ILLUSTRATIONS. Longfellow's Residence "'T was an angel visited the green earth And took the flowers away" "Singing in the village choir " Excelsior. "Thou driftest gently down the tides of sleep" "There groups of merry children played" Frontispiece. Page 15 29 39 55 69 96 A PSALM OF LIFE. WHAT THE HEART OF THE YOUNG MAN SAID TO THE PSALMIST. ELL me not, in mournful numbers, “Life is but an empty dream! For the soul is dead that slumbers, And things are not what they seem. Life is real! Life is earnest! And the grave is not its goal; "Dust thou art, to dust returnest," Was not spoken of the soul. Not enjoyment, and not sorrow, |