of a music glass,
And as I saw the early robin pass,
To hear him thro' his little compass run--
Hath been a joy that I shall no more know
Before I to my better portion go.

SONNET.

Exquisite Laura! with thy pouting lip,
And the arch smile that makes me constant so--
Tempting me still like a dull bee to sip
The flower I should have left so long ago--
Beautiful Laura! who art just so fair
That I can think thee lovely when alone,
And still art not so wonderfully rare
That I could never find a prettier one--
Spirited Laura! laughing, weeping, crying
In the same breath, and gravest with the gay--
So wild, that Cupid ever shoots thee flying,
And knows his archery is thrown away--
Inconstant as I am, I cannot yet
Break thy sweet fetter, exquisite coquette!

SONNET.

There was a beautiful spirit in her air,
As of a fay at revel. Hidden springs,
Too delicate for knowledge, should be there,
Moving her gently like invisible wings;
And then her lip out-blushing the red fruit
That bursts with ripeness in the Autumn time,
And the arch eye you would not swear was mute,
And the clear cheek, as of a purer clime,
And the low tone, soft as a pleasant flute
Sent over water with the vesper chime;
And then her forehead with its loose, dark curl,
And the bewildering smile that made her mouth
Like a torn rose-leaf moistened of the South--
She has an angel's gifts--the radiant girl!

ANDRE'S REQUEST.

It is not the fear of death
That damps my brow;
It is not for another breath
I ask thee now;
I can die with a lip unstirr'd
And a quiet heart--
Let but this prayer be heard
Ere I depart.

I can give up my mother's look--
My sister's kiss;
I can think of love--yet brook
A death like this!
I can give up the young fame
I burn'd to win--
All--but the spotless name
I glory in!

Thine is the power to give,
Thine to deny,
Joy for the hour I live--
Calmness to die.
By all the brave should cherish,
By my dying breath,
I ask that I may perish
With a soldier's death!

DISCRIMINATION.

I used to love a radiant girl--
Her lips were like a rose leaf torn;
Her he