The Boarding School; Lessons of a Preceptress to Her Pupils / Consisting of Information, Instruction and Advice, Calculated to Improve the Manners and Form the Character of Young Ladies. To Which Is Added, a Collection of Letters, Written by the Pupils to Their Instructress, Their Friends, and Each Other.

by Hannah Webster Foster

Joy supports returning care,

Mirth the ready hand attends,

Pleasing hope the toil befriends.

Hark! the shady groves resound,

Love and praise re-echo round,

Music floats in every gale,

Peace and harmony prevail.

Here no stormy passions rise,

Here no feuds impede our joys,

Here ambition never roams,