Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: WOMAN. " Lillelu ! " the country side Eings ever with the sweet refraiu ; But would'st thou hear him in his pride, Then seat thyself in yonder plain, And see that he's a six-year-old, A bird of courage in his prime, And let young April be the time, And thou shalt find him brave and bold- " Lillelu ! Lillelu ! Lillelu ! " l: Lillelu ! " he giveth thrice, In the sweetest tone he sings, " Toot-toot-toot," and " tulu " twice, Till the whole theatre rings. Then he makes his glorious runs O'er the octaves to the close, Major notes and minor ones, Seeking, not till night, repose- - " Lillelu! Lillelu ! Lillelu !" February 10th, 1876. WOMAN, Sweet woman brightens daily life, By love and cheerful duty ; Our rainbow, in its storm of strife, That paints the cloud with beauty. A LOVE SONG. A Rapture trilling from the heart, A gush of inspiration, A sigh we breathe, when far apai t, With musical vibration. A thread, on which the poet strings The jewels of affection ; A melody, the whole world sings, When Love makes his selection. Who will may make the laws for me, Who will may build the city, And pen the prosy things that be, Let me but pipe my ditty. Some tender love-lay, nothing else, The simple song revealing ; A power that stirs the vital pulse Of universal feeling. Harborne, October 25th, 1876. PUEPOSE. Thus a minstrel, as he ponder'd, Sang of purpose on a day, Aa he saw men faint and falter At the dangers of the way. " What is evil 1 Who will answer ? There is little we can find That may not be made a blessing, As a buttress for the mind. As the prospect wider opens To the climber in his path, And the mower scents the fragrance Of his labour in the swath, And the earth-root...