POETRY. - LINES SUGGESTED BY READING THE MOTTO Doth sorrow fill thy soul? Do thunder clouds obscure thy once bright sky, In their wild uncontrol? Child of the earth, bend low thy knee and pray, Whom thou hast loved and trusted fearlessly? Child of the earth, time shall thy grief allay, In anguish down thy weary, aching head? Child of the earth, thou wilt not always stay, Thy spirit with its brightness, hush thy joy: Usurp its place. Yet in thine onward way Farnham. RUTH AND NAOMI. Entreat me not To leave thee, mother! for I fain would stay Let me then keep My wonted place, and I will follow thee- I cannot go, Oh, let me share with thee, thy future lot; "Thy God shall be my God;" I will not know For I will die With thee; and would that I might lay my head Farnham. " WE WANT NO WAR. BY JOHN SWAIN. Prepare for war," a warrior cried, That circling wavelets rise and glide As, having stirr'd the lake's still breast, So downward went the warrior's word,— Save that a sound rose, near and far, Earnest and firm, "We want no war!" "We want no war! why should the world Why should the dark plagues of the past "Let the dark deeds of sword and flame, Then shall earth mount to heights sublime, NUNC DIMITTIS. Now would I go; mine eyes have seen And I would fain "depart in peace According to thy word." Now would I go; to those bright realms ascending Which thou hast graciously prepared To cheer thy people's sight. Now would I go; my flight 'mid seraphs winging Up to Thy throne, the Blessed Mercy Seat, Farnham ANNIE WHITE. FLOWERS OF THE OCEAN. CALL us not weeds-we are flowers of the sea; ; Not nursed like the plants of a summer parterre, E. L. AVELINE. |