In the lonely wilderness,
Where no roof to that bless’d head
Shelter gave—
Father! through the time of dread,
Save—oh, save!
BURIAL OF AN EMIGRANT’S CHILD IN THE FORESTS.
Scene.—The banks of a solitary river in an American forest. A tent under pine-trees in the foreground. Agnes sitting before the tent, with a child in her arms apparently sleeping.
Agnes. Surely ’tis all a dream—a fever-dream!
The desolation and the agony—
The strange, red sunrise, and the gloomy woods,