Felicia Hemans

“ Blessing be shed upon thine inmost heart,
Joy, from kind looks, blue skies, and flowery sod,
For that pure voice of thoughtful wisdom sent
Forth from thy cell, in sweetness eloquent
Of love to man, and quenchless trust in God! ”

“ Fraught with its picture, oft in startling gleams
Flash o'er their souls.—But One, oh! One alone,
For us the ruined fabric may rebuild,
And bid the wilderness again be filled
With Eden-flowers—One, mighty to atone! ”

“ Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 36, Pages 65-66
THE ENGLISH BOY.
BY MRS HEMANS.
"Go, call thy sons; instruct them what a debt
They owe their ancestors; and make them swear
To pay it, by transmitting down entire
Those sacred rights to which themselves were born." ”

“ Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 36, Page 801
VII.
ON READING COLERIDGE'S EPITAPH, WRITTEN BY HIMSELF.
Spirit! so oft in radiant freedom soaring
High through seraphic mysteries unconfined,
And oft a diver through the deeps of mind,
Its caverns, far below its waves, exploring ”