CONTENTS. Stanzas . . . . . . WILLIS G. CLARK 244 The Merrimack . . . , John G. WHITTIER 247 Song of the Flower Spirit . . WILLIAM G. Simms 254 Bob-O’Linkum . . . CHARLES F. HOFFMAN 255 My Mother's Grave . . . . James ALDRICH 258 The Dove's Errand . . . . PARK BENJAMIN 260 Leila . . . . . . . GEORGE HILL 264 The Trailing Arbutus . . SARAH H. WHITMAN 265 The Hunter's Vision . . . WILLIAM C. BRYANT 268 To the Mocking Bird . . . . ALBERT PIKE 271 To a Shower . . . . JAMES W. MILLER 274 Flowers . . . . . HENRY PICKERING 277 Hebrew Melody . . . PROSPER M. WETMORE 279 The Steam-Boat . . . Oliver W. HOLMES 281 The Closing Year . . . GEORGE D. PRENTICE 284 The Two Voices . . . . . G. W. PATTEN 290 Where Lives the Soul of Poetry . W. H. C. HOSMER 292 Weehawken . . . . ROBERT C. SANDS 297 A Morning Invocation . . . . Eres SARGENT 299 Light . . . . . WILLIAM P. PALMER 301 The Leaf . . . . . SAMUEL G. GOODRICH 304 Extract from the Judgment JAMES A. HILLROUSE 306 The Dying Boy . . . . . J. H. BRIGHT 309 Stanzas . . . . . . EDWARD SANFORD 312 The Chieftain's Daughter . . GEORGE P. MORRIS 313 ILLUSTRATIONS. L.L. DAPONTE 13 . . . " " 16 . E. C. EMBURY 25 . H. W. Longfellow 36 . . W. ALLSTON 41 . . . W. B. TAPPAN . . R. H. DANA 54 . . . 1 6 55 . . C. SPRAGUE 65 . . . . G. Hill 68 . . W.C. BRYANT 74 . . . 1675 " " LUCY HOOPER 90 . 16 91 . . L. H. SIGOURNEY ICI . W. O. B. PEABODY 194 . . . H. F. Gould 113 . ALBERT PIKE 116 . R. M. CHARLTON 337 . . H. T. T'UCKERMAN 140 . . C. Wilcox 161 J. A. Hillhouse 164 • J. G. PERCIVAL 185 • AMELIA B. WELBY 188 . . E. F. ELLET 209 . W. D. Gallagher 212 . M. M. Davidson 221 . Mary E. LEE 224 . . W.G. CLARK 245 . . J. G. WHITTIER 248 . . C. F. HOFFMAN 257 . . Park BENJAMIN 260 O. W. HOLMES 281 . G. D. PRENTICE 284 Mrs. Hemans . . . Monadnock . . . Moon upon the Spire. Neptune . . . Only One Night at Sea To an Elm . . . Spring in New England Hadad . . . . Prometheus To the Memory of a Friend To a Waterfall . . . Mothers of the West . To a Moonbeam . Lines to the Dead. Stanzas . . .. The Merrimack Bob O'Linkum. . Dove's Errand Steamboat . . . The Closing Year. | The monarch held his banquet To music's pleasant sound, And the ruddy bowl That blinds the soul With the flashing wine was crowned; And beauty all unlovely With bright but hollow eye, In rapture wild Upon him smiled FALL OF BABYLON. What ho, what ho, the goblet ! My father stood On the field of blood They bent the knee His face to see, But where is he, the mighty, They have laid him low With the conquered foe, Ere half his work was done. But the joy of the bounding pulse And the heart that laughs at care, They are found in the throng Of the dance and song, And the monarch's feast to share. What ho, what ho, the goblet ! And prophets of old Have blessed the gold, And the gods have made it mine : |