THE LONELY GIRL.

She walk'd alone in the mingled throng,

But there were none to greet her;

The merry dance and the evening song

To her were one day sweeter.

She was dress'd in the pride of fashion's glare,

And diamonds round her glitter'd;

But beneath them lay a soul of care,

By distant thoughts embitter'd.

I saw her smile as her gallant pass'd,—