REMEMBRANCE. -
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In ? lone bleak woo.1 a wild rose grew.
No eye ever saw it, no mind ever knew.
Hut thc flower w?s none the Usn ai fal*
As any that ever breathe .1 the air.
lt ^a.?d li;. I C.,, .a.io. COM hky
And shuddered to think it six>n must dis.
It lsnfrulshed. and ll < hill;
The caress of a zephyr origtM well niffh kill,
But a paaaiag brass* Rave enooursxitnent
And l>ore alar its dfttcat* seem;
The breere thus laden ki.-.sed a child
Who played In the meadow and, pausing, smiled
The dear enehantuui.t ol thal ?p>'t
The child. thf?Ufh a lifetime, never forsvL
The ml ?'f th nat, with Ita laal iwerl breath,
Leaped forth M meet apffoachhsg .Lath.
An! Rave t> the brccac rrcij crliaanw flake;
'Twas all it had, for tswaotjf'l sake.
No eye evi r HW it. ne mind ever guessed
The sweet! ? ai ol r. st.
How eame 1 tv- kn iw it? "Twas told by the dew
How sweet is Kemem! rance, und I tell you.
J. lt. l'< laaj iu Guidon.
PRIZES FOR CHOIR SINGERS.
Said to Hr Pow n--il I'ar MmW In
New York.
The prrsei for singers iii this city
in the shape of high salaried choir en?
gagement! ::;?*? few, and the exaggerat?
ed storks which ate published through?
out the country about the large In?
come! of ih*' successful one* bring
eat li year to Sew York a large number
of candidate! for sins ng engagements.
