LAYS

OF

LOVE AND FAITH.

WITH

OTHER FUGITIVE POEMS.

BY

GEO. W. BETHUNE.

PHILADELPHIA:

LINDSAY AND BLAKISTON.

Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1847,
BY LINDSAY & BLAKISTON,

In the Clerk's Office of the District Court for the Eastern District of
Pennsylvania.

C. SHERMAN, PRINTER,

19 St. James Street.

As one arranges in a simple vase,

A little store of unpretending flowers,
So gathered I some records of past hours,
And trust them, gentle reader, to thy grace;
Nor hope that in my pages thou wilt trace

The brilliant proof of high poetic powers;

But dear memorials of my happy days,

When Heaven shed blessings on my heart, like showers

Clothing with beauty ev'n the desert place;

Till I, with thankful gladness in my looks,

Turned me to God, sweet nature, loving friends,
Christ's little children, well-worn ancient books,

The charm of art, the rapture music sends;
And sang away the grief that on man's lot attends.

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