Part 67 (1/2)

_The Schoolmistress_.

Her cap, far whiter than the driven snow, Emblems right meet of decency does yield.

JOHN BROWN.

1715-1766.

_Barbarossa_. Act. v. Sc. 3.

Now let us thank the Eternal Power: convinced That Heaven but tries our virtue by affliction, That oft the cloud which wraps the present hour Serves but to brighten all our future days.

DAVID GARRICK.

1716-1779.

_Prologue on Quitting the Stage in 1776, 10th of June_.

Their cause I plead--plead it in heart and mind; A fellow-feeling makes one wondrous kind.

_On the Death of Mr. Pelham_.

Let others hail the rising sun: I bow to that whose race is run.

THOMAS GRAY.

1716-1771.

_On a Distant Prospect of Eton College_.

Ah, happy hills! ah, pleasing shade!