f of this magical influence, which is, however, for
that reason only the more perfect. Her presence lights up the home;
her approach is like cheerful warmth; she passes by, and we are
content; she stays awhile, and we are happy.--_Toilers of the Sea._

To behold her is to live; she is the Aurora with a human face. She
has no need to do more than simply to be, she makes an Eden of the
house; Paradise breathes from her: and she communicates this
delight to all, without taking any greater trouble than that of
existing beside them. Is it not a thing divine to have a smile
which, none know how, has the power to lighten the weight of that
enormous chain which all the living, in common, drag behind
them?--_Toilers of the Sea._

On the day when a woman who passes before you emits light as she
walks you are lost, for you love. You have from that moment but one
thing to do: think of her so intently that she will be compelled to
think of you.--_Les Miserables._

The soul only needs to see a smile in a white crepe bonnet in order
to enter the palace of dreams.--_Les Miserables._

She had upon her lips almost the light of a smile, with the fulness
of tears in her eyes.... The reflection of an angel was in her
look.--_Toilers of the Sea._

ROBERT BROWNING.

There is a vision in the heart of each
Of justice, mercy, wisdom, tenderness
To wrong and pain, and knowledge of its cure:
And these embodied in a woman's form
That best transmits them, pure as first received,
From God above her, to mankind below.

_Colombe's Birthday._

This woman ...
... Being true, devoted, constant--she
Found constancy, devotion, truth, the plain
And easy commonplace of character.

_The Inn Album._

... The good and tender heart,
Its girl's trust and its woman's constancy,
How pure yet passionate, how calm yet kind,
How grave yet joyous, how reserved yet free
As light where friends are--how imbued with lore
The world most prizes, yet the simplest.
* * * * *
Herself creates
The want she means to satisfy.

_A Blot on the 'Scutcheon._

Truly, the woman's way
High to lift heart up.

_Agamemnon._

And Michal's face
Still wears that quiet and p