S. 1. If thou wilt not at grief repine If thou no more dost sadly grieve, 2 G.-If I had a prophet's eye to see I might not whisper thy destiny, But yet around thee shall joys be thrown, L.-To watch, perhaps, a wild and wandering heart, His wayward mood, when tears are fit to start, To grieve-ah! not to chide him—that his love S. That it was sworn to worship; to win back The wanderer's erring feet to Virtue's peaceful track. These, and a thousand cares like these beside, While summer lasts, against those wintry showers, 3. The gods take pleasure oft, when haughty mortals 4. Your wish is very moderate, But little can you need; Go on, there's nothing in the way, 5. Desire it not, for time will show The gain would be but small, For thou wouldst get but small reward, S. 6. G.-Flatter and praise, extol her every grace, L.-When of a man he asks a question, Shakspeare. He wants for answer "Yes" or "No;" He always doubts the friendly meaning Of" Well," "Perhaps," "I do not know;" แ He'd rather have the answer "No!" And when he asks that trembling question, To say distinctly, "Yes sir, yes!" 7. Affection can withstand very severe storms of rigor, but not a long polar frost of downright indifference. Sir W. Scott. G-You came too late!-Neglect had tried Her constancy too long; Her love had yielded to her pride, S. She scorned the offering of a heart You came too late!—At once you felt. Her heart and thoughts were free; You came too late!-The subtle chords Not by offence of spoken words, But by the slights that wound. Yet she disdained your tardy vow, You came too late!-Her countless dreams Of love had long since flown; No charms dwelt in your chosen themes, And when with word and smile you tried She nerved her heart with woman's pride, And spurned your fickle love. Miss E. Bogart. S. L.-'Tis difficult to see another, The passing stranger of a day, Who never hath been friend or brother, The rebel mourner in the breast, And difficult-the eye gets dim The lip wants power-to smile on him! Willis. 8. G. Of her pride-all attempts to explain which defies, That with so little food it should reach such a size. L.-Cash! cash! for this he'll strive and toil, He'd plough the sea, or till the soil, On politics he'd write; For well he knows who cuts a dash Must have his pockets filled with cash. 9. G.-Sometimes sweet, and sometimes sour, Varying with the varying hour, Changing with the changing breeze. |