10. Oh, the heart, that has truly lov'd, never forgets, As the sun-flower turns on her god, when he sets, 11. Sweetest love! I'll not forget thee! Time shall only teach my heart Fonder, warmer to regret thee, Lovely, gentle as thou art! 12. There are three things a wise man will not trust: The wind, the sunshine of an April day, And woman's plighted faith. 13. Tell her I'll love her while the clouds drop rain, Or while there's water in the pathless main. 14. Think not, beloved, time can break Or absence from my bosom take 15. The love that is kept in the beauty of trust, 16. 17. MOORE. MOORE. SOUTHEY. Or a mark that the finger hath trac'd in the dust, The mountain rill Seeks, with no surer flow, the far, bright sea, Love, constant love! PARK BENJAMIN. Age cannot quench it-like the primal ray Our cloud-encircled region, it will flow As pure and as eternal in its glow. PARK BENJAMIN. 140 CONSTANCY - INCONSTANCY. 18. I lov'd thee in thy spring-time's blushing hour,- The tear of April, and the smile of June :- 19. With a kiss my vow was greeted That thy heart should not be chang'd; 20. Though youth be past, and beauty fled, 21. Thou art fickle as the sea, Thou art wandering as the wind, 22. Inconstant! are the waters so That fall in showers on hill and plain, 23. There is nothing but death Our affection can sever, And till life's latest breath Love shall bind us for ever. J. O. ROCKWELL. MRS. S. J. HALE. W. C. BRYANT. J. G. PERCIVAL. 24. Where'er thou journeyest, or whate'er thy care, My heart shall follow, and my spirit share. MRS. L. H. SIGOURNEY. 25. The finger of love, on my innermost heart, Wrote thy name, O adored! when my feelings were young; W. H. BURLEIGH. CONTEMPLATION REFLECTION. 1. Thus ev'ry object of creation Can furnish hints for contemplation, GAY'S Fables. 2. 'Tis greatly wise to talk with our past hours, 3. A soul without reflection, like a pile Without inhabitant, to ruin runs. YOUNG'S Night Thoughts. 4. Thanks to the human heart, by which we live, 5. WORDSWORTH. Mount on Contemplation's wings, GIFFORD'S Perseus. 142 6. 7. CONTEMPT - SCORN. It is fine To stand upon some lofty mountain thought, Within the deep, Still chambers of the heart, a spectre dim, BAILEY'S Festus. Whose tones are like the wizard voice of Time, And holy visions that have past away, And left no shadow of their loveliness On the dead waste of life. GEORGE D. PRENTICE. CONTEMPT - SCORN. 1. Disdain and scorn ride sparkling in her eyes. 2. 3. Infamous wretch ! So much below my scorn, I dare not kill thee! He hears On all sides, from innumerable tongues, A dismal, universal hiss, the sound Of public scorn. 4. Derision shall strike thee forlorn, SHAKSPEARE. DRYDEN. MILTON'S Paradise Lost. A mock'ry that never shall die; 5. Thou may'st from law, but not from scorn escape; BYRON. CHARLES SPRAGUE. 6. 7. Pardon is for men, And not for reptiles-we have none for Steno, Of life. The man, who dies by the adder's pang, BYRON'S Marino Faliero. And would'st thou turn, Like one contemn'd, to seek for more contempt! RUFUS DAWES. CONTENTMENT-DISCONTENT. 1. O! who can lead, then, a more happy life, 2. The remnant of his days he safely past, Nor found they lagg'd too slow, nor flew too fast; 3. Still falling out with this and this, And finding something still amiss; SPENSER. PRIOR. BUTLER'S Hudibras. 4. Peace, brother, be not over-exquisite MILTON'S Comus. |