CONTENTS.PageThe FriendsL. M. Child1The Good Old GrandmotherAnonymous37The Consolations of AgeZschokke39The Old Man DreamsO. W. Holmes44A Russian Lady46The Old Man’s SongAnonymous51The Twenty-seventh of MarchW. C. Bryant52A Christmas Story for GrandfatherCharles Dickens53John Anderson, my JoRobert Burns60Old Folks at HomeL. M. Child61Everlasting YouthEdmund H. Sears62LifeMrs. Barbauld68The Mysterious PilgrimageL. M. Child69The Happiest TimeEliza Cook81Ode of Anacreon84Cicero’s Essay on Old Age85The FountainW. Wordsworth98A Poet’s BlessingUhland101Bernard Palissy102Old Age ComingElizabeth Hamilton123Unmarried WomenL. M. Child127The Old Maid’s PrayerMrs. Tighe144Grandfather’s ReverieTheodore Parker146The House in the MeadowLouise C. Moulton149A Story of St. Mark’s EveThomas Hood152What the Old Woman SaidAnonymous161The Spring JourneyHeber163Moral HintsL. M. Child164The BoysO. W. Holmes184Ode of Anacreon185Mysteriousness of LifeMountford186The Grandmother’s ApologyAlfred Tennyson189The Ancient ManJ. P. Richter193Milton’s Hymn of PatienceElizabeth L. Howell210Letter from an Old WomanL. M. Child212Bright Days in WinterJohn G. Whittier223The Canary BirdJohn Sterling224Old BachelorsL. M. Child225Taking it EasyG. H. Clark238Old AuntyAnonymous241Richard and KateRobert Bloomfield250Ludovico Cornaro256Robin and JeannieDora Greenwell271A Good Old AgeMountford273My PsalmJohn G. Whittier276John Henry von Dannecker279The Kitten and Falling LeavesW. Wordsworth290Dr. Doddridge’s Dream292The Old Psalm-TuneHarriet B. Stowe297The Lost Books of Livy300To One who wished me Sixteen Years OldAlice Cary322Growing OldDinah Muloch324EquinoctialMrs. A.D.T. Whitney334Epitaph on the UnmatedE. S.335A Beautiful ThoughtConvers Francis336At AnchorAnonymous339NovemberH. W. Beecher341Meditations on a Birthday EveJohn Pierpont343The Grandmother of SlavesH. J.346Auld Lang SyneRobert Burns362Old Folks at HomeL. M. Child363Old Uncle TommyM. S.364Sitting in the SunAnonymous377Aunt KindlyTheodore Parker379Crossing OverUhland383A Love Affair at CranfordMrs. Gaskell385To My WifeAnonymous408The Evergreen of our FeelingsJ. P. Richter410Our Secret DrawerAnonymous414The Golden WeddingF. A. Bremer416The Worn Wedding RingW. C. Bennett424Hints about HealthL. M. Child427The Invalid’s PrayerWesley440The Old Pastor and his SonJ. P. Richter441Rest at EveningAdelaide A. Procter454
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