This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1861 Excerpt: ...all vain to seek The influence of thy lonely shore--I ask of thee for hope and love--They come to me no more. THE PRINCESS VICTORIA. A Fair young face o''er which is only cast The delicate hues of spring, Though round her is the presence of the past. And the stem future gathers darkly fast; As yet no heavy shadow loads their wing. THE PRINCESS VICTORIA. A little while hast thou to he a child, Thy lot is all too Ugh; Thy face la very fair, thine eyes are mild, But duties on thine arduous path are piled--A nation''s hopes and fears blend with thy destiny. Change is upon the world, it may be thine To uothe its troubled way, To make thy throne a beacon and a elirLne Whence knowledge, power, and liberty may shine, Aa yet they have not shone on mortal day. There is much misery on this worn earth, But much that may be spared: Of great and generous thought there is no dearth, And highest hopes of late have had their birth, Hopes for the many, what the few have shared. The wind that bears our flag from soil to soil, Teaches us as it flies; It carries in its breath a summer spoil. And seeds spring up to stimulate man''s toil, So should our mind spread round iu rich sup-plies. Thou, royal child, the future is thine own, May it be bless''d in thee! May peace that smiles on all be round thy throne And universal truth, whose light alone Give golden records unto history. A LEGEND OF TEIGNMOUTH. A rrosT of the olden lime, when beans Wore truer filth than now--s carved Mane U in a little ancient church which standa ''Mid yonder trees, ''lit now almost defaced i But careful eye may trace the mould''rlng lines, And kind tradition haa preserred the tale; I tell It nearly In the very word! Which are the common legend. Some few brief hours, my gallant bark, And we shall see the shore; ...