Clamor, clangor, grasp and groan!”—
Desolated: By Fanny Downing. (E. V. M. ’69.)
“A weight of suffering my spirit seals
As I stand of life’s sweetest joys bereft,”—
Despondency: By Tenella. [Mrs. M. B. Clarke of N. C.] (E. V. M.)
“The waters in life’s goblet sink,
Which late were foaming to its brink”—
The Despot’s Song: By Old Secesh. Baltimore, March 15, 1862. (R. R.)
“With a beard that was filthy and red
His mouth with tobacco bespread”—