THE SELECT WORKS OF MRS. ELLIS, AUTHOR OF "THE WIVES OF ENGLAND," "WOMEN OF ENGLAND," ETC. COMPRISING "THE POETRY OF LIFE," "PICTURES OF PRIVATE LIFE," FIRST AND SECOND SERIES, "A VOICE FROM THE VINTAGE," ETC. NEW YORK: HENRY G. LANGLEY, 8 ASTOR HOUSE. 1844. THE POETRY OF LIFE. BY MRS. ELLIS, AUTHOR OF "WIVES OF ENGLAND," ETC. "Poetry has been to me its own 'exceeding great reward.' It has soothed my afflictions, it has multiplied and refined my enjoyments; it has endeared solitude; and it has given me the habit of wishing to discover the good and the beautiful in all that meets and surrounds me."-COLERIDGE. |