[Illustration: MARY HOWITT. CHILDHOOD.] THE POEMS OF MARY HOWITT. WITH A MEMOIR. Go little book, and to the young and kind, Speak there of pleasant hours and goodly things. PHILADELPHIA: PUBLISHED BY JOHN LOCKEN, _No. 311 Market Street_. 1844. Stereotyped by S. DOUGLAS WYETH. PRINTED BY T. K. & P. G. COLLINS. CONTENTS. PAGE. The Poor Scholar 11 The Sorrow of Teresa 27 HYMNS AND FIRE-SIDE VERSES. Marien’s Pilgrimage: Part I. 56 Part II. 62 Part III. 67 Part IV. 73 Part V. 77 Part VI. 83 Part VII. 89 Part VIII. 93 Part IX. 98 Part X. 105 Part XI. 112 Part XII. 121 Old Christmas 130 The Twelfth Hour 133 The Blind Boy and his Sister 134 The Poor Child’s Hymn 138 The Boy of the Southern Isle: Part I. 139 Part II. 145 Part III. 149 Easter Hymns: Hymn I.--The Two Marys 153 II.--The Angel 154 III.--The Lord Jesus 155 IV.--The Eleven 157 The Two Estates 158 Life’s Matins 161