...introduction in full, but our space does not permit it. We must however make room for one touching passage : Groping blindly in the darkness, Touch God's right hand in that darkness, And art lißed up and strengthened; Listen to this simple story, To this song of Hiawatha!" The story is...

...longings, yearnings, strivings For the good they comprehend not, That the feeble hands and helpless, Groping blindly In the darkness, Touch God's right hand in that darkness Listen to this simple story, To this Song of Hiawatha! And are lifted up and strengthened; Ye, who...

...God and Nature, Who believe with all your spirit In benevolence eternal, Inexhaustible and perfect ; Ye who sometimes in your rambles Through the green lanes of the country, Where the Clematis and brier Intertwine their arms in wedlock, Pause to drink a draught of pleasure, Far apart...

...mill in working order. Here is also an ancient burial ground belonging to the Society of Friends. " Ye, who sometimes, in your rambles Through the green lanes of the country, Over stone walls gray with mosses, Pause by this neglected graveyard For awhile to muse, and ponder."...

...longings, yearnings, strivings, For the good they comprehend not, That the feeble hands and helpless, Groping blindly in the darkness, Touch God's right...Listen to this simple story, To this Song of Hiawatha ! " A few days preceding the publication of Hiawatha appeared a new poem from the Poet Laureate. We...

...yearnings, strivings, For the good they comprehend not, That the feehle hands and helpless, Groping hlindly in the darkness, Touch God's right hand in that darkness...and strengthened ; — Listen to this simple story, * This valley, now called Norman'^ Kill, is in Alhany County, New York. To this Song of Hiawatha !...

...longings, yearnings, strivings, For the good they comprehend not, That the feeble hands and helpless, Groping blindly in the darkness, Touch God's right...Listen to this simple story, To this Song of Hiawatha' EXERCISE XXV, HIAWATHA'S WOOING. LONGFELLOW. I. At the doorway of his wigwam Sat the ancient Arrow-maker,...

...not; that the feeble hands and helpless, groping blindly in the darkness, touch His right hand in the darkness, and are lifted up and strengthened, —...listen to this simple story, to this song of Hiawatha ! The path of success in business is invariably the path of common sense. This was one of the dreams...

...feeble hands and helpless, Groping blindly in the darkness, Touch God's right hand in that dart r, ess, And are lifted up and strengthened ; — Listen to this simple story, To this song of Hiawatha ! " Before leaving this portion of the subject, I cannot x omit a passing notice of " The Building...

...valleys, in that sweetest period of their life — youth, I would say in the words of the poet : — " Ye who sometimes, in your rambles Through the green lanes of the country, Where the tangled barberry bushes Hang their tufts of crimson berries Over stone walls grey with mosses, Pause, * * «...