THE HOURS. 161 THE HOURS. JONES VERY. THE minutes have their trusts as they go by, To bear His love who wings their viewless flight; To Him they bear their record as they fly, And never from their ceaseless round alight. Rich with the life Thou liv'st they come to me : O may I all that life to others show, That they from strife may rise and rest in Thee, And all thy peace in Christ by me may know! Then shall the morning call me from my rest, With joyful hope that I thy child may live ; And when the evening comes 'twill make me blest, To know that Thou wilt peaceful slumbers give, Such as Thou dost to weary laborers send, Whose sleep from Thee doth with the dews descend. 14 * THE FAITHFUL MONK. LINES SUGGESTED BY AN ALLUSION IN THE MEMOIR OF REV. O. W. B. PEABODY. CHARLES T. BROOKS. GOLDEN gleams of noonday fell On the silence of the cell Break the faint tones of a bell. With the friar of mercy's bread. Hark! that chime of heaven's far bells! 66 NOT TO MYSELF ALONE." 163 God and Jesus, lo, they wait From his knees the monk arose ; "NOT TO MYSELF ALONE." SARGENT'S SELECTION. "Nor to myself alone," The little opening flower transported cries, The butterfly within my cup doth hide "Not to myself alone,” The circling star with honest pride doth boast, "Not to myself alone, I rise and set; I write upon night's coronal of jet His power and skill who formed our myriad host; That man might ne'er forget, in every fate, "Not to myself alone,” The heavy-laden bee doth murmuring hum, — Content if I repay my ceaseless toil "Not to myself alone,” The soaring bird with lusty pinion sings,"Not to myself alone I raise my song; I cheer the drooping with my warbling tongue, I call the worldling from his dross to turn, 66 NOT TO MYSELF ALONE." "Not to myself alone," The streamlet whispers on its pebbly way,"Not to myself alone I sparkling glide; 165 I scatter health and life on every side, I sweeten and refresh the languid air "Not to myself alone"; O man! forget not thou-earth's honored priest, Live to thy neighbor; live unto thy God; |