[3] The Mocking-bird and the Nonpareil are birds peculiar to the south.
THE DYING AND THE DEAD.
Come to the bed of death!
Draw near—the dying hour has come;
The spirit now is going home!
Come, see the suff’rer—almost free
From life, and life’s last agony—
Resign his breath!
Beautiful sight—but sad!
That cheek, so lately clad