25. Robert Burns, 1759.

God has conceded two sights to a man

One, of men's whole work, time's completed plan,
The other, of the minute's work, man's first
Step to the plan's completeness; what's dispersed
Save hope of that supreme step which, descried
Earliest, was meant still to remain untried
Only to give you heart to take your own
Step, and there stay- leaving the rest alone?

26. Benjamin R. Haydon, 1786.

I recognize mankind

SORDELLO.

In all its height and depth, and length and breadth.
Mankind i' the main have little wants not large :
I, being of will and power to help i' the main,
Mankind, must help the least wants first.

PRINCE HOHENSTIEL-SCHWANGAU.

27. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, 1756.

There was no duty patent in the world
Like daring try be good and true myself,
Leaving the shows of things to the Lord of Show
And Prince o' the Power of the Air.

THE RING AND THE BOOK.

28. Charles George Gordon, 1833.

When is man strong until he feels alone?

COLOMBE'S BIRTHDAY.

29. Emanuel Swedenborg, 1688.

Shall not God stoop the kindlier to His work,
His marvel of creation, foot would crush,
Now that the hand He trusted to receive
And hold it, lets the treasure fall perforce ?
The better; He shall have in orphanage
His own way all the clearlier;

Who is it makes the soft gold hair turn black, And sets the tongue, might lie so long at rest, Trying to talk? Let us leave God alone!

THE RING AND THE BOOK.

30. Walter Savage Landor, 1775.
But also, God, whose pleasure brought
Man into being, stands away

As it were, a handbreadth off, to give
Room for the newly-made to live,
And look at Him from a place apart,
And use his gifts of brain and heart,
Given indeed, but to keep forever.

31. Franz Schubert, 1797.

CHRISTMAS-EVE.

God made all the creatures and gave them
Our love and our fear

To show, we and they are his children,

One family here.

SAUL.

1. Arthur H. Hallam, 1811.

Youth is the only time

To think and to decide on a great course;
Manhood with action follows; but 't is dreary
To have to alter our whole life in age
The time past, the strength gone.

2. Hannah More, 1745.

STRAFFORD.

Lied is a rough phrase; say he fell from truth
In climbing towards it!

Or

FERISHTAH'S FANCIES.

3. Frederic W. Robertson, 1816.

say there's beauty with no soul at all (I never saw it put the case the same.) If you get simple beauty and nought else, You get about the best thing God invents : That's somewhat and you'll find the soul you have missed,

Within yourself, when you return Him thanks.

4. Josiah Quincy, 1772.

FRA LIPPO LIPPI.

For I am 'ware it is the seed of act,

God holds appraising in his hollow palm,
Not act grown great thence on the world below,
Leafage and branchage vulgar eyes admire.
Therefore I stand on my integrity,

Nor fear at all.

THE RING AND THE BOOK.

5. Ole Bull, 1810.

Rejoice we are allied

To That which doth provide

And not partake, effect and not receive!

A spark disturbs our clod;

Nearer we hold of God

Who gives, than of his tribes that take, I must be

lieve.

RABBI BEN EZRA.

6. Madame de Sevigné, 1626.

O't were too absurd to slight

For the hereafter the to-day's delight!

Quench thirst at this, then seek next well-spring

wear

Home-lilies ere strange lotus in my hair!

7. Sir Thomas More, 1480.

SORDELLO.

Aspire, break bounds! I say,

Endeavor to be good, and better still,

And best! Success is nought, endeavor's all.

RED COTTON NIGHT-CAP COUNTRY.

8. Samuel Butler, 1612.

Thank, praise, love

(Sum up thus) for the lowest favors first, The commonest of comforts! Aught beside Very omnipotence had overlooked

Such needs, arranging for thy little life.

FERISHTAH'S FANCIES.

9. Murder of David Rizzio, 1566.

Our human flower, sun-ripened, proffers scent Though reason prove the sun lacks nose to feed On what himself made grateful: flower and man, Let each assume that scent and love alike

Being once born, must needs have use! Man's part Is plain-to send love forth,

No matter, he has done his part.

astray, perhaps :

FERISHTAH'S FANCIES.

10. Ary Scheffer, 1795.

Oh, we're sunk enough here, God knows!
But not quite so sunk that moments,
Sure though seldom, are denied us,
When the spirit's true endowments
Stand out plainly from its false ones,
And apprise it if pursuing

Or the right way or the wrong way,
To its triumph or undoing.

11. Lydia Maria Child, 1802.

CHRISTINA.

I count life just a stuff

To try the soul's strength on, educe the man.

Who keeps one end in view makes all things serve.

IN A BALCONY.