G L.-Once Love in myrtle shades reposed, you "Oh Love! thy sylvan bower Thy primrose way leads maids where they "Speed, arrow, to thy mark," he cried- And 8. G.-Oh, if thy spirit meet on earth but one Whose heart in sympathy springs to thine own, L.-Let the cool stream of prudence temper the hot spring of zeal; Discretion guard thine asking, discretion aid thine answer: G. And teach that well-timed silence hath more eloquence than speech. So shalt thou gain thine honorable end, nor lose the wishedfor prize; So shalt thy life be useful, and thy young heart happy. Tupper. 9. Fear God, and besides him fear none but that man who fears Him not. One Niagara is enough for a continent or a world; while that same world needs thousands, and tens of thousands of silver fountains, and gently flowing rivulets, that shall water every farm, and every meadow, and every garden, and that shall flow on every day and every night, with their gentle and quiet beauty. So with the acts of our lives. It is not by great deeds only, like these of Howard-not by great sufferings only, like these of the martyrs-that good is to be done; it is by the daily and quiet virtues of life-the Christian temper, the meek forbearance, the spirit of forgiveness, and the doing small duties cheerfully that we all may be useful, and therefore happy. Albert Barnes. 10. You've friends in need, and friends indeed, And this you'll find quite true, For yours are all such needy friends, No doubt they'll stick to you. G. 11. If like to any thing on earth Of something sad to thee; But if on Heaven, or things above, Thy nightly visions rest Then shall thy heart, that inly mourns, By future good be blessed. 12. G.-That you are endowed with many good qualities, but that you are like one, who, with his pockets full of gold, always wants change for ordinary occasions. L.-None know thee but to love thee, 13. G. It is not what your hands have done, That casts a shadow o'er the sun, We judge by actions, which we view Halleck. G. L.-Oh, what a tangled web we weave, Scott. 14. If at any time you are pressed to do a thing hastily, be careful; fraud and deceit are always in haste; diffidence is the right eye of prudence. Let to-morrow take care of to-morrow, 'Tis one that the wise have preferred; Have faith-and thy faith shall sustain thee, With invisible bonds to enchain thee, But bear what God gives thee to bear. But think how oft hearts have been saddened, Let to-morrow take care of to-morrow; G. Half our troubles are half our invention, And often from blessings conferred; Of evils that never occurred! C. Swain 15. 'Tis well to learn that sunny hours Yet be prepared to see them fade. 16. Thou seest only what is fair, Thou sippest only what is sweet; Thou wilt mock at fate and care, Leave the chaff, and take the wheat. E. Cook. R. W. Emerson, Life is like the wind that blows When the clouds of morn are breaking; Life is like the stream that flows, Something leaving-something taking! Better cherish what you may, Than recall the past with sorrow; As the world rolled yesterday, So 'twill roll for you to-morrow. As the sun now glows on earth, |