CONTENTS.

PAGB

Say, Henry, should a Man of Mind, ........... 237

Sonnet, ............... J. R. Lowell. . . 238

The Forerunners, ........... R. W. Emerson. • 239

The Summer Evening, .....

.... Clare....... 240

To the Rainbow, ....... .... Campbell. .... 241

Hymn of the Cherokee Indian, . .. . 1. McLellan, Jr. • 243

Chidhar the Prophet, ......... Milnes. .... 245

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PART II.

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Some Murmur when their Sky is Clear,. R. C. Trench. . . 247

Weep not for Broad Lands Lost, .... R. C. Trench. . .217

Sundays, .............. Henry Vaughan. . 248

The Boy of Egremond, ........ Rogers. ..... 249

Life and Death,. ........... R. C. Trench. . . 250

By Grecian Annals it Remained Untold, . R. C. Trench. ..253

Fourth Sunday after Trinity, . ..... Keble. ......253

Is there, for Honest Poverty,...... Burns. ...... 257

The Greenwood Shrift, ........ Blackwood's Mag. . 253

Mutability, ............. Shelley. ..... 262

To the Moon,............. Shelley. .....263

or a Contented Mind,................-.. 263

The Friar of Orders Gray, ...... Percy. ......204

Sonnet on his Blindness, ........ Millon....... 263

To the Memory of Isabel Southey, ... Mrs. Southey. ..263

Employment, ............. George Herbert. . .270

The Isles of Greece, .......... Byron. ......271

Expostulation and Reply, .. .. Wordsworth. . . .274

The Tables turned, .......... Wordsworth. ... 275

Manhood, .........

C. A. Dana. .. . 276

The Cloud, .........

... Shelley...... 277

Break, break, break, .... ... Tennyson..... 230

Man was made to Mourn, ....... Burns. ......280

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The Marigold, .... .... George Wither. . .283

Sonnet, .....

... W. E. Channing. . 234

Life, . .....

... Henry King. . . .285

Sin, ......

Herbert. .....285

Sonnet, ............... Henry Alford. . .286

Labor,............

Milnes. .....286

Alms-giving, ......... Alilnes. .....283

The Patience of the Poor, ....... Milnes. .....291

Delight in God only, .....

Francis Quarles. . 294

Hymn of Apollo, ........ Shelley. .....295

A Genial Moment oft has given,

Trench. .....297

A Dewdrop, falling, ......

Trench. .....297

The Seed must die, ...... Trench. ..... 298

The Prioress' Tale, .....

Chaucer...... 298

Character of the Happy Warrior, . ... Wordsworth. . . .305

Compensation, ............ Trench. .....307

Sonnet, ............... Trench. ..... 308

Hymn before Sunrise, in the Vale of

Chamouni, ............. Coleridge. .... 309

The Praise of Men, .......... Trench. .....311

Couplets, .............. Trench. .....312

Intimations of Immortality from Recollec-

tions of Early Childhood, ...... Wordsworth. ...315

Sonnet, ...............

... Wordsworth. . . . 322

oraswotin. ... 32

Messiah,............ .... Pope. ......322

Lady Clara Vere de Vere, .. .. Tennyson. .... 326

Trial before Reward, ......... Francis Quarles. . 328

The Bard, ........

Gray. ......329

Sleep, ............

Miss Barrett. . . . 335

Providence, .. ..... ... ... Herbert. .... . 337

Arethusa, .............. Shelley. .... 339

The Cotter's Saturday Night, ..... Burns. ... 342

Disdain Returned, .......... Carcu. .... 348

Lake, with Lawny Banks that s.ope, ..........

Deep, deep within the Ocean's Breast, ......... 351

Isabel, ................ Tennyson. .... 352

Sunday, .. ............ Herbert...... 354

Hymn of Pan, ............ Shelley.

.... Shelley. .....355

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L'Allegro, .............. Millon. ... . 356

Il Penseroso,............. Millon. .... 360

Why thus Longing? ..

.. Miss Winslow.. . . 366

Vanity, ......

Herbert...... 367

The Cloud, . .....

Leigh Hunt. . . . 368

The Dryads, ......

.. Leigh Hunt. . .. 369

Man, ................ Herbert...... 371

To a Skylark, .......

.. Shelley. ..... 373

The Prisoner of Chillon, . . . .. Byron. .....

. 376

Sonnet, ...........

. . J. Blanco White. . 389

The Ancient Mariner, ..... . . Coleridge..... 339

Mirabeau, ........... . . Sterling. .... 411

The Stranger and his Friend, ... . . J. Montgomery. , 415

Legend of St. Jodocus, ....

From the German. 417

Elizabeth and the Roses, ... .. From the German. 119

Wee Willie, ..... .... .. Moir, . ..... 421

The Boy and the Angel, . .. . . Browning. ...

The Chimney Sweep, .... ...........

From Edwin the Fair, ......... Taylor, ..... 427

A Home Sonnet, ........... Hood. ...... 427

From Hours with the Muses,..... , J. C. Prince... 423

To a Friend after the Loss of a Child, ......... 423