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THE ATTEMPT.
by gossip and gossips. Let us never indulge in the former, and let us have nothing to
do with the latter. S, E. S. M.
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linfji 0n h ®ptr Smiling in SIffjp'.
Lo ! what a beauteous sight is here !
What sight to parent’s heart more dear,
’Mong childhood’s winning wiles ?
’Neath curtains white, with fringes deep,
A lovely baby-boy doth sleep,
And while he sleeps, he smiles.
Sweet bahe, as harmless as the dove,
To see thee now doth kindle love
In warmest, brightest rays ;
The more we gaze thy smiles increase,
Surely such innocence and peace
Must be watched o’er by fays.
The drooping eyelid, hiding light
From thy two orbs so blue and bright,
The brow untouched by care,
The ruby lips that kissing seek,
The dimples in thy velvet cheek,
Would tell that sylphs dwell there.
But what doth cause the witching smile,
That doth thy father’s cares beguile—
Thy mother’s toil repay ?
Dream’st thou thy watching sylphides wait,
That thou may’st see their revels late,
In woodlands light as day ?
Or, hear’st thou now sweet tinkling bells,
To waft thee to the fairy dells
Of mirth and gaiety ?
No ! holier far thy gentle joy,
Sweet visions do thy thoughts employ,
For angels whisper thee.
While messengers of grace and love,
Descend to bless thee from above,
In copious plenteousness,
Sweet sounds do also meet thine ears,
Like to the music of the spheres—
Angelic symphonies.
Dear boy, in infancy and youth,
And age, oh ! follow close the truth,
That so, kept free from guile,
When angels thee to heaven will bear,
Thy new and glorious face may wear
A sweet perpetual smile !
Pko Yietute.
Sm-Sibf life.
Who does not look forward with longing and anticipations of pleasure to a sea-side
visit 1 I know we always did, and found the delights as many as we expected. Usually
it is to a place on a flat sandy coast we have gone to find change and renewed health,