Ah! blest those years of youthful hope, When every breeze was Zephyr, every morning May! Then as we bravely climbed the slope Of life’s steep mount, we gained a wider scope At every stair, and could with joy survey The track beneath us, and the upward way; Both lay in light—round both the breath of love Fragrant and warm from Heaven’s own tropic blew; Beside us what glad comrades smiled and strove! Beyond us what dim visions rose to view! With thee, dear Master! through that morning land We journeyed happy: thine the guiding hand, Thine the far-looking eye, the dauntless smile; Thy lofty song of hope did the long march beguile. XI. Now scattered wide and lost to loving sight The gallant train That heard thy strain; ’Tis May no longer,—shadows of the night Beset the downward pathway; thou art gone, And with thee vanished that perpetual dawn Of which thou wert the harbinger and seer. Yet courage! comrades,—though no more we hear Each other’s voices, lost within this cloud That time and chance about our way have cast, Still his brave music haunts the hearkening ear, As ’mid bold cliffs and dewy passes of the Past. Be that our countersign! for chanting loud His magic song, though far apart we go, Best shall we thus discern both friend and foe. [Illustration: BRIDGE AT CONCORD.] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ _Recent Publications_ OF CUPPLES & HURD, PUBLISHERS, GENERAL BOOKSELLERS, AND LIBRARY AGENTS, _94 Boylston Street,_ _Boston, Mass._ ⁂ NOTE.—_In order to insure the correct delivery of the actual works, or particular Editions specified in this List, the name of the Publishers should be distinctly given. These books can be had from any local bookseller; but should any difficulty be experienced in procuring them, Messrs._ CUPPLES & HURD _will be happy to forward them direct, postage paid, on receipt of cheque, stamps, or Postal order for the amount, with a copy of their complete catalogue_. * * * * * THE AMERICAN TAUCHNITZ SERIES. Square 16mo. Paper covers, 50 cents. Cloth, $1.00. I. =MISS FRANCES MERLEY=: A Novel. By JOHN ELLIOT CURRAN. 420 pages. The first important work of an author familiar to American readers by his remarkable sketches to _Scribner’s_ and other magazines. II. =AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A NEW ENGLAND FARM HOUSE=: A Romance of the Cape Cod Lands. By N. H. CHAMBERLAIN. 380 pages.