22 ADIEU-FAREWELL-PARTING. 21. And now farewell! farewell!-I dare not lengthen This is our last farewell-our last fond meeting; 22. I heard thy low whisper'd farewell, love, The sorrow that swell'd in my heart? And my heart would have breathed, if it could, love, MRS. FRANCES OSGOOD. 23. Where'er I go, whate'er my lonely state, And when, perhaps, you're musing o'er my fate, Ah! then, forgive me-pitied let me part, Your frowns, too sure, would break my sinking heart. 24. We met ere yet the world had come To wither up the springs of youth; Amid the holy joys of home, And in the first warm blush of youth. We parted, as they never part Whose tears are doom'd to be forgot; 25. "T was bitter then to rend the heart And, like some low and mournful spell, To whisper but one word-farewell! 26. Life hath as many farewells PARK BENJAMIN. As it hath sunny hours, And over some are scatter'd thorns, And over others, flowers. 27. And now, fair ladies, one and all, adieu, MRS. L. P. SMITH. Good luck, good husbands, and good bye to you! 1. So do the winds and thunder cleanse the air, SPENSER'S Fairy Queen. 2. "Tis barbarous to insult a fallen foe. 3. Adversity, sage useful guest, Severe instructor, but the best, SOMERVILE. SOMERVILE. 4. A wretched soul, bruis'd with adversity, SHAKSPEARE. 24 ADVERSITY - MISFORTUNE. 5. 'Tis strange how many unimagin'd charges 6. Sweet are the uses of adversity, Which, like a toad, ugly and venomous, 7. I am not now in fortune's power; SHAKSPEARE. SHAKSPEARE. BUTLER'S Hudibras. 8. Heaven but tries our virtue by affliction; I will bear it With all the tender sufferance of a friend, BROWN. 10. Deserted in his utmost need By those his former bounty fed. OTWAY'S Orphan. DRYDEN. 11. Affliction is the wholesome soil of virtue; Where patience, honour, sweet humanity, Calm fortitude, take root and strongly flourish. 12. Affliction is the good man's shining scene; MALLET. YOUNG'S Night Thoughts. 13. Misfortune does not always wait on vice; Nor is success the constant guest of virtue. 14. I pray thee, deal with men in misery, Like one who may himself be miserable. HAVARD. HEYWOOD. 15. In this wild world the fondest and the best Are the most tried, most troubled and distress'd. 16. Aromatic plants bestow No spicy fragrance while they grow; CRABBE. GOLDSMITH. 17. For every want, that stimulates the breast, Becomes a source of pleasure when redrest. GOLDSMITH. 18. Each breast, however fortified, By courage, apathy, or pride, Has still one secret path for thee, MRS. HOLFORD'S Margaret of Anjou. 19. The good are better made by ill, As odours crush'd are better still. ROGERS. 20. The brave unfortunates are our best acquaintance; They show us virtue may be much distress'd, And give us their example how to suffer. 21. Though losses and crosses Be lessons right severe, There's wit there, ye 'Il get there, Ye'll find nae other where. 22. 'T was thine own genius gave the final blow, FRANCIS. BURNS. 26 ADVERSITY - MISFORTUNE. While the same plumage that had warmed his nest, 23. I have not quail'd to danger's brow BYRON'S Giaour. 24. Of all the horrid, hideous notes of woe, Utter'd by friends, those prophets of the past, Own they foresaw that you would fall at last; 25. The rugged metal of the mine BYRON'S Don Juan. Must burn before its surface shine; BYRON'S Giaour. 26. What is the worst of woes that wait on age? BYRON'S Childe Harold. 27. From mighty wrongs to petty perfidy, Have I not seen what human things could do? From the loud roar of foaming calumny, BYRON'S Childe Harold. 28. A hermit, 'midst of crowds, I fain must stray BYRON. |