Part 130 (1/2)

_Johnson_:--”Sir, your levellers wish to level down as far as the up to themselves They would all have some people under them; why not then have some people above them?”

--_Boswell's Johnson_

1809

The true art of being agreeable is to appear well pleased with all the company, and rather to see entertainment to them

1810

LONGING FOR SOLITUDE

Oh, for a lodge in souity of shade, Where ruht never reach me more! my ear is pain'd, My soul is sick, with every day's report Of wrong and outrage, hich earth is fill'd

--_Cowper_

1811

_So, however shest a hope, which can inspire a hu

--_Lord Avebury_

1812

TO MY DEAR SON

_On his 21st Birthday, with a Silver Lamp, ”Fiat Lux”_ --_Lady Dufferin, 1807-1867_

How shall I bless thee? Human love Is all too poor in passionate words; The heart aches with a sense above All language that the lip affords: Therefore a sye, But yet--eternal--ht! which of all the lovely shows To our poor world of shadows given, The fervent prophet-voices chose Alone, as attribute of heaven!

At a most solemn pause we stand, Fro huuide thee as of yore

Then, as thro' life thy footsteps stray, And earthly beacons diuidance far than ht” in thy clear, clear soul, When passion terief's dark teht” that shall not fail!

So, angel-guarded, may'st thou tread The narrow path which few may find, And at the end, look back, nor dread To count the vanished years behind!

And pray that she, whose hand doth trace This heart-warm prayer,--when life is past-- May see and know thy blessed face, In God's own glorious light at last!

--_Froy_, --_by Sir M E Grant Duff_

1813