Occasional Poems; A New Year's Offering (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1851 Excerpt: ... TO MY HUSBAND, ON THE FIRST NEW-YEAR'S DAT AFTER MARRIAGE. Accept this heart, --a gift from me; 'T is sad, --yet joyous, too, For Present, Past, Futurity, My all, in thee I view. My life has been a summer's day, And love the lightning-storm, Whose fitful flash illumed its way To dazzle more than warm. Friends, fortune, kindred, future, smiled Upon my earliest view; And I, like every spoiled child, Thought love was but my due. Thou say'st the world have deemed me vain, Whose heart, so light and free, Could, sporting with another's chain, Exult in liberty. But now, in silken fetters fast, This wayward heart of mine, Its wandering o'er, is tied at last, And anchored fast to thine, --Far prouder that thy heart's my own, Than I have ever been; For well its worth and truth are known, Though by thyself unseen. The vine that twines around the tree Can bear the blast as well; Thus 'mid the storms of life may we In closest union dwell. And if we 're called by Heaven to part Upon some future day, I'd wish in truth I had no heart To mourn thee when away. Away away this fearful dream Of what may never be, And let the Present brightly beam With Hope's blest augury. TO THE WATER-FALL OR BASIN IN FRANCONIA NOTCH, N. H. Sweet fountain, like a vision bright Bursting upon our raptured sight, Enrobed in wreaths of foam, Secluded from the eye of man The vestal streamlet first began, Till, from its mountain home, The timid truant stole along, Then, growing bolder and more strong, It broke its barrier through, Bursting its flinty chain away, To fall in drops of dazzling spray That mock the rainbow's hue. Thy rocky bed seems hard and cold To cradle one of such soft mould, Yet landscapes round thee rise, That angels might exchange with thee The place of their nativity, Nor miss their...