* * * * * Vol. XLI. PHILADELPHIA, November, 1852. No. 5. * * * * * [Illustration] The Cottage Door Those little curly-pated elves, Blest in each other and themselves, Right pleasant ’tis to see Glancing like sunbeams in and out The lowly porch, and round about The ancient household tree. And pleasant ’tis to greet the smile Of her who rules this domicile With firm but gentle sway; To hear her busy step and tone, Which tell of household cares begun That end but with the day. ’Tis pleasant, too, to stroll around The tiny plot of garden ground, Where all in gleaming row Sweet primroses, the spring’s delight, And double daisies, red and white, And yellow wall-flowers grow. What if such homely view as this Awaken not the high-wrought bliss Which loftier scenes impart? To better feelings sure it leads, If but to kindly thoughts and deeds It prompt the feeling heart. * * * * * =RIVERS.= =BY THOMAS MILNER, M. A.= [Illustration]