...seem inclined to beg off the severer for the lighter verse, or ask that the reading should be — ' Not from the grand old masters, Not from the bards sublime, Whose trampling footsteps echo Down the corridors of time.' And, lastly, Mrs. Somerville was a very fair...

...seem inclined to beg off the severer for the lighter verse, or ask that the reading should be — ' Not from the grand old masters, Not from the bards sublime, • Whose trampling footsteps echo Down the corridors of time.' And, lastly, Mrs. Somerville was a very fair...

...akin to pain, And resembles sorrow only As the mist resembles the rain. Come, read to me some poem, Some simple and heartfelt lay, That shall soothe this...toil and endeavour ; And to-night I long for rest. Read from some humbler poet, Whose songs gushed from his heart, As showers from the clouds of summer,...

...akin to pain, And resembles sorrow only. As the mist resembles rain. Come, read to me some poem — Some simple and heartfelt lay, That shall soothe this...strains of martial music, Their mighty thoughts suggest Set Page 14.] Life's endless toil and endeavour ; And to-night I long for rest. Read from some humbler...

...akin to pain, And resembles sorrow only As the mist resembles the rain. Come, read to me some poem, Some simple and heartfelt lay, That shall soothe this restless feeling And banish the thoughts of day. Ifot from the grand old masters, Not from the bards sublime, Whose distant footsteps echo Through the...

...of Night, As a feather is wafted downward From an eagle in his flight. " Come, read to me some poem, Some simple and heart-felt lay, That shall soothe...restless feeling. And banish the thoughts of day. " Then read from the treasured volume The poem of thy choice, And lend to the rhyme of the poet The...

...of Night, As a feather is wafted downward From an eagle in his flight. " Come, read to mo some poem, Some simple and heart-felt lay, That shall soothe...restless feeling. And banish the thoughts of day. "Then read from the treasured volume The poem of thy choice, And lend to the rhyme of the poet The...

...akin to pain, And resembles sorrow only As the mist resembles the rain. Come, read to me some poem, Some simple and heartfelt lay, That shall soothe this...Their mighty thoughts suggest Life's endless toil and endeavor ; And to-night I long for rest. Read from some humbler poet, Whose songs gushed from his heart,...

...akin to pain, And resembles sorrow only As the mist resembles the rain. Come, read to me some poem. Some simple and heartfelt lay, That shall soothe this...Their mighty thoughts suggest Life's endless toil and endeavor ; And to-night I long for rest. Read from some humbler poet, Whose songs gushed from his heart,...

...not akin to pain, And resembles sorrow only As the mist resembles rain. . Come, read to me some poem, Some simple and heartfelt lay, That shall soothe this...from the bards sublime, Whose distant footsteps echo For, like strains^of martial music, Their mighty thoughts suggest Life's endless toil and endeavor...