In Memoriam. - Miss Delia Woodruff Godding,

A faithful Teacher of the young from early years, and recently the Principal of a Female Seminary and Boarding School at St. Anthony, Minnesota, died suddenly of an attack of fever, while on a visit at her paternal home in Vermont, September, 15th, 1861.     Thine earnest life is over, sainted Friend!     And hush'd the teaching voice that gladly pour'd     Knowledge and goodness o'er the plastic mind.     --Full many a pupil of thy varied lore     Amid thine own New-England's elm-crowned vales     Holds thee in tenderness of grateful thought,     And far away in the broad-featured west     Where the strong Sire of waters robes in green     The shores of Minnesota, comes a wail     From youthful bands expecting thy return,     To guide them, as the shepherd leads the lamb.     They watch in vain.                         The pleasant halls are dark     Once lighted by thy smile, and flowing tears     Reveal the love that linger'd there for thee.     Said we thy life was o'er?                         Forgive the words.     We take them back.                         Thou hast begun to live.     Here was the budding, there the perfect flower,     Here the faint star, and there the unsetting sun,     Here the scant preface, there the open Book     Where angels read forever.                     *     *     *     *     *     Here on the threshold, the dim vestibule     Thou with a faithful hand didst toil to tune     That harp of praise within the unfolding heart     Which 'neath the temple-arch not made with hands     Swells the full anthem of Eternity.