TOMARGARETW——

tomargaretw——

margaret,inhappyhour

christen'dfromthathumbleflower

whichweadaisy注释标题marguerite,infrench,signifiesadaisy.[noteinathenaeum.]call!

maythyprettyname-sakebe

inallthingsatypeofthee,

andimagetheeinall.

tomargaretw——

likeityoushowamodestface,

anunpretendingnativegrace;—

thetulip,andthepink,

thechinaandthedamaskrose,

andeveryflauntingflowerthatblows,

inthecomparingshrink.

oflowlyfieldsyouthinknoscorn;

yetgayestgardenswouldadorn,

andgrace,whereverset.

home-seatedinyourlonelybower,

orwedded—atransplantedflower—

iblessyou,margaret!

edmonton,8_thoctober_,1834.

additionalalbumversesandacrostics

whatisanalbum?

'tisabookkeptbymodernyoungladiesforshow,

ofwhichtheirplaingrandmothersnothingdidknow.

'tisamedleyofscraps,fineverse,andfineprose,

andsomethingsnotverylikeeither,godknows.

thesoftfirsteffusionsofbeauxandofbelles,

offuturelordbyrons,andsweetl.e.l.'s;

wherewisefolkandsimplebothequallyshine,

andyouwriteyournonsense,thatimaywritemine.

stickinafinelandscape,tomakeadisplay,

aflower-piece,aforeground,alltintedsogay,

asnatureherself(couldsheseethem)wouldstrike

withenvy,tothinkthatshene'erdidthelike:

andsincesomelavaters,withhead-piecescomical,

havepronounc'dpeople'shandstobephysiognomical,

besurethatyoustuffitwithautographsplenty,

allframedtoapattern,sostiff,andsodainty.

theynomoreresemblefolks'every-daywriting,

thanlinespenn'dwithpainsdoextemp'relenditing;

orthenaturalcountenance(pardonthestricture)

thefaceswemakewhenwesitforourpicture.

thusyouhave,dearestemma,analbumcomplete—

whichmayyoulivetofinish,andilivetoseeit;

andsinceyoubeganitforinnocentends,

mayitswell,andgrowereachdaywithnewfriends,

whoshallsetdownkindnames,asatokenandtest,

asimypoorautographsignwiththerest.