THE SIBYL,

OR,

NEW ORACLES FROM THE POETS.

'Twas a volume of olden time;

And in it were fine mysteries of the stars,
Solved with a cunning wisdom, and strange thoughts,

Half prophecy, half poetry, and dreams
Clearer than truth, and speculations wild

That touched the secrets of your very soul.

N. P. WILLIS-The Wife's Appeal.

A

THE SIBYL,

OR,

NEW

ORACLES FROM THE POETS.

BY

CAROLINE GILMAN,

AUTHOR OF RECOLLECTIONS OF A NEW ENGLAND HOUSEKEEPER, RECOL LEC-
TIONS OF A SOUTHERN MATRON, LOVE'S PROGRESS, STORIES AND
POEMS FOR CHILDREN, VERSES OF A LIFE-TIME, ETC.

Sometimes he gave out Oracles, amused
With mortal folly resting on the shrines,
Or, all in some fair Sibyl's form infused,
Spoke from her trembling lips or traced her
mystic lines.

MRS. BROOKS-Zophiël.

Believe it or not, as you choose,
The doctrine is certainly true,

That the future is known to the Muse,

And Poets are Oracles too!

COWPER.

NEW YORK:

WILEY AND PUTNAM, 161 BROADWAY.