In Memoriam. - Miss Margaret C. Brown,

Died at Hartford, May 12th, 1860.     Gone, pure in heart! unto thy fitting home,     Where nought of ill can follow. O'er thy life     There swept no stain, and o'er its placid close     No shadow.                         As for us, who saw thee move     From childhood onward, loving and serene,     To every duty faithful, we who feel     The bias toward self too often make     Our course unequal, or beset with thorns,     Give thanks to Him, the Giver of all good,     For what thou wert, but most for what thou art.                     *     *     *     *     *     Thy meek and reverent nature cheer'd the heart     Of hoary Age even in thine early bloom,     And with sweet tenderness of filial care,     And perfect sympathy, thy shielding arm     Pillow'd a Mother's head, till life went out.     We yield thee back, with sound of holy hymns,     Flowers in thy hand, and bosom,--parting gifts     Of Spring, that makes our earth so beautiful,     Faintly prefiguring thine eternal gain     Of flowers that never fade and skies that need     Not sun nor moon to light them.                         So farewell,     Our grief is selfish, yet it hath its way,     Nor can we stand beside thine open grave     Without a tear.                         Yet still doth chasten'd faith     Ask help of God, to render back with praise     A soul to which He gave the victory.