But is more chivalrous than they are,
And sigheth for a nobler war;
A finer strain its trumpet sings,
A brighter gleam its armor flings.
The life that I aspire to live
No man proposeth me;
Only the promise of my heart
Wears its emblazonry.
Time wears her not; she doth his chariot guide; Mortality below her orb is placed.
THE full-orbed moon with unchanged ray Mounts up the eastern sky,
Not doomed to these short nights for aye, But shining steadily.
She does not wane, but my fortune,
Which her rays do not bless;
My wayward path declineth soon,
But she shines not the less.
And if she faintly glimmers here,
And palèd is her light,
Yet alway in her proper sphere
She's mistress of the night.
WHO equaleth the coward's haste, And still inspires the faintest heart; Whose lofty fame is not disgraced, Though it assume the lowest part.
If thou wilt but stand by my ear,
When through the field thy anthem 's rung,
When that is done I will not fear
But the same power will abet my tongue.
GREAT God! I ask thee for no meaner pelf
Than that I may not disappoint myself;
That in my conduct I may soar as high
As I can now discern with this clear eye;
And next in value, which thy kindness lends,
That I may greatly disappoint my friends,
Howe'er they think or hope it that may be,
They may not dream how thou 'st distinguished
That my low conduct may not show,
Nor my relenting lines,
That I thy purpose did not know,
Or overrated thy designs.
I'VE searched my faculties around,
To learn why life to me was lent:
I will attend the faintest sound,
And then declare to man what God hath meant.
No generous action can delay
Or thwart our higher, steadier aims;
But if sincere and true are they,
It will arouse our sight, and nerve our frames.
"A FINER race and finer fed," | Eschylus, 7, 216; his eye for com-
verse, 1, 503.
Abbot (Me.), 3, 118.
Abies balsamifera, 6, 267. See Fir.
Abner Buttrick's Hill, 5, 20, 55,
125.
Abolitionist, journal, an, 10, 70-75;
duty of the, in Massachusetts,
147.
Aboljacarmegus Falls, 3, 69, 99; In-
dian meaning of, 192.
Aboljacarmegus Lake, 3, CO.
Aboljacknagesic stream, 3, 61, 70,
71, 74.
Aborigines' huckleberry cake, 8,
144.
Academy of Natural Sciences, 7,
Account-book, passages from an old,
8, 266.
Acorns, 6, 78; sweet, 7, 83, 86, 87,
325; red-oak, 172. See Oak.
Acquaintances, 6, 32; and friends,
7, 321; wounds from, 433; im-
partial view of, 8, 318.
See
Associates, Companions, Friends,
Friendship, Neighbors.
Acre, an, as long measure, 9, 75.
ACROSS THE CAPE, 4, 153-178.
Actions, 5, 139.
Activity necessary to clean living,
8, 282.
ACTON (Mass.), 2, 192; 6, 186; 8,
198; 9 166, 447.
Adams, John, 6, 102.
mon things, 8, 279.
Esculapius, that old herb-doctor,
2,217.
African seeds, 7, 285.
AFTER THE DEATH OF JOHN BROWN,
10, 249-252.
Afternoon, 5, 313; 7, 21, 28, 181,
182.
Agamemnon, 5, 47.
Agassiz, Louis, 1, 32, 39.
Age, youth and, 2, 16; advancing,
5, 2, 282.
Agiocochook, 1, 414.
Agriculture, 5, 36; the task of
Americans, 9, 281-283; the new,
10, 52.
Agrimony, the, 9, 403.
"Ah, 't is in vain the peaceful din,"
verse, 1, 18.
Air, 5, 37, 272; warm veins in, 6,
97, 177; fragrance in, 35, 42, 54,
97, 100, 122, 205, 218; painting the
rocks, 219; clear, 245, 269, 275;
cleared and cooled by thunder-
storms, 217; transparency of, 7,
28; flashing clearness of, 24, 248;
bright and serene, 92; transition
states of, 248; power of, to excite,
8, 404; March, in February, 418.
Aitteon, Joe, 3, 114, 120, 250, 288,
389.
Alauda alpestris (shore lark), 5, 228.
Alcott, A. B., 7, 150; definition of
heaven by, 8, 196.
Adams, John Quincy, was he a Alder (Alnus), 6, 213, 297,327, 335;
genius? 8, 88.
Advantages, 6, 390.
Adversity, thought of God in, 8,
414.
Advertisements, the best part of
newspapers, 1, 241.
Advice, uselessness of, 8, 43, 367.
Aes alienum, another's brass, a very
ancient slough, 2, 13.
ESCHYLUS, THE PROMETHEUS BOUND
or, 10, 288-336.
6, 79, 113, 297, 299; 7, 307; on the
causeway, 8, 87; in the wilder
ness, 94; catkins of, as a winter
fruit, 97; in the swamp, 152, 153;
prettiest shrub in winter, 155;
cocoons upon the, 177; catkins of,
scattering pollen, 370; in the
freshet, 371. See Prinos.
Alderberry in January, 8, 152.
Aletris, 6, 249.
Alewives, 1, 39,
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