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emancipated a hemisphere, resigned its crown, and preferred ;.he retire
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ment of domestic life ent of domestic life to the adoration of a land he might be almost
said Lo have created

" How jilJnil Vi-ei ran It thee upon glory’s pag;e,
Thou more tlisu soldier und just less than aagu ;
All thou hast been reflects less, i'atuft on thee,
1'ar less, than fill thou hast forebome to be ! ”
Happy, proud American! the lightings of heaven yielded to your
philosophy I The tcmpUitions of earth could not Seduce your
patriotism !— C h a r l ie Pinixirs.

T H E L O V E = K N O T .

T Y I N G her bonnet under her chin^
She tied her raven ringlets in.
But not alone in the silken snare
Did she catch her lovesy iloaling hair,
For, tying her bonnet under her chin,
She tied a voun^ man.1; heart within.
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They were strolling together up the hill,
Where the wind came blowing merry and chill
And it blew the curls a frolicsome race,
All over the happy peach-colored face.
Till scolding and laughing, she tied them in,
Under her beautiful, dimpled chin,

And it blew a color, bright as the bloom
Of the pinkest fuchsia’s tossing plume,
All over the checks of the prettiest girl
That ever imprisoned a romping curl,
Or, in tying her bonnet under her chin,
Tied a young man's heart within.