Tell me what thing will make it feel delight;

Tell me when it is modest, when 'tis vain;

Tell me when it is wrong and when 'tis right:

But tell me this, all other things above,—

Can it feel, Sage, the thing that man calls "Love"?


To Phyllis Reading a Letter.

A smile is curving o'er her creamy cheek,

Her bosom swells with all a lover's joy,