I have made a voyage upon a golden river,
'Neath clouds of opal and of amethyst.
Along its banks bright shapes were moving ever,
And threatening shadows melted into mist.

The eye, unpracticed, sometimes lost the current,
When some wild rapid of the tide did whirl,
While yet a master hand beyond the torrent
Freed my frail shallop from the perilous swirl.

Music went with me, fairy flute and viol,
The utterance of fancies half expressed,
And with these, steadfast, beyond pause or trial,
The deep, majestic throb of Nature's breast.

My journey nears its close--in some still haven
My bark shall find its anchorage of rest,
When the kind hand, which every good has given,
Opening with wider grace, shall give the best.

INDEX

Abbott, Francis E.,
his comparison of Jesus and Socrates, 208;
expounds his views, 289.

Abbott, Rev. Jacob,
stanza to, 91.

"Accademia," an,
in Rome, 130.

Adams, John Quincy,
on Governor Andrew's staff, 266.

Adams, Mrs. John (Abigail Smith),
anecdote of, 36.

Agassiz, Alexander, 184;
lectures to the Town and Country Club, 406.

Agassiz, Louis,
personal appearance, 182;
scientific interests, 183;
attends Mrs. Howe's parlor lectures, 306.

Agassiz, Mrs. Louis (Elizabeth Cary),
president of Radcliffe College, 183.

Albinola,
an Italian patriot, 120.

Alfieri,
dramas of, 57, 206.

Alger, William R.,
attends Mrs. Howe's parlor lectures, 306.

Allston, Washington,
his studio, 429;
at a dinner to Charles Dickens, 431.

Almack's,
ball at, 105, 106.

Anagnos, Michael, 313;
marries Julia Romana Howe, 441.

Anagnos, Mrs. Michael,
born at Rome, 128;
accompanies her parents to Europe, 313;
her death, 439;
her work and study, 440;
her Metaphysical Club, and interest in the blind, 441.

Andrew, John A.,
war governor of Massachusetts, 258;
his character, 259;
his genial nature, 260;
becomes governor of Massachusetts, 261;
pays for the legal defense of John Brown, 262;
a Unitarian: broad religious sympathies, 263, 264;
his energy in national affairs, 265;
his trips about the State, 266;
supports emancipation, 267;
arranges an interview with Lincoln for the Howes, 271;
his faith in Lincoln, 272.

Anthon, Charles,
professor at Columbia College