In Memoriam. - Miss Anna Freeman,

Died at Mansfield, Connecticut, February, 1861.     The world seems drearier when the good depart,     The just, the truthful, such as never made     Self their chief aim, nor strove with glozing words     To counterfeit a love they never felt;     But steadfast and serene--to Friendship gave     Its sacred scope, and ne'er from Duty shrank,     Though sternest toil and care environ it.     These, loving others better than themselves,     Fulfill the gospel rule, and taste a bliss     While here below, unknown to selfish souls,     And when they die, must find the clime where dwells     A God of truth, as tend the kindred streams     To their absorbing ocean.                         Such was she     Who left us yesterday. Her speaking smile     Her earnest footstep hastening to give aid     Or sympathy, her ready hand well-skill'd     In all that appertains to Woman's sphere,     Her large heart pouring life o'er every deed,     And her warm interchange of social joy     Stay with us as a picture.                         There, we oft     Musing, shall contemplate each lineament     With mournful tenderness, through gushing tears,     That tell our loss, and her unmeasured gain.