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Rh that so exemplary had been their deportment, that there was not a single one unrewarded, either by a book-premium, or a certificate of merit in my best handwriting. Surely their intercourse has been one of improvement. Wherever their future course, or my own, shall lead, I must cherish the memory of the years God permitted us thus to pass together, while 'His banner over us was love.' Tears and irrepressible anguish marked our final leave-taking. They parted, and returned, prolonging the painful scene till the dimness of twilight drew over us. Their unaffected grief cut my heart in fragments. And every fragment found a voice, saying: 'Oh, most selfish! thus for your own ease and aggrandizement to trample out this Heaven-enkindled love.

Sweet, sweet band of sisters! Ah, how could I sever
 * The bright, golden chain that encircling has charm'd?

How shall I write the words, Parted forever!
 * On the casket our friendship so long has embalm'd?

Here, where your groups would so joyously meet me,
 * Gay as the birds through pure ether that soar;

Here, where your eyes with fond dialect greet me,
 * The step of Affection returneth no more.

Knowledge you've sought with a warm emulation,
 * Quicken'd to ardor, yet soften'd by love;

Wisdom invoked with profound veneration—
 * That wisdom whose mansion and crown are above.