CONTENTS. Page. Autumnal Musings-By John Pierpont Passage of the Beresina-By Mrs. Sigourney The Seven Vagabonds—By the Author of "The Gentle Boy' 49 Lines on seeing a Soldier of the Revolution surrounded by his Delhi, a Tale of the East-By the Author of The Affianced One' 113 Sir William Pepperell-By the Author of Sights from a Steeple' 124 Italian Peasant's Song-By Thomas Gray, Jun. To A Wild Deer-By Charles West Thomson Gibraltar-By the late J. 0. Rockwell. The Hypochondriac's Good Night The Bridesmaid-By H. F. Gould . Fall of Missolongbi-By B. B. Thatcher Parisian Milliners and the Fishes-By Mrs. Sigourney 203 217 223 247 249 250 265 . 270 273 275 276 277 Belshazzar's Feast-By Thomas Gray, Jun. The Bridal Ring-By Miss Sedgwick . Blind Grandfather-By T. Flint . A Night Thought-By Grenville Mellen On a Noisy Politician-By C. Sherry The Stolen Match-By Caleb Cushing The Wasp and the Hornet-By Oliver Wendell Holmes The Philosopher to his Love ... The forest leaves are sere and dead, The wind has strewn the ground with flowers, But yet not all the bloom has fled From this wide varying world of ours. III. There is a flower, whose leaves unfold Upon the chill autumnal air ; Unmindful of the wind or cold It blossoms still serene and fair. IV. It issues from a nobler stem Than gives the rose or lily birth, 'Tis gathered from its native earth. V. It fears not Time's relentless hand; It shrinks not from the wintry weather; Content to twine the golden band, Which links remembering hearts together. VI. Then, lady, take the blooming flower ; Perhaps 'twill image to your eyes The radiance of your summer bower, The waving trees and sunny skies. VII. But should it haply fail to move One pleasant thought, one bygone dream, The gift, you know, at least may prove A TOKEN-merely of esteem. E. |