CONTAINING
It is necessary not only to practise a little, but to practise a great deal.
In this way ease, grace, and fluency are acquired.
OH! TELL ME, I SAID, RAPID STREAM OF THE VALLEY,
THAT BEAR'ST IN THY COURSE THE BLUE WATERS AWAY,
CAN THE JOYS OF LIFE'S MORNING AWAKE BUT TO VANISH,
CAN THE FEELINGS OF LOVE BE ALL DOOM'D TO DECAY?
AN ECHO REPEATED—"ALL DOOM'D TO DECAY."