Helen Ruthven Waterston.

"THE FLOWER OF OUR EARTHLY HAPPINESS HAS BECOME THE
OBJECT OF OUR HEAVENLY HOPE."

Printed, not Published.

BOSTON:

1860.

HARVARD UNIVERSITY

LIBRARY

"The massy gates of Paradise are thrown

Wide open; and forth come, in fragments wild,
Sweet echoes of unearthly melody."

COLERIDGE.

"O dear, sweet, desirable child! How shall we part with all this goodness and virtue, without bitterness of sorrow and reluctancy?

"God grant us grace to bless him for the graces he implanted in thee, ―thy virtuous life, thy holy death; which, indeed, is the comfort of our souls."

JOHN EVELYN, 1685.

"Yet, though thou wear'st the glory of the sky,
Wilt thou not keep the same beloved name;
The same fair, thoughtful brow, and gentle eye,
Lovelier in heaven's sweet climate, yet the same?"

BRYANT.