ILLUBTBATED WITH TWENTY-FOUR ENGRAVINGS ON WOOD FROM DESIGNS BY BIRKET FOSTER, JOHN GILBERT, G. H THOMAS, JOHN ABSOLON, Ito. LONDON: BELL * DALDY, 6, YOEK STREET, COVENT GARDEN, AND 186, FLEET STREET. 1864. TABLE Of CONTENTS. Midnight Mass for the Dying Year 60 THE SEASIDE AND THE FIRESIDE :— Sand of the Desert in an Hour-glass 71 Sonnet. On Mrs. Kemblo's Readings from Shakspeare 70 Hymn. For my Brother's Ordination 6° The Good Part,t hat shall not bo taken; away 81 The Slave in the Dismal Swamp 84 The Slave Singing at Midnight 81 BALLADS, SONGS, AND SONNETS :— Drinking Song. Inscription for an Antique Pitcher 100 The Old Clock on the Stairs 101 Hymn of the Moravian Nuns of Bethlehem, at the Consecration of Burial of the Minnisink Ill |