Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1859, BY J. S. REDFIELD, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States, for the Southern District of New York. C28 1859 MAIN N HON. W. PORCHER MILES, M. C. O FRIEND! who satt'st beside me in the hour When Death was at my hearth; and in my home The mother's cry of wailing for that doom, And in his talons bore away our young!— Thou know'st how terribly this heart was wrung · Belovéd evermore, - behold me thine! Yet have I little worthy that is mine, Save love, and this poor tribute; which must blend And of those precious boys, we both have watched in vain! |