Its glory where its duty leads,

Amidst the world’s distraction.

To such resign’d, of that fair band

Of daughters fit to cherish,

Each shall be cheer’d in heart and hand,

And feel love’s holy fires expand

Till lost to things that perish.


REVIEW OF NEW BOOKS.

Poetical Remains of the late Lucretia Maria Davidson, Collected and Arranged by her Mother: with a Biography by Miss Sedgwick. Lea and Blanchard: Philadelphia.