Lewie;
or,
The Bended Twig
by Cousin Cicely
AUTHOR OF THE “SILVER LAKE STORIES,” ETC. ETC.
“Train up this child for me, and I will give thee thy wages.”
“Mother! thy gentle hand hath mighty power,
For thou alone may’st train, and guide, and mould,
Plants that shall blossom with an odor sweet,
Or like the cursed fig-tree, wither and become
Vile cumberers of the ground.”
AUBURN:
ALDEN, BEARDSLEY & CO.
ROCHESTER:
WANZER, BEARDSLEY & CO.
1854.
Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1853, by
ALDEN BEARDSLEY & CO.
In the Clerk’s Office for the Northern District of New York.