CONTENTS. THE Field of the World-James Montgomery,... ............. The Palace of Beauty-Mrs. Child,........... "I would not live alway"-Rev. Dr. Muhlenburg, The Brown Mug-Seba Smith,. .......... 9 11 21 23 The Beleaguered City-H. W. Longfellow,...... 37 Advice to a Daughter-Bishop Madison, The Old World-Geo. Lunt,. ...... 30 44 46 71 ...... 80 81 The Witch of Endor-Elizabeth Oakes Smith,... DEW-DROPS OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY. THE FIELD OF THE WORLD. BY MONTGOMERY. Sow in the morn thy seed, At eve hold not thine hand; To doubt and fear give thou no heed, Broad-cast it o'er the land. Beside all waters sow, The highway furrows stock, Drop it where thorns and thistles grow, Scatter it on the rock. The good, the fruitful ground, Expect not here nor there; O'er hill and dale, by plots, 'tis found; Thou know'st not which may thrive, Grace keeps the precious germs alive, When and wherever strown. - And duly shall appear, In verdure, beauty, strength, The tender blade, the stalk, the ear, And the full corn at length. Thou canst not toil in vain ; Cold, heat, and moist, and dry, Thence, when the glorious end, And heaven cry-" Harvest home." |