In Memoriam. - Miss Caroline L. Griffin,

Died at New York, November 17th, 1861.     WRITTEN ON HER BIRTH-DAY.     The day returns, beloved friend         When in thy Mother's arms     Thou a fair gift from Heaven wert laid         In all thine infant charms,     That day, with cloudless sky returns,         But yet thou art not here     And from the smitten Mother's eye         Distils the mourner's tear.     The wondrous brightness of thy smile,         Thy tones of greeting kind,     The love of knowledge that inspired         Thy strong and ardent mind,     Thy pity for the suffering poor,         Thy patient zeal to teach     Their children, though in manners rude         And ignorant in speech,     And all thy many deeds and words         Of friendship's earnest part,     Are with a never-fading trace         Depictured on my heart.     But thou art with that Saviour dear         Who was thine early choice,     And mid thy blooming youth didst bend         A listener to His voice,     So thy firm faith without a fear         Launch'd forth on Jordan's wave     The victor-palm-branch in thy hand         That o'er stern Death He gave;     And may we meet, beloved friend         At God's appointed day     Where every care and pain of earth         Have fled like dreams away.