"Shakspeare, with all thy faults, (and few have more,) I love thee still, and still will con thee o'er. Heaven, in compassion to man's erring heart, Gave thee of virtue, then of vice, a part, Lest we, in wonder here, should bow before thee, Break God's commandment, worship, and adore thee; But admiration, now, and sorrow join; His works we reverence, while we pity thine." But above all other books she valued the Bible. The more poetical parts of the Old Testament she almost committed to memory; and the New Testament, especially those parts which relate the life of our Savior, was studied by her, and excited in her the deepest emotions. As an evidence of this we give the following verses, written in her thirteenth year:-- "THE GOOD SHEPHERD. "The shepherd feeds his fleecy flock with care, And mourns to find one little lamb has strayed; He, unfatigued, roams through the midnight air, O'er hills, o'er rocks, and through the mossy glade. But when that lamb is found, what joy is seen Depicted on the careful shepherd's face, When, sporting o'er the smooth and level green, He sees his favorite charge is in its place! Thus the great Shepherd of his flock doth mourn, When from his fold a wayward lamb has strayed, And thus with mercy he receives him home, When the poor soul his Lord has disobeyed. There is great joy among the saints in heaven, When one repentant soul has found its God; For Christ, his Shepherd, hath his ransom given, And sealed it with his own redeeming blood."