"The Old Helmet - Volume II", by Susan Warner. Susan Warner was american evangelical writer of religious fiction (1819-1885).
"Let no one ask me how it came to pass; It seems that I am happy, that to me A livelier emerald twinkles in the grass, A purer sapphire melts into the sea." Eleanor could not stay away from the Wednesday meetings at Mrs. Powlis's house. In vain she had thought she would; she...
Reprint of the original, first published in 1864.
Reprint of the original, first published in 1864.