Years--eventful years have passed Sweet sister! since I met thy smile; I'm thinking now what change they've cast Upon your form and mine the while; Thy girlhood's days with them are flown-- A calmer light must fill thine eye; Thy voice have now an added tone; Thy tresses fall more dark and free. Yet, in my dreams of thee and home, A slight, pale girl I ever see, Whose smiles to her mild lip do come, Like stars in heaven--tremblingly! For with thy young heart's lovingness There aye seemed blent a troubled fear, As if it knew _all_ tenderness Must see its worship perish here! And oh, the prayers I poured to Heaven, That time prove not to _thee_ how golden links are riven! And I--oh, sister! _I_ am changed-- You scarce would know the dreaming boy; For all too far his steps have ranged Through wildering ways of Strife and Joy Oh! falcon-eyed Ambition's schemes-- The thrill that comes on mounting wings-- Have left no love for quiet dreams, And learned contempt for tamer things! And Pleasure to my youthful cheek So many a hot, wild flush has won, That to her foils I've grown too weak-- Some nerve must still be passion-spun! And if 'mid scenes all bravery--glow-- The night has found me proud and blest, Stern, mournful things--that make life's wo-- Have struck sad music from my breast! And when at times Thought leaves me calm, And boyhood's memories float by, _Then_ well I know how changed I am-- And a strange weakness dims my eye! Oh! sister, on this heart of mine Weight--stain--have come, since last I met that smile of thine! "THINK NOT THAT I LOVE THEE." A BALLAD. MUSIC COMPOSED AND ARRANGED FOR THE PIANO FORTE BY J. L. MILNER, _AND RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED TO HIS FRIEND, J. G. OSBOURN, ESQ._ P. DOLCE. [Illustration: music] [Illustration: music SECOND VERSE. Think not that I love thee, Alluring coquette, The vows you have broken I too can forget; The love that I gave thee, Thou ne'er could'st repay, So affection for thee Has passed away.] REVIEW OF NEW BOOKS. _The Life of Oliver Cromwell. By J. T. Headley. New York: Baker & Scribner. 1 vol. 12mo_.