3. THE COMPLETE POETICAL WORKS OF THE LATE MISS LUCY HOOPER. With a Remon, by John Jese. "Freed soul of song! yes, thou hast found the sought; "Borne to thy home of beauty and of thought, "On morning's wings. "And we will dream it is thy joy we hear, "When life's young music ringing far and clear, New-York: PUBLISHED BY D. FANSHAW, 575 BROADWAY; Printing Office, 35 Ann-street, corner of Nassau. 1-18. Entered according to Act of Congress. PREFACE. In compliance with the wishes of many friends of Miss LUCY HOOPER, this book has been collected and arranged, that all who feel any interest in the varied musings and earnest thoughts of the gifted ones of earth, to whom are given that heavenly beauty, "the immortal charm of a high genius, the fairy gift of the divining rod, that can unseal the living fountains of the heart, and call "Bright thoughts, like angel "Ministers, to soothe the weary hour." To these readers we present the "POETICAL WORKS" of one whose loveliness and worth is so deeply engraven on the hearts of all to whom she was known; whose memory is like the sweet fragrance of the morning flower-a spell, to charm the weary hours-a bright radiance to illumine our pathway. Brief was thy sojourn here, lovely one! Thy spirit's wing was ever soaring upward from this dim earth to the bright regions of light and love; and now thou art rejoicing to be thus early called "Thou art gone home! "Oh! early crowned and blest. "Thy mind was as a harp that God had tuned For his own ear alone, and not on earth Might its perfected harmony be breathed." |