The Philopoena: or, Friendship's offering ; a gift for all seasons . hiladelphia, T. M. 44« APOSTROPHE TO THE SEA. Sea ! boundless, vast, illimitable Sea !I stand upon thy rocky marge, and gazeWith rapt and silent wonder on each wave,And drink your everlasting minstrelsyWith joy that knows no measure, till all thought,And feeling, and emotion that belongTo aught save thee—and even the sweet songI learned to sing in childhood—are forgot:And I would fain exchange lifes bitter lot, And all the ills which to this state sleep in thy deep bosom. Let them chooseWho may their resting-place i
The Philopoena: or, Friendship's offering ; a gift for all seasons . hiladelphia, T. M. 44« APOSTROPHE TO THE SEA. Sea ! boundless, vast, illimitable Sea !I stand upon thy rocky marge, and gazeWith rapt and silent wonder on each wave,And drink your everlasting minstrelsyWith joy that knows no measure, till all thought,And feeling, and emotion that belongTo aught save thee—and even the sweet songI learned to sing in childhood—are forgot:And I would fain exchange lifes bitter lot, And all the ills which to this state sleep in thy deep bosom. Let them chooseWho may their resting-place in the dark tomb,Amid its cheerless vapors, damps, and gloom,With vulgar bones to putrefy and rot,Age after age, till times swift wing shall loseIts power to soar, and sink unconscious downAmid the wreck of city and of town:These have no charms for me :—Oh let me sleepIn oceans depths, and corals be my sea-weeds twine a garland round my head,And waves make music oer me, till He voice shall make the sea give up her dead ! p. s. New York, I. 45 MRS. MARTEL OE, RICH AND POOR • The rich and the poor meet together, ami theI Lord is tlie maker of them all, meekly respond-ed the widow to the supercilious remarks of thebanker ; • and, added she, as one nature iscommon to all, so all are exposed to the humilia-ting mischances of life, and it may yet pleasei: Providence to illustrate, in your own experience,that poverty and affliction which you appear solittle to regard in the experience of The secretary here whispered to Mr. Avon- ;! dale that it might be well to read the letter of in-i| troduction which the widow had brousrht, as its rejection might give offence to the writer, a gen-tleman of influence in the commercial circles,and who had occasionally favored the house ofAvondale & Co. with some very profitable com-missions. Mrs. Avondale, who sat comforting her lap. 16 dog, that had been quite overcome by rage andterror on the appearance of the
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