













468 THE TEACHINGS OF EVA. 
In the flesh I’m cloud encompassed, 
In the gloom my footsteps stray, 
But I send my thoughts to wander, 
And my fancies far away ; 
And they bring me strength for trial 

And sweet solace day by day. 
The Touchings of Gow, 
Mrs. HE. Oakes Smith. 
diene opening bud that lightly swung 
Upon the dewy air, 
Moved in its very sportiveness 

Beneath angelic care ; 
For pearly fingers gently oped 
Kach curved and painted leaf, 
And where the canker-worm had been 
Were looks of angel grief. 


She loved all simple flowers that spring 
In grove or sunlit dell, 
And of each streak and varied hue 
A meaning deep would tell. 
She said a language was impressed 


On every leaf that grew, 



And lines revealing brighter worlds, 


That seraph fingers drew, 


