Index of Authors.

MILNES, RICHARD MONCKTON (Lord HOUGHTON), b. 1809.

The Brook-Side

MONTROSE, JAMES GRAHAME, Marquis of (1612–1650).

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74

104

70

94

20

39

48

49

50

118

119

148

149

59

81

25

I wish I could remember that first day.

If I could trust mine own self with thy fate
If there be any one can take my place

RÜCKERT, FRIEDRICH, b. 1789.

Warum willst du Andre fragen

Grüss' aus der Ferne.

Wer Wenig sucht, der findet Viel

SCOTT, Lady JOHN, b. 1816.

When thou art near me

SCOTT, Sir WALTER (1771-1832).

A Serenade

SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM (1564-1616).

Love alters not.

Shall I compare thee.

From "The Winter's Tale"

From "King John"

My glass shall not persuade me

When in disgrace with fortune

When to the sessions of sweet silent thought

My love is strengthened.

From "The Merchant of Venice"

35 38

47

62

64

78

132

139

58

79

63

107

Move Eastward, happy Earth.

From "The Miller's Daughter"

THACKERAY, WILLIAM MAKEPEACE (1811–1863).

Tender and True.

LOVE.

TRUE Love is but a humble, low-born thing,

And hath its food served up in earthen ware;

It is a thing to walk with, hand in hand,
Through the every-dayness of this work-day world,
Baring its tender feet to every roughness,
Yet letting not one heart-beat go astray
From Beauty's law of plainness and content;
A simple, fire-side thing, whose quiet smile
Can warm earth's poorest hovel to a home;
Which, when our autumn cometh, as it must,
And life in the chill wind shivers bare and leafless,
Shall still be blest with Indian-summer youth
In bleak November, and, with thankful heart,
Smile on its ample stores of garnered fruit,
As full of sunshine to our aged eyes

As when it nursed the blossoms of our spring.
Such is true Love, which steals into the heart
With feet as silent as the lightsome dawn

That kisses smooth the rough brows of the dark,