I see the wrong that round me lies,
I feel the guilt within,
I hear, with groan and travail-cries,
The world confess its sin.
Yet, in the maddening maze of things,
And tossed by storm and flood,
To one fixed stake my spirit clings;
I know that God is good!
Not mine to look where cherubim
And seraphs may not see,
But nothing can be good in Him
Which evil is in me.
The wrong that pains my soul below
I dare not throne above;
I know not of His hate,-I know
His goodness and His love.
I dimly guess, from blessings known,
Of greater out of sight,
And, with the chastened Psalmist, own
His judgments too are right.
I long for household voices gone,
For vanished smiles I long;
But God hath led my dear ones on,
And He can do no wrong.
I know not what the future hath
Of marvel or surprise,
Assured alone that life and death
His mercy underlies.
And, if my heart and flesh are weak
To bear an untried pain,
The bruised reed He will not break,
But strengthen and sustain.
No offering of my own I have,
Nor works my faith to prove ;
I can but give the gifts He gave,
And plead His love for love.
And so, beside the Silent Sea,
I wait the muffled oar;
No harm from Him can come to me
On ocean or op shore.
I know not where His islands lift
Their fronded palms in air;
I only know I cannot drift
Beyond His love and care.
O brothers! if my faith is vain,
If hopes like these betray,
Pray for me that my feet may gain
The sure and safer way.
And Thou, O Lord, by whom are seen
Thy creatures as they be,
Forgive me if too close I lean
My human heart on Thee!
BIOGRAPHICAL AND TOPICAL.
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Addison, Joseph, b. at Milston, in
1672; entered Queen's College, Ox-
ford; a good scholar and a writer of
Latin verse; intended for the Church,
but Halifax persuaded him to enter
the service of the state; a pension
of £300 in 1699; visited France and
Italy; lost the pension, and returned
1703; wrote The Campaign in praise
of Marlborough; under-secretary of
state in 1706; M. P. in 1708; secretary
to Lord Wharton, Lord Lieutenant
of Ireland, with salary of £2000, 1709;
began with Steele The Spectator-a
daily from March 1, 1711, to December,
1712, and revived as a tri-weekly in
1714. Again secretary to Lord Lieuten-
ant of Ireland; took his seat at the
Board of Trade in 1715, and began The
Freeholder; married the countess-
dowager of Warwick in 1716, and lived
three years to regret it; secretary of
state, 1717; d. 1719... .195, 219-24
Adhelm, b. about 656, in Wessex;
taught by the learned Adrian; entered
the monastery at Malmesbury at the
age of sixteen; afterwards abbot;
went to Rome; upon his return helped
to settle the dispute concerning the
celebration of Easter: d. 707........ 28
Ælfred, b. in Berkshire 848; sent at the
age of five to Rome and again at the
age of seven; remained there a year;
came to the throne, 871; driven by the
Danes from it; routed them at Ed-
dington, 878; was recognized as king
of all England, 886; rebuilt London
that year; kingdom again invaded by
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the Danes, 894; Elfred defeated them
in several battles, and drove them
from the island; is said by some to
have founded Oxford; d. 901.... 32-34.
Ælfric, the grammarian," studied at
Abington; went thence to Winchester;
became a monk; bishop of Wilton;
Archbishop of Canterbury, 995; d.
1006..
34
American Literature, Prose.. 320-365
Poetry. 429-460
Ascham, Roger, b. about 1515; took
his B.A. at Cambridge, 1534; college
lecturer on Greek in 1537; Toxophilus,
1544; famous for his penmanship;
tutor to princess Elizabeth; Latin Sec-
retary to Queens Mary and Elizabeth;
The Schoolmaster published by his
widow, 1570; believed that boys
could be lured to learning by love
better than driven to it by beating; d.
1568
73
Austen, Miss, b. at Steventon, 1775;
educated by her father; novels pic-
ture the life of the middle classes;
Scott says that her talent for describ-
ing the characters of ordinary life was
most wonderful; d. 1817...
269
Bacon, Lord, b. at London, 1561, son
of Sir Nicholas Bacon, and nephew of
Lord Burleigh; studied at Cambridge;
visited France; returned to England
at his father's death, 1579; admitted
to the bar, 1582; M. P., 1589, and sat
in every Parliament till 1614; was a
noted speaker. "The fear of every
man who heard him was, that he
should make an end," says Ben
Jonson; was counsellor-extraordinary
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