use,
With eyes that see not throng'd, and gorgeous hues.
The swan's white grace that other wears instead,
Stately with stem-like throat and flower-like head.

[William Watson

TOMORROW

'Tis so far fetch'd, this morrow, that I fear
'Twill be both very old and very dear.
Tomorrow I will live, the fool doth say,
Why e'en to-day's too late, the wise lived yesterday.

[Anonymous

QUATRAIN

Fear not the menace of the By-and-by;
To-day is ours, tomorrow Fate must give;
Stretch out your hands and eat, although ye die--
Better to die than never once to live.

[Richard Hovey

ON MODERN STATESMEN

Midas, they say, possess'd the art of old,
Of turning whatso'er he touch'd to gold.
This modern statesmen can reverse with ease;
Touch them with gold, they'll turn to what you please.

[Anonymous

ON FOLLY

The world of fools has such a store,
That he who would not see an ass
Must bide at home and bolt his door,
And break his looking-glass.

[From the French of La Monnoye

ON THE ENBANKMENT

The impassive stony Sphinx kissed by the amorous moon;
The little coster-girl, a Covent Garden rose;
Three thousand years apart! And yet alike for once in this--
Tonight, each has a secret she will not disclose.

[William Theodore Peters

LOVE

That happy minglement of Hearts,
Where, changed as chemic compounds are,
Each with its own Existence parts,
To find a new one, happier far!

[Thomas Moore

LOVE

A mighty Pain to Love it is,
And 'tis a Pain that Pain to miss;
But of all Pains, the greatest Pain
It is to Love, and Love in vain.

[Abraham Cowley