THE GARLAND OF POETRY FOR THE YOUNG. A SELECTION IN FOUR PARTS. BY MRS. C. M. KIRKLAND. TWO VOLUMES IN ONE. NEW YORK: CHARLES SCRIBNER & COMPANY. Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1863, by CHARLES SCRIBNER, In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. JOHN F. TROW, PRINTER, STEREOTYPER, AND ELECTROTYPER, 50 Greene street, New York. RARE BOOK DEPT. Cairns Collection Pr PUBLISHERS' NOTE. "The THIS Selection of Poetry first appeared as School Girl's Garland," but the universal popularity which it reached, proved this to be a restricted designation; and in issuing this new edition the publishers have given it a title more in accordance with its actual scope. In order to secure for the collection the large sale which its merits deserve, the two volumes of the original edition are here brought into one, and the price of the work has been reduced. PREFACE. ARENTS, and all interested in education, aware of the value of Poetry as an element of the best culture, have felt the want of a more extensive and various collection of poetical pieces suited to different ages, than is at present accessible—a volume which, while it retains the old favorites, shall, by introducing new and choice, though less known, poems, embrace a more abundant variety. The present selection is intended to meet this want. The pieces are given without comment, both because comment comes with better grace and |