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 (iLOUD AND Sunshine 
 
 H. M. POOLE. 
 
 jIs suns/line when a cloud fringe lifts. 
 Is but the brighter for the change, 
 
 So in our lives tJie joy that rifts 
 
 Through sadness, takes a lovelier range. 
 
 HARD & PARSONS: 
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 ASSUJiANCE. 
 
 You tell me ]\)q\ tbe summer l^ouns 
 
 Move Clone forever by; 
 (^bat, dead and cold tl^e summer flowers 
 
 Enwrapped in snow-sf?rouds lie; 
 cl tell you \\)o\ i\)e summer davs 
 
 Wre cominci bach acjain ; 
 (^>\)e flowers will bloom in woodland ways 
 
 ^!o cljeer tl^e [;eants of 
 
 men. 
 
You teil me youtl; will fade away 
 
 Qlbe summer s wealtb of bloom ; 
 0un [)opes, our tl^ouaf^ts, our worr?s decay, 
 
 ^[)at earti) is one aneat tomb. 
 S tell you \\)a\ i\)'\s youib of trust 
 
 rrlay come 1o us once more; 
 i^\)Q] blossoms spring from out tbe dust 
 
 t^s lovely as before. 
 
 Jessie H. I'.rown. 
 
RECOMPENSE. 
 
 ^96 earti} gives treasure four-fold for all tl;at we 
 
 Qive to its bosom ; 
 (^9e care we bestow on tl^e plant comes baci? on 
 
 tl^e bud and tl^e blossom. 
 (^r;e sun draws the sea to tl^e sby, y, stillest and 
 
 stranciest of powers, 
 felnd returns to tl^e pills and ti^e meadows tpe 
 
 aicdness of bountiful sl^owers. 
 
rlever a joy do we cause, but we fon tbai joy 
 
 are ti^e aladdcr, 
 viewer o beant do we arieve, but we fon the 
 
 anevma are sadder. 
 He wbo doib aive of bis best, of tbat best is tbe 
 
 certamest user, 
 Qnd \)e v/\)o witb-bolds, finds bi^^self of bis Qaming 
 
 tbe pififul loser. 
 
 Carlotta Perrv. 
 
ASPIRATION. 
 
 vVinas ! W Inas ! 
 ^o leave \\)Q level of eartl^ly +l;inas, 
 
 (^l;e dust of ti^e under-world, tl^e dm 
 yf law and loaic, tl^e abost of sin ; 
 
 ^\)Q eyes of prisoners at tl;e orate, 
 (^\)Q voice of beaaars beside tl^e gate ; 
 
 (^)r;e sense of sometbina averse to aood, 
 ol warped intention, a vicious nnood, 
 
 cln tne face of nature ; a sense more been 
 xj\ lapse and breal;;aae and deati; witbin ; 
 
 %l\)Q sense tbat stifles and clings and stinas 
 Winas ! WlnasI 
 
Wlnas! Wlnas! 
 ^0 toucl; '\\je \)em of tl;e veil i\)a\ swings, 
 
 0s moved by ti)e breatf) of c^od, between 
 ©be world of sense and '\\)e world unseen ; 
 
 ^o swoon wl^ere tl^e mystic folds divide, 
 Qnd wal?e a c[)lld on tl^e ot[)er side! 
 
 ^o wake and wonder if it be so, 
 Qnd weep for joy at tl?e loss of woe; 
 
 ^o l^now t^e seeber is sought and found, 
 ^o find Qove s beina, but not l^is bound, 
 
 0I7I for tl^e llvlna t[)at dyina brings! 
 Wlnas ! Wmas 1 
 
 Marv a. Lathdurv. 
 
GLEAM JNGS. 
 
 DacI? of \\)e canvas "tl^ai oiows, \\)G painter is 
 
 pinted and l^idden ; 
 ^nto ]\)G statue t[)at breatl;es tl^e soul of tl;e 
 
 sculpture is bidden, 
 cinder tl^e joy tbat is felt, lie tl;e infinite sources 
 
 of feelma ; 
 
 Orownma tl^e qlory revealed,, is tl;e alony tl;;at 
 crowns tbe revealing. 
 
 R. Rkalk, 
 
OVER AND OVER AGAIN. 
 
 0ver and oven aoain, 
 Ko matter wl^icf? way a turn, 
 ^ aivv'ays find in \\)<d Dool? of Qife 
 
 ^ome lesson -9 have to learn. 
 a must ra[?e my turn at tl}e mill, 
 
 o mast annd out il;e aolden arain, 
 Ond worl^ at my tasi? witr) a resolute wil 
 (:^ver and over again. 
 
 JOSKPHINE PoLI.AKt). 
 
IN THE LONG RUN. 
 
 on \\)2, lona run ail l;iclden tl^inas are r?nown, 
 ^\)Q eye of ^rutl^ will penetrate tpe nial^t, 
 
 ^nd aood or ill ti^y secret s[?all be l?nown, 
 However well tis auarded from tl^e liabt; 
 
 ^nd tl;e unspoken motives of \\)Q breast 
 
 Wre fatl^omed bv \\)Q years and stand confessed, 
 5n \\)Q long run. 
 
9n i\)e lona run all love is paid by love, 
 
 ^l^ouab undervalued by tf>e [hearts of eanti); 
 
 ^\)e areat eternal aovernment above, 
 
 K eeps strict account and will redeenn its wortn ; 
 
 ^ive tl}y love freely ; do not count ]\)e cost, 
 ^o beautiful a thina was never lost, 
 ^n tl^e lona run. 
 
 Ki.LA Wheeler Wilcox. 
 
CLOUD AND SUNSHINE. 
 
 clfter a day of cloud and wind and rain 
 
 'Sometimes t(;e setting sun breaks £»ul' aaain, 
 
 Wnd toucl^inp all \\)^ dari^some woods will; ligbt, 
 fSmiles on t|-;e fields, until tl^ey laual) and sina, 
 
 ^ben lil^e a ruby from tl^e horizon's rina, 
 Drops down into lbe nialpt. 
 
 Longfellow. 
 
A UTUMN. 
 
 els tby life-summer passing? 
 
 (^pinr? not tpy joys are o er 1 
 ^l^ou [jast not seen wpat C^utumn 
 
 Hop tpee may ';ave in store. 
 Press on, tl^oual;) Rummer wanetr), 
 
 Qnd falter not, nor fear, 
 Ror trod can ma!?e \\)Q Outumn 
 
 ^[)e alory of tl^e year. 
 
 Frances Ridley Havergal. 
 
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