. Recollections of a lifetime : or men and things I have seen ; in a series of familiar letters to a friend ; historical, biographical, anecdotical, and descriptive . ^ all—he never suggested byhis appearance, an idea but of life, and enjoyment,and success, and prosperit3\ Yet he was suddenlytaken from us. We mourned, though remembranceswere mingled with our grief which softened, if theycould not wholly remove it. His simple virtues,faintly recorded in the following stanzas, are stillmore indelibly written on our hearts: A MEMORIAL. oil, tell nie not that Edens falllias lelt alike its blight o
. Recollections of a lifetime : or men and things I have seen ; in a series of familiar letters to a friend ; historical, biographical, anecdotical, and descriptive . ^ all—he never suggested byhis appearance, an idea but of life, and enjoyment,and success, and prosperit3\ Yet he was suddenlytaken from us. We mourned, though remembranceswere mingled with our grief which softened, if theycould not wholly remove it. His simple virtues,faintly recorded in the following stanzas, are stillmore indelibly written on our hearts: A MEMORIAL. oil, tell nie not that Edens falllias lelt alike its blight on all—For one 1 knew from very birth,Who scarcely bore the stains of wondrous Inimp of skull had lie—No mark of startling prodigy;His ways were gentle, tranquil, mild— Such as befit a hai)py child— AVith thoughtful face, though bland and fair—Of hazel eye and auburn liair. AVhen ^vitll his mates in mirthful glee—A simj>le, joyous boy was he,AVhose harmless wit, or gentle joke,A echo oficn woke. 5«;r_ -^ ^_ -*fc42-*-^. The Sti-dent. f*n. hive I seen liim in llie wood. Wrapt in a meditative mood. Vol. 2, p. 43:j. HISTORICAL, ANECDOTICAL, ETC. .433 He gaily joined the ardent chase,And often won the bantering sled, endowed with seeming skill,Flew swiftest down the snowy hill;And oer the lake his gliding skatesLeft far behind his panting mid the strife the gentle boyCaught only bliss, and no vulgar oath—th offensive word—The lie, the jeer, the scoff, he heard—Yet none of these eer soiled his tongue,Or oer his breast their shadow flung;Ko Ijidden vice, no lurking sin,Told on his brow a curse within;And still, as years flew lightly oer,The stamp of truth and peace he bore. If thus he loved the sportive mood,. Still more he loved alone to broodAlong the winding rivers brim,Through arching forests hoar and dim; - Beside the oceans shelly where the surly cataracts not an idle dreamer he,Who waste
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