Of heirloom jewels, prized so much, Were many changed to chips and clods, Then angrily the people cried, - And fince they could not so avail To check this unrelenting guest, They seized him, saying-"Let him teft How real is our jail!" But, though they flew him with the sword, Its doings could not be o'erturn'd, Its undoings restored. And when, to stop all future harm, They ftrew'd its ashes on the breeze; Convey'd the perfect charm. William Allingham. CONTENTMENT. A GRATITUDE AND GRACE. LAS these vifits rare and rude Our weak, wild burfts of gratitude, Oh, never shall Thy mercy make When shall our grateful raptures rise And link to endless harmonies T. H. Gill. PEACE CONTENT. EACE, muttering thoughts! and do not grudge to keep Within the walls of your own breast. Who cannot on his own bed sweetly fleep Can on another's hardly rest. Gad not abroad at every queft and call To court each place or fortune that doth fall, Mark, how the fire in flints doth quiet lie Give me the pliant mind, whose gentle measure Which can let loose to a crown, and yet with pleasure Take up within a cloister's gates. This soul doth span the world, and hang content From either pole unto the centre: Where, in each room of the well-furnished tent, He lies warm and without adventure. Then cease discourfing, soul; till thine own ground. Do not thyself or friends importune. He that, by seeking, hath himself once found, Hath ever found a happy fortune. OME think there is no earthly state SOM To be abhorréd more, Or more deserving fear or hate, Than to be mean and poor : For earth and all that therein is, Though poverty seem grievous may, Nor tempts nor so perverts, Therefore, that every man might grow Thy Son, O God! this way did go, Lord! though I do sometimes complain My Saviour lived on earth, Let ftill my heart be pleased so, Yea, make me, though I poorer grow, |