And may the few be well chosen.


Evils in the journey of life are like the hills which alarm travelers upon their road; they both appear great in the distance, but when we approach them, we find them far less insurmountable than we had conceived.


Miss ----! O Miss ----!

What can I write that’s new

Among so very many

Pretty compliments to you?

In poetry, I fear I’d fail—

I’m very sure I’d stammer—