For Memorizing All these must first be trampled down We have not wings, we cannot soar; The mighty pyramids of stone That wedge-like cleave the desert airs, When nearer seen, and better known, Are but gigantic flights of stairs. The distant mountains, that uprear The heights by great men reached and kept Standing on what too long we bore With shoulders bent and downcast eyes, We may discern unseen before — For Memorizing Nor deem the irrevocable Past CONTENTMENT. I do not own an inch of land, The orchard and the mowing-fields, Richer am I than he who owns Won by the inland breeze, Above the apple trees. -Longfellow. For Memorizing I freight them all with untold dreams, Than India ever knew My ships that sail into the east -Lucy Larcom. RECESSIONAL. God of our fathers, known of old · Dominion over palm and pine- The tumult and the shouting dies The Captains and the Kings depart - An humble and a contrite heart. Lest we forget-lest we forget! Far-called, our navies melt away On dune and headland sinks the fire Lo, all our pomp of yesterday Is one with Nineveh and Tyre! Judge of the Nations, spare us yet, Lest we forget-lest we forget! For Memorizing If, drunk with sight of power, we loose Wild tongues that have not Thee in awe Or lesser breeds without the Law - For heathen heart that puts her trust And guarding calls not Thee to guard. Amen. -Rudyard Kipling. SOME OLD FAVORITES. ROBERT OF LINCOLN. Merrily swinging on briar and weed, Over the mountain-side or mead, Robert of Lincoln is telling his name. Spink, spank, spink, Snug and safe is this nest of ours, Robert of Lincoln is gayly dressed, Wearing a bright, black wedding-coat; Spink, spank, spink, Look what a nice, new coat is mine; Robert of Lincoln's Quaker wife, Pretty and quiet, with plain brown wings, Passing at home a patient life, Broods in the grass while her husband sings, |