But, ere the sufferer they behold,

His wither’d Heart, is DEAD,—and COLD!

THE
WIDOW’s HOME.

Close on the margin of a brawling brook

That bathes the low dell’s bosom, stands a Cot;

O’ershadow’d by broad Alders. At its door

A rude seat, with an ozier canopy

Invites the weary traveller to rest.

’Tis a poor humble dwelling; yet within,

The sweets of joy domestic, oft have made