In mansions bright and fair;
For thou, with sweet attractive art,
To make Heaven dearer to my heart,
Hast placed my jewels there!
Boston, October 11, 1840.
TO THE REV. J—— P——, OF BOSTON.
Written after reading some of his touching poems, particularly the one entitled, “My father, mother, brothers, and sisters.”
O, tell me! art thou not life-weary now,
Thou of the noble heart and lofty brow?
Or canst thou breast the waves that round thee rise,