These lips shall resolute enclose The precious soother of my ceaseless woes."

The above vignette suggested the following stanzas :

" Before their country's foe they stand,

Each with a stern and searching eye ; Grasped with a firm and honest hand,

The hostile records open lie ; They read, and as each noble brow

Wears the quiet shadow of resolve, The true and just exhibit now,

The secret which they dared to solve.

Away with gold ! It has no power

To turn the true heart from its quest ; The ordeal of this solemn hour

Gives firmness to the patriot's breast ; And as the tempter's art is tried,

a This lady died of consumption only a few months before Andre suffered at Tappan. She had married another gentleman four years after her engagement to Andre, which had been dissolved by parental affection.-- [See Letters about the Hudson, published by Freeman. A Hunt, 1837

b See Sparks' Life of Arnold, p. 171.

THE TOWN OF GREENBURGH.

He finds each suplication vain ; The weary prisoner turns aside, To hide his laboring bosom's pain.

Tumultuous thoughts upon his mind,

In quick succession wildly crowd, As urged by the resistless wind,

Spreads o'er the sky the tempest's cloud. Why bends his sad and languid glance

Where, near his heart, that picture lies, Affection's fond inheritance.

With sunny smile and loving eyes !

Alas ! Upon that face no more

The eager gaze of hope can turn, The dream of early love is o'er,