... lies the winter snow, And the winter winds are wearily sighing; Toll ye the church-bell sad and slow, And tread softly and speak low, For the Old Year lies a-dying. He was fuh of joke and jest, But all his merry quips are o'er. To see him die, across the ...

... POE RthY. sPEAK A GOOD) NvORD, OR 8AY NOTHI'NG AT ALL. rbere's a 5peciesi of slander abroad in thoe world, Against a good neelbbour, too frequently hari'd; Not aiwvys with malice, with envy, or spite, Yet fatal to friendship, good feeling, and right. ...

... it there well flnt that Weser child ?? there, not there, my chld! Eye bstb -sit seei it, my verdant yonth, TsEigc ca it and speak the truth; FolJiu 'Alurou 6° to the farthest State Fill uh te go 0 the Golden Gate, Tcd tl n ot teross the Western sea, To ...

... comes by silence; but they may as well say that good never comes by speech ; for where it is good to speak, it is ill to be silent. Resolve to speak and act well in company, in spite of those that do ill; whose vice set against thy virtue, will iender ...

... POETRY. SiLUNT BLOQUENCCR There's a language that's mute: thore's a silence that speaks; ir Therer' A soieething that cannot be told; P There are words that can only be read on tbe cheeks, N And thoughts that tho oyes can unfold. n There's a look so ...

... ONE TO SPARE. Which shall ittbe Whicb shall it be Di 1 looked at John-John looked at me, hi And when I found that I must speak, g My voice seemed strangely low and weak; b Tell me again what Robert said I a And then I, listening, beet my head. M ...

... Nor moraliso with his despair, The man is down and his great need Is ready help, not prayer and creed. Give like a christian-speak indeed, A noble life is the best of erced, And he shall wear a Royal orowv Who gives a lift when one is down. Tlhe world is ...

... breaks into raptures. I bnee, indeed, he speaks of English women in terms of sincere admiration, and he moralises a } little as to the greatness of England. But this is an oasis in the desert. Generally he speaks I of small matters, of what he had to eat ...

... time his homage and respect; Iler right to lectureoand be heard within d, .mlestic Wvalls, lint not her right to vote and speak in legislative halls. She has the will, and power to ffll Man's heart with pure delight ; She rales his soul with sweet control ...

... the world and die, And still the world holds on it's way; To-day the same as yesterday; This age as ages long gone by. We speak of change, ah me ! ah me! We dwell in one small speck of time, While round us trend the plains sublime Of changeless, dread ...

... darkness round it thicken, Time, thy uame. Nay. but rest is bhrn of fne for healing, -Se might aeily Time, with voic roprest, Speak: is grief the ?? gift of my draleig ' Nay, bat rest. All tho world is weari je, east and west, Tived wvith toil to wvatch the ...

... with relief. Console the sad and wearv Ere thy fond voice grow weak; The lute that vields the sweetest airs May yet refuse to speak. Leamington Spa. ...