5. 6. "Gentle lady, deign to stay, Rest thee in Castle Ravensheugh "Bade the conqueror go forth, And launched that thunderbolt of war C. C. 51. "He took the ring--the rabble pass'd; 1. "An His wife was then the happiest fair- is a watch that wants both hands, As useless if it goes as if it stands." 2. 3. "Il vous sucera jusqu'au dernier "The very houses seem And all that mighty heart is lying still." 4. "Oh, France! my noble country. O! blood of high Bourbon! 5. Not eighteen years have I seen out "Melancholy's child! Why dost thou show to the apt thoughts of men The things that are not ?" 6. "First of all things-quintessence pure!" 52. "Witch legends all he scorn'd And all the trumpery of vulgar faith. 1. "is a desperate thing; the frogs in I. 2. Æsop were extremely wise; they had a great mind to some water, but they would not leap into the well because they could not get out again." "Lo! at the couch where infant beauty sleeps, Her silent watch the mournful mother keeps ; She, while the lonely babe unconscious lies, Smiles on her slumbering child with pensive eyes." 3. "Calm and serene he drives the furious blast, 4. 5. 6. And, pleased th' Almighty's orders to perform, Rides in the whirlwind and directs the storm." "For in a word be it understood He was all for ill, and never for good." "Fair clime, where all the seasons smile Benignant on that blessed isle." 66 Even through the hollow eyes of death 53. "Lord Thomas, at women presuming to Says a wife's a tin canister tied to the tail; While fair Lady as the subject he carries on, Feels hurt at his Lordship's degrading comparison; Yet wherefore-consider the matter aright A canister's useful, and polished and bright, That's the fault of the puppy to whom it is tied! 1. "A wondrous boy shall 2. bear, Who ne'er shall comb his raven hair, "The father was steel, and the mother was stone, They lifted the latch, and they bade him begone; |