Part 65

PARK BENJAMIN.

WHAT IS YOUR DESTINY?

You unconcern'd And calm, can meet your coming destiny, In all its charming, or its frightful shapes.

DR. WATTS.

I have an ear that craves for every thing, That hath the smallest sign or Omen in it.

JOANNA BAILLIE.

Let me deem that Some unknown influence, some sweet oracle, Communicates between us though unseen, In absence, and attracts us to each other.

BYRON.

WHAT IS YOUR DESTINY?

1. Ye'll draw a bonny silken purse; Ye'll ca' your coach, ye'll ca' your horse.

BURNS.

2. Of the present much is bright, And in the coming years I see A brilliant and a cheering light, Which burns before thee constantly.

W. D. GALLAGHER.

3. A better cellar nowhere can be found; The pantry never is without baked meat, And fish and flesh, so plenteous and complete: It snows within your house of meat and drink, Of all the dainties that a man can think.

CHAUCER.

4. GENTLEMAN.--Thine never was a woman's dower Of tenderness and love! Thou who canst chain the eagle's power, Canst never tame the dove.

E. C. EMBURY.

4. LADY.--Let me gaze for a moment, that ere I die I may read thee, lady, a prophecy. That brow may beam in glory awhile, That cheek may bloom, and that lip may smile, But clouds shall darken that brow of snow, And sorrow blight thy bosom's glow.

MISS L. DAVIDSON.

5. The best establishment in the city, Coaches and horses, hounds and liveried servants.

MARY HOWITT.

6. 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.

R. W. EMERSON.

7. Ye build, ye build, but ye enter not in!

MRS. SIGOURNEY.

8. I'll warrant thee from drowning, though thy Ship were no stronger than a nut-shell.

Tempest.

9. The sea of ambition is tempest-toss'd, And thy hopes may vanish like foam; But when sails are shiver'd and rudder lost, Then look to the light of home!