viewed, I should feel it quite necessary to
improve it, (the poetry, I mean.) But as it would require quite too much
exertion for my eyes in their present state, and as the history, dates,
&c., I believe, are correct, I send it to the press "with all its
imperfections on its head."

CONTENTS.

Kings and Queens of England
To my Daughter Elizabeth
Acrostic
The Evening of Life
An Acrostic
An Acrostic
Written upon receiving a New Year's Gift
Lines to the Memory of Patrick Kelley
My S.S. Class
For my Grandsons, Eddie and Allie
For my Granddaughters, M. and L., an Acrostic
To my Friend, Mrs.R.
To my Niece, Angeline
An Acrostic
An Acrostic
She slumbers still
To a Friend in the City
Reply
Rejoinder to the foregoing Reply
To my Friend, Mr.J. Ellis
A Pastoral
The Jessamine
For the Sabbath School Concert
Feed my Lambs
God is Love
To my Friend, Mrs. Lloyd
Escape of the Israelites
Ordination Hymn
Margaret's Remembrance of Lightfoot
The Clouds return after the Rain
The Nocturnal Visit
Sovereignty and Free Agency
Autumn and Sunset
"My times are in thy hand"
November
Winter
Life's Changes
"They will not frame their doings"
"Take no thought for the morrow"
Reminiscences of the Departed
"Let me die the death of the righteous"
The Great Physician
To my Niece, Mrs. M.A. Caldwell
The Morning Drive, for my Daughter Margaret
Reply to a Toast
To Mr. C.R.
To my Missionary Friends
To my Husband

POEMS.

THE KINGS AND QUEENS OF ENGLAND,

FROM THE BATTLE OF HASTINGS OR THE NORMAN CONQUEST, TO THE PRESENT REIGN,
INCLUSIVE.

First, William the Norman lays claim to the crown
And retains it till death; then follows his son
The red headed William, whose life is cut short
By a shot from his friend, when hunting for sport.
Then Henry his brother takes quiet possession,
As Henry the first, of the great English nation.
Next Stephen, a kinsman gets the crown by his might,
But no one pretends to say he had a right.
Then comes Hal the second, who cuts a great figure
With Becket, fair Rosamond and Queen Eliner.
The Lion-hearted _Richard_, first of that name,
Succeeded his father in power and in fame;
He joined the Crusade to a far distant land
But his life was cut short by a murderous hand.
Next comes the _cruel_ and _cowardly_ John,
From whose hand, reluc