...unscrupulous condemnation. We cannot know the motives of people's actions. Our own loved poet has said : ' Not even the tenderest heart, and next our own, Knows half the reason why we smile or sigh.' And if such be the case — if our nearest and dearest cannot fathom...

...each other ;' and he illustrates his proposition by Keble's beautiful lines, which remind us, that ' Not even the tenderest heart, and next our own, Knows half the reason why we smile or sigh." An almost womanly sympathy and tenderness of touch are, indeed, required...

...fact is sure to have been brought most closely home, which Keble has beautifully expressed, that — Not even the tenderest heart, and next our own, Knows half the reason why we smile or sigh. How grave, then, must be his responsibility who ventures to draw for the...

...knoweth his own bitterness ; and a stranger doth not intermeddle with his joy. — Proverbs xiv. 10. HY should we faint and fear to live alone, Since all alone, so Heaven has will'd, we die,1 Nor even the tenderest heart, and next our own, Knows half the reasons...

...him not, yet weariness May toss him to my breast." GEORGE HERBERT. Imperfection of Human Sympathy. WHY should we faint and fear to live alone, Since all alone, so heaven has willed, we die ; Nor e'en the tenderest heart, and next our own, Knows half the reasons...

...in these matters ?" " Do you remember Keble's beautiful words ?—I quote them from memory :— "' Why should we faint, and fear to live alone, Since all alone, so Heaven has willed, we die P Not even the nearest heart, most like our own, Knows half the reasons why...

...kncnticth his OsVn bitterness: and a stranger doth not intermeddle -with his joy. Proverbs xiv. 10. WHY should we faint and fear to live alone, Since all alone, so Heaven has willed, we die,1 Nor even the tenderest heart, and next our own, Knows half the reasons...

...ruthless Time has wrought Another text (Proverbs, xiv. 10) suggests a train of touching sentiment : izzy arches suspended in the air. The bright blue sky of Rome, Heaven has willed, we die, Nor even the tenderest heart, and next our own, Knows half the reasons why...

...o'er, the ric'.OTy won, And we for ever blest ! HEART KKOWETH HIS OWN BITTERNESS* PBOTEEBS xiv. 10. WBY should we faint, and fear to live alone, Since all alone, so Heaven has willed, we die, Nor even the tenderest heart, and next our own, Knows half the reasons why...

...whose stakes were thrones, Whose table earth — whose dice were human bones. BYRON, The Age of Browe. Why should we faint and fear to live alone, Since all alone, so Heaven has willed, we die. KEBLE, The Christian Year. Why then a final note prolong, Or lengthen out...