THE FAIRY BOWER, OR THE HISTORY OF A MONTH. A TALE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE. There are who ask not if thine eye Be on them; who in love and truth, Upon the genial sense of youth: Glad hearts! without reproach or blot May joy be their's while life shall last, And thou, if they should totter, teach them to stand fast! WORDSWORTH'S ODE TO DUTY. LONDON: JAMES BURNS, PORTMAN STREET; AND HENRY MOZLEY AND SONS, DErby. 1841. 505. ADVERTISEMENT. It is hoped that the following little Tale may be looked upon as an attempt rather to represent characters as they really are, than to exhibit moral portraitures for unreserved imitation or avoidance. In this respect it may perhaps differ from most publications of the same class, and though it may not possess their poetical beauty, it may perhaps have the advantage over them, that it introduces young persons to those scenes and situations of life, which are their actual sphere and trial. Should this little story meet with encouragement, a further history of the youthful actors may perhaps appear, presenting them in a more confirmed and developed stage of character. |