A Life’s Sorrow 164 The Old Friend and the New 172 Mabel on Midsummer Day: Part I. 174 Part II. 177 BIRDS AND FLOWERS, AND OTHER COUNTRY THINGS: The Stormy Peterel 184 The Poor Man’s Garden 186 The Oak-Tree 190 The Carolina Parrot 192 Morning Thoughts 198 Harvest Field-Flowers 199 Summer Woods 200 The Cuckoo 203 The Use of Flowers 206 Sunshine 207 Summer 209 The Child and the Flowers 211 Childhood 212 L’Envoi 216 SKETCHES OF NATURAL HISTORY: The Coot 219 The Eagle 221 The Garden 223 The Spider and the Fly 226 TALES IN VERSE: Andrew Lee 230 The Wanderer’s Return 232 A Swinging Song 239 Ellen More 240 A Day of Disaster 244 The Young Mourner 249 The Soldier’s Story 251 The Child’s Lament 257 A Day of Hard Work 260 The Old Man and the Carrion Crow 264 The Little Mariner 268 MISCELLANEOUS PIECES: The Sale of the pet Lamb of the Cottage 274 America 278 Mourning on Earth 291 Rejoicing in Heaven 292 An English Grave at Mussooree 293