THE child and the old man sat alo… In the quiet, peaceful shade Of the old green boughs, that had… In the deep, thick forest glade. It was a soft and pleasant sound,

The wind blew high, the waters rav… A ship drove on the land, A hundred human creatures saved Kneel’d down upon the sand. Three—score were drown’d, three—sc…

Oh, a dainty plant is the Ivy gre… That creepeth o’er ruins old! Of right choice food are his meals… In his cell so lone and cold. The wall must be crumbled, the sto…

O GOD! who by Thy prophet’s hand Didst smite the rocky brake, Whence water came, at Thy command… Thy people’s thirst to slake; Strike, now, upon this granite wal…

HEAR my prayer, O heavenly Fath… Ere I lay me down to sleep; Bid Thy angels, pure and holy, Round my bed their vigil keep. My sins are heavy, but Thy mercy

AUTUMN leaves, autumn leaves, l… Autumn leaves, autumn leaves, how… How like the hopes of childhood’s… Thick clust’ring on the bough! How like those hopes in their deca…