The smile that has blest them will bless them no more,
And approval and counsel forever are o’er.
But the angel of mercy recorded thy prayers,
And in gloom and in sunshine thy God will be theirs.
1828. E. P. K.
SPRING.
Oh! the world looks glad, for the spring has smiled,
And the birds are come with their “wood-notes wild,”
And the waters leap with a joyous sound,