II. TO A BUTTERFLY. STAY near me -do not take thy flight! A little longer stay in sight! Much converse do I find in thee, Historian of my infancy! Float near me; do not yet depart! Dead times revive in thee: Thou bring'st, gay creature as thou art! A solemn image to my heart, My father's family! Oh! pleasant, pleasant were the days, Together chased the butterfly! Upon the prey :—with leaps and springs 1801. III. FORESIGHT. THAT is work of waste and ruin- I am older, Anne, than you. Pull the primrose, sister Anne! Pull as many as you can. fill; Here are daisies, take your Pansies, and the cuckow-flower: Of the lofty daffodil Make your bed, or make your bower; Fill your lap, and fill your bosom ; Only spare the strawberry-blossom! Primroses, the Spring may love them- Violets, a barren kind, Withered on the ground must lie ; God has given a kindlier power Then will hang on every stalk, Each within its leafy bower; And for that promise spare the flower! 1802. IV. CHARACTERISTICS OF A CHILD THREE LOVING she is, and tractable, though wild; Not less if unattended and alone Than when both young and old sit gathered round And take delight in its activity; Even so this happy Creature of herself Is all-sufficient; solitude to her Is blithe society, who fills the air With gladness and involuntary songs. Light are her sallies as the tripping fawn's Forth-startled from the fern where she lay couched ; Of the soft breeze ruffling the meadow-flowers; 1811. V. ADDRESS TO A CHILD, DURING A BOISTEROUS WINTER EVENING. BY A FEMALE FRIEND OF THE AUTHOR. WHAT way does the Wind come? What way does he go? He rides over the water, and over the snow, Through wood, and through vale; and o'er rocky height, As, if you look up, you plainly may see; He will suddenly stop in a cunning nook, |