GRAHAM’S MAGAZINE. Vol. XIX. November, 1841. No. 5. Contents Fiction, Literature and Articles The Ghost of Chew’s Wall The Rowsevillers.—No. II The Reefer of ’76 The Interesting Stranger Shakspeare.—No. III Wiccónsat The Moonlight Flitting A Chapter on Autography The King’s Bride Indian Traditions.—No. II Sports and Pastimes.—The Fowling-Piece Review of New Books Poetry, Music and Fashion The Pet Lamb Flight of the Birds Il Serenado di Venice Ephemera With Thee Sonnets I Never Have Been False to Thee Merry England Marriage Never Shall My Heart Forget Thee! Latest Fashions, November 1841 Transcriber’s Notes can be found at the end of this eBook. * * * * * [Illustration: Eng. by H. S. Sadd, N.Y., _The Pet Lamb_ _Engraved expressly for Graham’s Magazine_] [Illustration] * * * * * GRAHAM’S MAGAZINE. Vol. XIX. PHILADELPHIA: NOVEMBER, 1841. No. 5. * * * * * THE PET LAMB. BY ALEXANDER A. IRVINE. I saw her in her artlessness All innocent and free, And playfully a favored lamb She fondled on her knee— She seemed a vision of a dream, A glory passing bright, A being clothed in loveliness As angels are in light! Her tresses sported round about Her snowy brow divine, As flowers of the daffodil Embrace a virgin shrine,— Such purity was nestled there, A Sybil’s it might be, Forever beaming placidly As starlight down at sea! Her smile it had a witchery To mortal ones unknown, A language in its mirthfulness Beyond a seraph’s tone: It was as if the soul had come From out its deep recess And chose a dwelling in her eyes, So pure their loveliness! And softly on her pearly cheek The dewy lashes lay; Her lips were parted temptingly To woo the breeze to stay; Her snowy neck all droopingly Defied the lily’s grace; Her dimpled mouth—I dreamt of heav’n In gazing on that face! She fondled artlessly her pet; She raised his tiny feet; And toyed the garland on his neck; And soothed him, when he bleat, So sweetly that I might not hear Unmoved that silver tone, But longed to leave my hiding place And woo her for my own.