LADIES' WREATH;

A SELECTION FROM THE

FEMALE POETIC WRITERS

OF

ENGLAND AND AMERICA.

WITH

ORIGINAL NOTICES AND NOTES:

PREPARED ESPECIALLY

FOR YOUNG LADIES.

A GIFT-BOOK FOR ALL SEASONS.

BY MRS. HALE,

Author of 'Northwood,' 'Flora's Interpreter,' 'Traits of American Life,' &c.

SECOND EDITION, IMPROVED AND ENLARGED.

BOSTON:

MARSH, CAPEN, LYON, AND WEBB.

Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1836, by

MARSH, CAPEN & LYON,

in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of Massachusetts.