vine,
The spirit below is the spirit of wine.

[Anonymous

ON A SUN-DIAL

With warning hand I mark Time's rapid flight
From life's glad morning to its solemn night;
Yet, through the dear God's love, I also show
There's Light above me by the Shade below.

[John Greenleaf Whittier

BORROWING

_From the French_

Some of your hurts you have cured,
And the sharpest you still have survived,
But what torments of grief you endured
From evils which never arrived!

[Ralph Waldo Emerson

YOUTH

The Tear, down Childhood's cheek that flows,
Is like the dew-drop on the Rose;
When next the Summer breeze comes by,
And waves the bush, the Flower is dry.

[Sir Walter Scott

MY TROUBLES

I wrote down my troubles every day;
And after a few short years,
When I turned to the heartaches passed away,
I read them with smiles, not tears.

[John Boyle O'Reilly

SENSIBILITY

The soul of Music slumbers in the shell,
Till waked and kindled by the Master's spell;
And feeling Hearts--touch them but lightly--pour
A thousand melodies unheard before!

[Samuel Rogers

IS LOVE SO BLIND

The records of ancient times declare
That hapless Love is blind,
Yet many's the virtue, sweet and rare,
That only Love can find.

[Henry W. Allport

SYMPATHY

What gem hath dropp'd and sparkles o'er his chain?
The Tear most sacred, shed for other's pain,
That starts at once--bright--pure--from Pity's mine,
Already polish'd by the Hand Divine.

[Lord Byron

GRIEF

What cannot be preserved when Fortune takes,
Patience her injury a mockery makes.