EARLY YOUTH. 
PRIMROSE, 
No smiling knot 
Of early primroses, upon the warm, 
Luxuriant, southern bank appears, unmarked 
By him. CARRINGTON, 
Amid the sunny luxury of grass, 
Are tufts of pale-eyed primroses, entwined 
With many a bright-hued flower, and shrub that 
scents 
The all-voluptuous air. CARRINGTON. 
Tue saffron tufts of the primrose announce 
the return of spring, when we see the 
snowy mantle of retiring winter ornamented 
with embroidery of verdure and of flowers. 
The season of hoar frost has passed, but the 
bright days of summer have not yet arrived. 
The period is emblematical of a lovely girl just 
passing from childhood to youth. The timid 
Aglae has scarce attained her fifteenth year, 
and would fain join the romping games of her 
younger companions, but is unable to do so. 
She watches them, and her heart burns to 
follow them. But a distaste for innocent joys, 
which she cannot vanquish, disturbs the heart 
of this young beauty. An interesting paleness 

