While of nought else I think; to him I give Bear him within my heart, as mothers bear THE VOW. That is the hour, beloved of Heaven, Then lowly kneel them down to pray, That youth's devoted fire Should ever burn with equal sway, That when fast-gathering storms prevail, And sorrow dims the tearful eye; Those vows might not be given in vain : And oh in man's most dreary hour, Has woman's voice the magic power That tames the haughty heart, and glads the aching sight, And gilds with brighter beam the deep'ning night. wwwww LORD PORCHester. SONG. Deck not with gems that lovely form for me, I must have loved thee had'st thou not been fair. How oft, when half in tears, thou hast beguiled The sorrow from my heart, and I have smiled. Oh! form'd alike my tears and smiles to share, I must have loved thee hadst thou not been fair. Time on that cheek his withering hand may press, BAYLEY. F THE PRAYER OF EARTHLY LOVE. Unseen she pray'd, With all the still, small whispers of the night, And with her God alone! She lifted up Her sad, sweet voice, while trembling o'er her head The dark leaves thrill'd with prayer the tearful prayer Of woman's quenchless yet repentant love. "Father of spirits, hear! Look on the inmost soul, to Thee reveal'd ; Look on the fountain of the burning tear, Before thy sight in solitude unseal'd! "Hear, Father! hear and aid! If I have loved too well, if I have shed, "If I have sought to live But in one light, and made a mortal eye -Thou, that art Love, oh! pity and forgive! "Chasten'd and school'd at last, No more my struggling spirit burns, But fix'd on Thee, from that vain worship turns! -What have I said? the deep dream is not past. "Yet hear! If still I love, Oh! still too fondly-if, for ever seen, An earthly image comes my soul between, And thy calm glory, Father, throned above; "If still a voice is near (Even while I strive these wanderings to control) An earthly voice, disquieting my soul, With its deep music, too intensely dear “O, Father, draw to Thee My lost affections back!—the dreaming eyes Clear from the mist - sustain the heart that dies; Give the worn soul once more its pinions free! "I must love on, O God! This bosom must love on! but let Thy breath Touch and make pure the flame that knows not death, Bearing it up to Heaven, Love's own abode !" I do love violets! They tell the history of woman's love; They shed no perfume: the flowers may remain WEDDED LOVE. LANDON. In joyous youth what soul hath never known Thought, feeling, taste, harmonious to his own? Who hath not paus'd while Beauty's pensive eye Ask'd from his heart the homage of a sigh? Who hath not own'd, with rapture-smitten frame, The power of grace, the magic of a name? Who that would ask a heart to dulness wed, No; And say, without our hopes, without our fears, |