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THE JOURNEY’S END. I see my way as birds their trackless way— I shall arrive! what time, what circuit first, I ask not: but unless God sends his hail Or blinding fire-balls, sleet, or stifling snow, …
ALONE! ALONE! “When some beloved voice that was to you Both sound and sweetness, faileth suddenly, And silence, against which you dare not cry, Aches round you like a strong disease and new,— What ho…
MARGARET’S FLITTIN’. “The meanest thing to which we bid adieu, Loses its meanness in the parting hour.” Elliott. Mrs. Shaw took as vehement a dislike as it was possible for one of her gentle nature …
EASE NOT PEACE. “A dull rotation, never at a stay, Yesterday’s face twin image of to-day.” Cowper. “Of what each one should be, he sees the form and rule, And till he reach to that, his joy can ne’er…
NOT ALL A DREAM. “Where are the sounds that swam along The buoyant air when I was young; The last vibration now is o’er, And they who listened are no more; Ah! let me close my eyes and dream.” W. S. …
ONCE AND NOW. “So on those happy days of yore Oft as I dare to dwell once more, Still must I miss the friends so tried, Whom Death has severed from my side. But ever when true friendship binds, Spiri…
SOMETHING WANTING. “Experience, like a pale musician, holds A dulcimer of patience in his hand; Whence harmonies we cannot understand, Of God’s will in His worlds, the strain unfolds In sad, perplexe…
“NE’ER TO BE FOUND AGAIN.” “My own, my father’s friend! I cannot part with thee! I ne’er have shown, thou ne’er hast known, How dear thou art to me.” Anon. The elements of the dinner-parties which M…
BREATHING TRANQUILLITY. “And down the sunny beach she paces slowly, With many doubtful pauses by the way; Grief hath an influence so hushed and holy.” Hood. “ Is not Margaret the heiress?” whispered…
CHANGES AT MILTON. “Here we go up, up, up; And here we go down, down, downee!” Nursery Song. Meanwhile at Milton the chimneys smoked, the ceaseless roar and mighty beat and dazzling whirr of machine…
