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G.-A literary station high,

She'll fill with honor to the cause,
For none who read her will deny
Well-merited and just applause.

L.-His genius senates shall admire,
Yet mourn that like a lambent fire
To wanderers benighted,

It leads his cause through mists and fogs,
To faction's whirlpool, party's bogs,
Where all is sunk and blighted.

2.

Ask for the heart that's rich in worth,
Although in worldly riches poor;

The want of fortune upon earth,

Is not the worst want we endure.
The want of feeling, temper, trust,

The want of truth-where hearts are sought,

Gold, blent to these, is worse than dust,

With no such gold can love be bought.

3.

G.-Her beauty is as undenied

As the beauty of a star,

And her heart beats just as equally,

Whate'er her praises are;

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And so long without a parallel,

Her loveliness has shone,

That, followed like the tided moon,

It moves as calmly on.

Willis.

L.-Though it seems quite incredible, yet I've been told, He once was an infant, but with years will be old; He oft is awake in the day-time 'tis said,

But he falls fast asleep every night in his bed.

'Tis reported his tongue always moves when he talks,
And his whole body goes straight ahead when he walks;
His gait is so odd, when you see him you'll burst,
For one foot or other is sure to be first.

He seldom, or never can see without light.

And yet they do say he can hear in the night;
His mouth stands across 'twixt his nose and his chi..,
And by this you may know him as soon as he's seen.
From the Convivial Songster, 1782.

Repeat the marriage vow,

Nor ever after deem the pledge

Less holy, pure, than now.
You'll feel that 'tis no common tie

That binds your youthful heart,

But one that truth alone should weave,

And only falsehood part.

C. Jeffries

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5.

G.-You know you are engaged
Right soon the knot to tie,
Your very countenance betrays
You asked but jestingly.

L.-The ring is on your hand,

The wreath is on your brow;
Satins and jewels grand,
And many a rood of land

Are all at your command,

Are you not happy now?

E. A. Poe.

6.

G.-Wouldst thou, my friend, be wise and virtuous deemed,
By all mankind a prodigy esteemed?

Keep up appearances, there lies the test,
The world will give thee credit for the rest.
Outward be fair, however foul within;
Sin if thou wilt but then in secret sin.
This maxim's into common favor grown-
Vice is no longer vice, unless 'tis known.
Be this thy rule-be what men prudent call;
Prudence, almighty Prudence gives thee all.

Churchill.

L.-By self-denying habits, by simple tastes, and b

unpretending manners.

Acton.

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7.

To become wiser drink sage tea, and to become happier drink balm tea.

No good of worth sublime will Heaven permit
To light on man, as from the passing air;
The lamp of genius, though by nature lit,

If not protected, pruned, and fed with care,
Soon dies, or runs to waste with fitful glare.
Ere earth-born indolence unnerve thee quite,
Do something-do it soon-with all thy might!

Has immortality of name been given

To those that idly worship hills and groves,
And burn sweet incense to the queen of heaven?
Did Newton learn from fancy, as it roves,

To measure worlds, and follow where each moves ?
Did Paul gain Heaven's glory, and its peace,

By musing o'er the bright and tranquil isles of Greece?

Rouse to some work of high and holy love,

And thou an angel's happiness shalt know,-
Shalt bless the earth, while in the world above;
The good begun by thee shall onward flow
In many a branching stream, and wider grow.
An angel's wing would droop if long at rest,
And God himself inactive, were no longer blest.
Carlos Wilcox.

8.

You are one of those whose enemies are to be pitied

much, but your friends more.

Colton.

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Oh! what is friendship but a name,
A charm that lulls to sleep?
A shade that follows wealth or fame,
But leaves the wretch to weep?

9.

Goldsmith

You have dreams of a fair little cot of your own,
Where Love and Contentment shall smile;
Of a form that is near you when daylight is done.
And a hand in your own all the while;

You have dreams of a casement thrown up to the night,
With roses and vines peeping through;

And while you are dreaming these dreams of delight, Some one else dreams the same dreams as you!

10.

Caroline A. Briggs.

G-Envy will merit, like a shade pursue;

But like a shadow, proves the substance true.

L.-That if you ever chance to wed

(And they think it is a chance),

They pity your dear better half,
For in truth he'll have to dance,

11.

G-A child will weep a bramble's smart,
A maid to see her bird depart,
A stripling for a woman's heart.

Pope.

Scott.