CONTENTS.
- WIMBLEDON; OR, THE HERMIT OF THE CEDARS,[7]
- SCRAGGIEWOOD, A TALE OF AMERICAN LIFE,[245]
- ALICE ORVILLE; OR, LIFE IN THE SOUTH AND WEST,[329]
- COME TO ME WHEN I'M DYING,[401]
- ELLEN,[404]
- I'M TIRED OF LIFE,[405]
- LINES TO A FRIEND, ON REMOVING FROM HER NATIVE VILLAGE,[407]
- HO FOR CALIFORNIA![409]
- N. P. ROGERS,[411]
- LINES,[413]
- HENRY CLAY,[415]
- THE SOUL'S DESTINY,[417]
- LINES TO A MARRIED FRIEND,[419]
- NEW ENGLAND SABBATH BELLS,[421]
- MY HEART,[423]
- OUR HELEN,[425]
- MY BONNET OF BLUE,[427]
- DARK-BROWED MARTHA,[429]
[WIMBLEDON;
OR
THE HERMIT OF THE CEDARS.]
CHAPTER I.
"The stars are out, and by their glistening light,
I fain would whisper in thine ear a tale;
Wilt hear it kindly? and if long and dull
Believe me far more deeply grieved than thou."