...hour or half's delight, And so to bid good-night 1 'Twos pity Nature brought ye forth, Merely to show your worth And lose you quite. But you are lovely...pride, Like you, awhile, they glide Into the grave. HERRICK. VIRTUE. SWEET day, so cool, so calm, so bright, The bridal of the earth and sky, Sweet dews...

...or half's delight, And so to bid ' Good-night ?' 'Twas pity Nature brought ye forth Merely to show your worth, And lose you quite. But you are lovely...pride. Like you, awhile, they glide Into the grave. CLIII. STRANGER, whoe'er thou art, that stoop'st to tasle These sweeter streams, let me arrest thy...

...bid good night ? 'Tis pity Nature brought ye forth Merely to show your worth, And lose you quite. 3 But you are lovely leaves, where we May read how soon...pride, Like you, awhile, they glide Into the grave. OBERON'S PALACE. Thus to a grove Sometimes devoted unto love, Tinsell'd with twilight, he and they,...

...brought ye forth Merely to show your worth, And lose you quite. But you are lovely leaves, where wo May read how soon things have Their end, though ne'er...pride, Like you, awhile, they glide Into the grave. HOW THE HEART S-EASE FIRST CAHE. Frolic virgins once these were, Over-loving, living here; Being here...

...you quite. But you are lovely leaves, where we May read how soon things have Their end, though near so brave : And after they have shown their pride, Like you awhile : They glide Into the grave. HEKEICK. O LUVE will venture in where it daurna weel be seen, O luve will venture in where wisdom ance...

...you are lovely leaves, where we May read how soon things have Their end, though ne'er so brave : * O And after they have shown their pride, Like you, awhile, they glide Into the grave. HKRRICK. [RoiiKKT HERRICK, a clergyman of the Church of England, who lived during the reign of Charles...

...hour or half's delight, And so to bid good night ? 'Tis pity Nature brought ye forth Merely to show your worth, And lose you quite. " But you are lovely...pride, Like you, awhile, they glide Into the grave."— (P. 30.) In speaking of Herrick, George Gilfillan pays a well-deserved tribute to Anacreon ; and this...

...hour or half's delight, And so to bid good-night? 'Tis pity Nature brought ye forth, Merely to show your worth, And lose you quite. But you are lovely...pride Like you awhile, they glide Into the grave. ROBERT HER RICK. 255 TO DAFFODILS. FAIR daffodils, we weep to see You haste away so soon ; As yet the...

...so to bid good-night ? 'Twas pity Nature brought ye forth An hour or half s delight, Merely to show your worth, And lose you quite. But you are lovely...pride Like you, awhile, they glide Into the grave. R. Herrick cx TO DAFFODILS Fair Daffodils, we weep to see You haste away so soon : As yet the early-rising...

...hour or half's delight, And so to bid good night ? "Twas pity Nature brought ye forth Merely to show your worth, And lose you quite. But you are lovely...pride, Like you, awhile, they glide Into the grave. LESSON SIXTH. CODRUS, AND GRECIAN PATRIOTISM. With the Greeks, personal attachment had more influence,...