I THE MEETING OP THE WATERS

- iiot in this wide won ld valley soasweet As thaï vale in whose bosom the bright waters meet. feeling and life muai départ, the l)loom of that valley shall fade from my beart. Yet ît was Dot thaï nature bad >hed o'er the scène Her pures! of cristal ami brightesl ofgreen; I %\as uot the Bofl magie of streamlet or liill! I bing ni' n-e exquisite still.

s that frieuds, the beloved ofmy bosom were near Who made every dear -cène of enchantmenl more 1 who felt bow the best eharms of nature impro When we Bee them reflected from Looks that we love.

1 ! Iniw caliu could 1 rest lu thy bosoms of shade wbith the friends I love besl When the storms which we IW1 ni this coldworld si And our bearts, like thy water be mingled m p<