Dedicated ΤΟ MATILDA M. HAYS. "Our tokens of love are for the most part barbarous. Cold and lifeless, because they do not represent our life. The only gift is a portion of thyself. Therefore let the farmer give his corn; the miner, a gem; the sailor, coral and shells; the painter, his picture; and the poet, his poem." -EMERSON'S Essays. May, 1858. A. A. P. |