And, cm the Sabbath next, the priesCi
Bare-headed, blessed the Lord,

Before all men, within the ohuroh.
That Lilien was restored.
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A TALE OF THE WOODS.
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*^ Speak not," she said, << of bookish tales.
Of haunted halls and spectres bold,
For things in real life there are
More sadly wild, more dismal far.
Than ever fiction told ;
And you shall hear a tale of i truth.
The pains and sorrows of my youth*

** From very childhood I had learned

Labor and weariness to bear :
My parents died ; and upon me
Devolved a numerous family.
And many an early care ;
Sickly the children were, and small.
And yet I reared and nurtured all.
^ We lived upon a northern moor,

And ^mxmg the heath wild berries grew ;

It was a lonesome place, yet fair ;

And from the hills a clear fresh air
Ever around it blew ;

And sparkling streams, o'er moss and atonei

From hidden springs went singing on.
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** The freshness of that wholesome air

Gave strength unto each youthful frame ;

And a wild flow of spirits strong

Made labor lightly pass along,
Till other troubles came.
Ah ! Love doth cunning snares devisei

To draw young hearts from Paradise !

** To me, a simple country maid,

He came in glorious colors dressed ;

With brow erect and stately limb,

A soldier-youth, in gallant trim.
With helm and nodding crest ;

And burning speech, that poured along

Like rivers of the mountains strong.
** We wedded ; and I left my home.
