Chapter XIX (3)

Its words, I will remember now,
Were fraught with precepts old;
And every line a maxim held
Of far more worth than gold;
A lesson ’twas, though simply taught,
That cannot pass away;
It is my guiding star by night,
My comfort in the day.

It told me in the hour of need,
To seek a solace there,
Where only stricken hearts could find,
Meet answer to their prayer;
Ah much I owe that gentle voice,
Whose words my tears beguiled;
That song of songs my mother sang,
When I was but a child.

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Table of Contents has been added for reader convenience. Archaic spellings and hyphenation have been retained. Obvious type-setting and punctuation errors have been corrected without note. Other errors have been corrected as noted below. For illustrations, some caption text may be missing or incomplete due to condition of the originals available for preparation of the eBook.

page 353, first filled by Boccacio. ==> first filled by Boccaccio. page 354, “Lesciate ogni speranza ==> “Lasciate ogni speranza page 354, speranza voi ch’ intrate.” ==> speranza voi ch’ entrate.” page 371, as the Rock of Gibralter ==> as the Rock of Gibraltar page 378, against the mantle-piece, ==> against the mantel-piece, page 382, “Ada’s pompous apostacy ==> “Ada’s pompous apostasy page 390, Cowper; but Shelly, Keats, ==> Cowper; but Shelley, Keats, page 391, an unwordly degree of purity ==> an unworldly degree of purity page 393, how warily must it ==> how wearily must it page 397, the accomodation of invalids. ==> the accommodation of invalids. page 399, hand accidently touched ==> hand accidentally touched page 404, Paganinni or Ole Bull had ==> Paganini or Ole Bull had page 412, chef d’ouvre, and its ==> chef d’oeuvre, and its page 417, than to guage ale. ==> than to gauge ale. page 417, going; to guage ale, and ==> going; to gauge ale, and page 417, weary of guaging ale ==> weary of gauging ale page 417, Drama. By Henrick Hertz. ==> Drama. By Henrik Hertz.