THE

GOLDEN PRESENT,

GIFT

FOR

ALL SEASONS.

EDITED BY

MRS. J. THAYER.

BOSTON:

PUBLISHED BY J. BUFFUM.

KC PP45.

.." W.RD COLLEGE LIBRARY

CY ENDANGE

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1848,
BY J. BUFFUM,

In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District
of New Hampshire.

Stereotyped and Printed by
C. C. P. MoODY,

52 Washington St, Boston.

PREFACE.

I HAVE been gleaning through the fields of poetry and sentiment. I have gathered golden ears from sheafs of thought and feeling, and caught the choicest notes of songster and philosopher and having twined them in a bright wreath, I send it forth upon its mission to charm the eye and heart of Beauty. Go forth, little book! Wherever young hearts are bounding, wherever Hope has reared a temple, be thou found. thou the medium through which the lover woes his lady, a bright link in Friendship's chain, a sweet remembrancer of other days, a cheering index to the Future. Go forth, my little book! and blessings attend thee! WORCESTER, 1848.

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