FOR CHILDREN. 53

Child in age and child in heart,
Gold, and gems, and bright array,
Could not joy or pride impart ;
Thou hadst treasures more than they ;—
More than courtiers kneeling low ;
More than flattery’s ready smile ;
More than conquest o’er the foe ;
‘ More, even more, than England’s isle :-—

Treasures in which mind hath part; -

. Joys that teach the soul to rise ;

Hopes that can sustain the heart
When the body droops and dies.

Therefore, star, thou art not shaded
By the darkness of the tomb !
Royal rose ! thou art not faded,
In heaven, we trust, thou still dost bloom.

Miss Jewsbury.

 

THE KITTENS AND THE VIPER.

CuosE by the threshold of a door nailed fast
Three kittens sat; each kitten looked aghast ;

I, passing swift and inattentive by,

At the three kittens cast a careless eye ;

Little concerned to know what they did there ;
Not deeming kittens worth a poet’s care.

But presently a loud and furious hiss

Caused me to stop, and to exclaim,“ What's this?”
When lo! with head erect and fiery eye,

A dusky viper on the ground I spy.
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