...apply to the pleasant memories I should be sorry to have vanished altogether from my remembrance : ' I hold it true, whate'er befall ; I feel it when I sorrow most : Tis better to have loved and lost Than never to have loved at all.' " One first and last peep at Mr. John Moncton, the hero par excellence,...

...memory, so all unutterably dear to her : by these, without any words, she often seemed to say — • " I hold it true, whate'er befall ; I feel it when I sorrow most ; 'Tis better to have loved and lost Than never to have loved at all." You heard it when she sang, still not those words. She had a pleasant...

...breathes such sweetness and sacredness. The key-note of the whole is struck at the beginning : — " I hold it true, whate'er befall ; I feel it when I sorrow most ; "fis better to have loved and lost Than never to have loved at all."* And the same sentiment seeks...

...-wear on, I hunger more To see your face again before I die. ALEXANDEB SMITH. ~i hold it true, whatc'cr befall, I feel it when I sorrow most ; 'Tis better...and lost, Than never to have loved at all. TENNYSON. GAINIpassoveranintervaloffouryears. During this period no great change had occurred in our circle....

...The heart that never plighted troth. But stagnates in the weeds of sloth; Nor any want-begotten rest. I hold it true, whate'er befall; I feel it, when I sorrow rao«t; 'Tis bfttfr to hin-f, brred and /ojl, Than never to hare tared at all. JOSEPH AND nis BRKTHIU.N.—...

...breathes such sweetness and sacredness. The key-note of the whole is struck at the beginning : — " I hold it true, whate'er befall; I feel it when I sorrow most; Tis better to have loved and lost Than never to have loved at all."* And the same sentiment seeks strength to sustain and justify itself...

...The heart that never plighted troth But stagnates in the weeds of sloth, Nor any want-begotten rest. I hold it true, whate'er befall ; I feel it, when I sorrow most ; 'Tis better to have loved and lost Than never to have loved at all. XXVIII. THE time draws near the birth of Christ : The moon is hid...

...heart that never plighted troth But stagnates in the weeds of sloth ; Nor any want begotten rest. " I hold it true whate'er befall — I feel it when I sorrow most : Tis better to have loved and lost, Than never to have loved at all." The reader must already have discovered that this poem is characterized...

...breathes such sweetness and sacredness. The key-note of the whole is struck at the beginning :— " I hold it true, whate'er befall ; I feel it when I sorrow most ; 'Tis better to have loved and lost Than never to have loved at all."* And the same sentiment seeks strength to sustain and justify itself...

...The heart that never plighted troth But stagnates in the weeds of sloth, Nor any want-begotten rest. I hold it true, whate'er befall ; I feel it, when I sorrow most ; 'Tis better to have loved and lost Than never to have loved at all. 44 XXVIII. THE time draws near the birth of Christ : The moon is hid...