Part 66

MRS. HALE.

10. Your life's a summer even, Whose sun of light, though set Amidst the clouds of heaven, Leaves streams of brightness yet.

BOWRING.

11. In a narrow sphere, The little circle of domestic love, You will be known and loved; the world beyond Is not for you.

SOUTHEY.

12. Thou dwell'st on sorrow's high and barren place, But round about the mount an angel-guard-- Chariots of fire, horses of fire--encamp, To keep thee safe for heaven!

MRS. ELLET.

13. To cheer with sweet repast the fainting guest, To lull the weary on the couch of rest, To warm the traveller, numb'd with winter cold, The young to cherish, to support the old, The sad to shelter, and the lost direct-- These are your cares, and this your glorious task; Can heaven a nobler give, or mortals ask?

SIR WILLIAM JONES.

14. The sordid cares in which you dwell Shrink and consume your heart.

BRYANT.

15. A wide future is before you; Your heart will beat for fame, And you will learn to breathe with love The music of a name, Writ on the tablets of that heart In characters of flame.

J. O. SARGENT.

16. To grow in the world's approving eyes, In friendship's smile, and home's caress, Collecting all the heart's sweet ties Into one knot of happiness.

MOORE.

17. Sorely harass'd, and tired at last with fortune's vain delusions, O, You'll drop your schemes like idle dreams, and come to this conclusion, O,-- The past was bad, the future hid, the good and ill untried, O, But the present hour is in your power, and so you will enjoy it, O.

BURNS.

18. You will be blest exceedingly; your store Grow daily, weekly, more and more, And peace so multiply around, Your very hearth seem holy ground.

MARY HOWITT.

19. With steady aim your fortune chase, Keen hope let every sinew brace, Through fair, through foul, urge on your race, And seize the prey; Then cannie, in some cozie place, Thou'lt close life's day.

BURNS.

20. In your dreams a form you'll view, That thinks on you and loves you too; You start, and when the vision's flown You'll weep that you are all alone.

H. K. WHITE.

21. Quiet by day, Sound sleep by night, study and ease Together mix'd, sweet recreation, And innocence which most doth please, With meditation.

POPE.

22. GENTLEMAN.--A gentle lover shalt thou be, Sitting at thy loved one's side; She giving her whole soul to thee, Without a thought or wish of pride, And she shall be thy cherish'd bride.

J. R. LOWELL.

22. LADY.--Be thou as chaste as ice, as pure as snow, Thou shalt not escape calumny.