ale flowrets grew:
No sunlight fell in the sombre dell,
Raindrop nor dew.

Bring them to light, where all is bright,
See if they grow?
Yes, stem and leaf are green,
While, hid in crimson sheen,
The petals glow.

Girl blossoms, too, love the sun and dew,
And the soft air:
Hidden from love's eye they fade and die,
In city low or cloister high,
Yes, everywhere.

Give them but love, the fire from above,
And they will grow,
The once cold children of the gloom,
Rich in their bloom, shedding perfume
On high and low.

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We beg leave to remind our readers that Mr. LELAND'S new book, _Sunshine
in Thought_, retail price $1, is given as a premium to all who subscribe
$3 in advance to the CONTINENTAL MONTHLY. Will the reader permit us to
call attention to the following notice of the work from the Philadelphia
_Evening Bulletin_:

'A beautiful volume, entitled _Sunshine in Thought_, by Charles
Godfrey Leland, has just been published by Charles T. Evans. No
work from Mr. Leland's pen has afforded us so much pleasure, and we
recommend it to all who want and relish bright, refreshing,
cheering reading. It consists of a number of essays, the main idea
of which is to inculcate joyousness in thought and feeling, in
opposition to the sickly, sentimental seriousness which is so much
affected in literature and in society. That a volume based on this
one idea should be filled with reading that is never tiresome, is a
proof of great cleverness. But Mr. Leland's varied learning, and
his extensive acquaintance with foreign as well as English
literature, combine with his native talent to qualify him for such
a work. He has done nothing so well, not even his admirable
translation of Heine's _Reisebilder_. He is thoroughly imbued with
the spirit of his motto, '_Hilariter_,' and in expressing his
bright thoughts, he has been peculiarly felicitous in style.
Nothing of his that we have read shows so much elegance and polish.
Every chapter in the book is delightful, but we especially enjoyed
that on 'Tannhaeuser,' with the fine translation and subsequent
elucidation of the famous legend.' But the boldest and most
original chapter is the concluding one, with its strange
speculations on 'The Musical After-Life of the Soul,' and the
after-dea