes, so soft and brown; She gives a side glance, and looks down; Trust her not; she is fooling thee! She gives thee a garland woven fair; It is a fool's cap for thee to wear; Trust her not; she is fooling thee! LONGFELLOW. Do any thing but love; or, if thou lovest, L. E. LANDON. PEACE seemed to reign upon earth, and the restless heart of the ocean Was for a moment consoled. All sounds were in har mony blended. Voices of children at play, the crowing of cocks in the farm yard, Whirl of wings in the drowsy air, and the cooing of pigeons, All were subdued and low as the murmurs of love, and the great sun Looked, with eye of peace, through the golden vapors around him. The sinner placed a verdant spray And turned in wordless grief away barred and banned! LONGFELLOW. A lost one O, be her guilt forgiven! Her dovelet bears an olive bough, Peace, sweet Peace, is ever found MRS. OSGOOD. MRS. EMBURY. All things that speak of heaven speak of peace. BAILEY. Ан, woman! in this world of ours, Though man's proud brow were bound with flowers, If destined to exist alone, And ne'er call woman's heart his own. GEORGE P. MORRIS. She wins me with caresses From passion's dark defiles: A loving wife. O brothers, Alas! your eyes are holden Too often till they go; Ye upward look while grieving, When they have passed from earth; O, cherish well those sitting This moment by thy hearth. FANNY FALES. OXEYE. Buphthalinum. LANGUAGE PATIENCE. To weary hearts, to mourning homes, There's quiet in that angel's glance, Angel of Patience! sent to calm O, thou who mournest on thy way, J. G. W. THE LISTENER. STORY OF HELEN CONWAY. ONCE, in my character of listener, I found myself in a large boarding school. Around me were gathered more than a hundred young girls, many of them of my own age, for I had been placed there for other purposes than listening; the happy creatures were therefore my companionssome of them dear friends, whom I love to this day, though many years have elapsed since I parted from them, and some of the best and dearest of them are separated from me by pathless seas. I was very young when placed in their midst, and was hundreds of miles from the home of my childhood; it was not strange, then, that I was lonely and sick hearted, for tasks were set me which frightened and discouraged me. I thought that in all that assembly no "kindly-beaming eye" fell on the little stranger, to cheer her and inspire her with a hope of happiness in the future. All around me were busily intent on arrangements for themselves for the opening term, or greetings were being exchanged between old scholars, separated during the long vacations, and merry voices gave utterance to merry hearts; the very teachers seemed to speak to others more winningly than to me. At length my tasks were apportioned me, and I |