Mrs. Hemans.

Thank God, bless God, all ye who suffer not

More grief than ye can weep for. That is well—

That is light grieving! lighter none befel,

Since Adam forfeited the primal lot.

Tears! what are tears? The babe weeps in its cot,

The mother singing: at her marriage bell

The bride weeps: and before the oracle

Of high-faned hills, the poet hath forgot

That moisture on his cheeks. Commend the grace,