Ye laughing nymphs! ye bright-ey’d girls! Triumphing in your beauty, Who blush beneath the shining curls That round your brows the zephyr furls, What kind of hearts will suit ye? “True Valor’s heart,” says one anigh, “Upon his war-horse dashing— That rous’d to fight will never fly, With sword, and plume, and ardent eye, In battle brightly flashing.” “Soft Pleasure’s heart,” another’s word, “Alive to each emotion— That can be blythesome as a bird, Caress or sigh, and oft be heard Proclaiming its devotion.” “Ambition’s heart,” one maiden says, “That loves in strife to riot— That spurns control in every place— That rushes on its daring race, And rules ’midst life’s disquiet.” “The generous heart,” says one fair elf, “That thrives amidst confusion— That never hoards or life or pelf, But gives its all, then gives itself, And revels in profusion.” “The cheerful heart,” doth one declare, “With sense and wit united— That joys in music, laughs at care, Still pleased and mirthful every where, And never undelighted.” “Proud Honor’s heart!” another cries, “That brooks no man’s dictation— That’s quick to seek the hero’s prize, And stand, though with the deed it dies, ’Gainst wrong and usurpation.” “The constant heart!” says one fair maid, While blushes crown her beauty:— “To ask for more I am afraid, But take the heart that thus is swayed, And trust it for its duty!” Sweet girls! If I might dare express, A word for your discretion, ’Twould be, that you should favor less The flatterer’s, gamester’s, rake’s address, And man of mere profession. Men’s lives are in their daily deeds— Thought oft disguises action. Choose then the heart that clearly reads Its glory where its duty leads, Amidst the world’s distraction. To such resign’d, of that fair band Of daughters fit to cherish, Each shall be cheer’d in heart and hand, And feel love’s holy fires expand Till lost to things that perish. * * * * * REVIEW OF NEW BOOKS. _Poetical Remains of the late Lucretia Maria Davidson, Collected and Arranged by her Mother: with a Biography by Miss Sedgwick. Lea and Blanchard: Philadelphia._