ADDRESS.

FORASMUCH as the charming recital of thy first Pilgrim's journey, good JOHN BUNYAN, has not suffered loss under the hand of one who has wrought its pure gold into wreaths of poetic numbers,-I have essayed to provide a partner to his work, even as Thou didst to thine own.

It has been my aim and endeavour to keep close to Thee, as my predecessor did; and I have estimated my success according to my nearness to thy fervid thoughts and simple expressions: avoiding, so far as I could, for my readers' sake, the intermixture of the alloy of my own imaginings.

Truly it has not been a task for my pen; so refined, so ductile, were my materials.

The story of CHRISTIANA's journey with her companions is given in such verse as my poor ability can supply; but I have borrowed entire the SONGS which Thou thyself hast put into the mouths of thy pilgrims. This will connect my reader more intimately with Thee, and add to his pleasure and profit.

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THE

PILGRIM'S PROGRESS.

PART II.

А РОЕМ.

THE FIRST BOOK.

CHRISTIANA AND HER FAMILY INTRODUCED BY MR. SAGACITY. HE TELLS HOW THEY HAVE PACKED

AND FOLLOWED CHRISTIAN;

AND GIVES THE

UP,
ACCOUNT OF THEIR SETTING OUT, ACCOMPANIED BY
MERCY, A FELLOW TOWNSWOMAN.

COURTEOUS COMPANIONS,

Once I did essay

To tell you of the Christian's dangerous way,-
How he forsook his children, wife, and home,
Because he dared not meet its certain doom.

Pleasant it was to me, to you not vain:
So I have wished more tidings to obtain
Of those he left behind; but by that way

I have not passed, (through business) many a day.

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At last what I had wished I did obtain,

Near to the place I went, and dreamed again.
Methought, an aged man, as there I lay,
Came by; I rose, and joined his company;
Began to question him, and found, he knew
About good Christian, and his travels too.
He told me then about the town's folks' rage,
When first poor Christian went on pilgrimage;
"But now," said he, "that he is gone away,
""Tis wondrous what of him the people say;-
"That, in a glorious land of dazzling light,

"Decked with a crown of gold, he walks in white: "And that, the Prince who did the place prepare, "Has granted him a noble mansion there:

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That, at the King's own table now he eats,

Enjoys His smile, and feeds on dainty meats.

Indeed, they say, the Prince himself will come "Into these parts enquiring what was done: "For, the indignities to Christian shown, "They say, He reckons as if all His own." Quoth I, I'm glad to hear it; now he reaps The end of all his toil, and tears, and griefs. I'm glad to hear, too, of the town's folks' stir. But of his wife, Sir, know you ought of her? "Who? Christiana? why her sons and she "Are like, as happy as he is, to be;