POETS AND POETRY. 249 



Young men and maidens, blithe and free, 



With gladsome heart draw near, draw near; 

 List to the watch-tower's melody 

 With chastened ear. 



Mourner, who, unsubmissive still, 



Forget' st the hand that wounds to cure, 

 Hear, in that note of magic thrill, 

 A promise sure ; 



A pledge that He, whose power hath given 



Enchanting music to the air, 

 Thus sweetly sends a voice from heaven, 

 To win thee there. 



And thou mysterious sentinel! 

 Invisible to human sight, — 

 Hath not thy watchword speech to tell 

 " What of the night? " 



Haply it warneth that the night 



For me shall have no morning ray; 

 That with my soul the fading light 

 Shall flee away. 



God of my life! strength of my day! 



Oh, grant me courage from on high 

 To hear thy summons and obey 

 Without a sigh. 



Lent, 4th day, 1842. 



So far as the compiler can ascertain, Miss Anna 

 Gardner is the only native poet who has had the har- 

 dihood to publish a volume of original rhymes. A 

 few years since, however, Mr. Wm. Hussey Macy col- 

 lected a number of his fugitive pieces, which were 

 published here, at one of the newspaper offices, in 

 pamphlet form ; and another little pamphlet was printed 



