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“HASTE TO THE WEDDING.” “Wooed and married and a’.” “ Edith !” said Margaret, gently, “Edith!” But as Margaret half suspected, Edith had fallen asleep. She lay curled up on the sofa in the back drawi…
ROSES AND THORNS. “By the soft green light in the woody glade, On the banks of moss where thy childhood played By the household tree, thro’ which thine eye First looked in love to the summer sky.” Mr…
“THE MORE HASTE THE WORSE SPEED.” “Learn to win a lady’s faith Nobly, as the thing is high; Bravely, as for life and death— With a loyal gravity. Lead her from the festive boards, Point her to the st…
DOUBTS AND DIFFICULTIES. “Cast me upon some naked shore, Where I may tracke Only the print of some sad wracke, If thou be there though the seas roare, I shall no gentler calm implore.” Habington. He …
DECISION. “I ask Thee for a thoughtful love, Through constant watching wise, To meet the glad with joyful smiles, And to wipe the weeping eyes; And a heart at leisure from itself To soothe and sympat…
FAREWELL. “Unwatch’d the garden bough shall sway, The tender blossom flutter down, Unloved that beech will gather brown, The maple burn itself away; Unloved, the sun-flower, shining fair, Ray round w…
NEW SCENES AND FACES. “Mist clogs the sunshine, Smoky dwarf houses Have we round on every side.” Matthew Arnold. The next afternoon, about twenty miles from Milton-Northern, they entered on the litt…
HOME SICKNESS. “And it’s hame, hame, hame, Hame fain wad I be.” It needed the pretty light papering of the rooms to reconcile them to Milton. It needed more—more that could not be had. The thick yel…
DRESSING FOR TEA. “Let China’s earth, enriched with coloured stains, Pencil’d with gold, and streaked with azure veins, The grateful flavour of the Indian leaf, Or Mocha’s sunburnt berry glad receive…
WROUGHT IRON AND GOLD. “We are the trees whom shaking fastens more.” George Herbert. Mr. Thornton left the house without coming into the dining-room again. He was rather late, and walked rapidly out…
