To gild again thy native skies,

From which thou once wert torn;

For thy earthly mission’s over,

To the dust oppression’s hurled;

Thou’st struck to none but a deathless power,

’Mid the wrecks of a falling world.

Avena.

STORY AND SENTIMENT,
OR, CONVERSATIONS WITH A MAN OF TASTE AND IMAGINATION.

No. 3.

A NIGHT AT THE FARM HOUSE.[1]