ry's golden gate
Let not my faithlessness appear,
Nor think upon my failings great,
Forget them--for I love thee, dear.
But if of good I aught have done,
Oh that with eyes of kindness mark,
And let it shine--as when the sun
Spreads wings of gold to chase the dark.

Thou rulest all my phantasy
With thy fair face and eyes divine,
The form, which in my sleep I see
Mid dreamland's mazy fields, is thine.
Oh if thy sweet companionship
I may not win, nor call thee wife--
Then all my future let me sleep,
And one long dream be all my life.

Baby.

His cradle's his castle, and dainty his fare,
And all the world crowds just to see him lie there.
Whole volumes of rapture around him are heard,
But he keeps his counsel and says not a word.

His mother while hushing her baby to rest
Foretells for him all that can make a man blest.
But still he lies silent--his pride is not stirred
For all her fond visions, he says not a word.

His father feigns anger and swears that his son
Is cross and ill-tempered, and scolds him in fun
But though he speaks loud and demands to be heard
For threats as for praises, he says not a word.

A glance at the strange world around him he throws--
Whence came he? He knows not--nor whither he goes.
Vague memories of angels within him are stirred,
Too deep for mere speech--so he says not a word.

Yet answer there comes and as clear as can be,
In his eyes bright and sparkling his soul you can see.
To all that is said of him, all that is heard
He looks his reply, though he says not a word.

CALEDFRYN.

William Williams was born at Denbigh February 6th, 1801. A weaver by
trade, he showed signs of fitness for the ministry, was sent to Rotherham
College, and was ordained minister of the Independent body at
Llanerchymedd in 1829. He died at Groeswen, Glamorganshire, March 29,
1869. He published a volume of his poems in 1856, "Caniadau Caledfryn."

The Cuckoo.

Dear playmate of the verdant spring,
We greet thee and rejoice,
Nature with leaves thy pathway decks,
The woodlands need thy voice.

No sooner come the daisies fair
To fleck the meadows green,
Than thy untrammelled notes are heard
Rising the brakes between.

Hast thou some star in yonder heights
To guide thee on thy way,
And warn thee of the changing years
And seasons, day by day?

Fair visitant, the time of flowers,
We welcome now with thee,
When all the birds