“It is the nightingale, and not the lark!”

O poet-heart, enamored of the Past,

That Romeo with the ruby in his ear!

No longer sicken to detain the dark:

Thine eyes along the clear horizon cast:

Behold, a fresh imperious dawn is here!

AN IVORY MINIATURE.

When State Street homes were stately still;

When out of town was Murray Hill;