FOR CHILDREN. 173

For herself she hath no fears—
Him alone she sees and hears,
Makes efforts and complainings, nor gives o'er
Until her fellow sank, and re-appeared no more.
Wordsworth.

 

THE TRAVELLER IN AFRICA!
A NEGRO SONG,
Tue loud wind roared, the rain fell fast,
The white man yielded to the blast ;
He sate him down beneath our tree,
For weary, sad, and faint was he:
And, ah! no wife nor mother’s care
For him the milk and corn prepare.
CHORUS.
The white man shall our pity share ;
Alas! no wife or mother’s care
For him the milk and corn prepare.

The storm is o'er, the tempest past,
And mercy’s voice has hushed the blast ;
The wind is heard in whispers low,
The white man far away must go:
But ever in his heart will bear
Remembrance of the negro’s care.
CHORUS.
Go! white man, go! but with thee bear
The negro’s wish, the negro’s prayer,
Remembrance of the negro’s care.
Duchess of Devon.
1 These lines were suggested by an affecting incident in
the travels of Mungo Park in Africa, for the particulars of

which the young reader may refer to the 16th chapter of
his own interesting narrative. Q2