LINGER NOT LONG
... Linger not long!—Home is not home without thee, Its dearest tokens only make me mourn :— Oh! let its memory, like a chain about thee, Gently compel and hasten thy return.— Linger not long. Linger not lcnTg!—Though crowds should woo thy staying, Bethink thee—can the mirth of friends, though dear, Compensate for the grief thy long delaying Ce;-ts the poor heart that sighs to have thee here?— ...