A PORTRAIT.

In those mild eyes, there is a light

Which dwells not with the evil; and

A calm repose upon thy features, which

Says thou art innocent. Around thee gleaming

There is a robe of more than loveliness,

Of form, and face, and hair: it is the charm

Of most majestic Goodness; which exalts

An earth-born frame into an angel's stature.

Oh! if this world had many like thyself,