* 54 * SUMMER MOODS. I LOVE at eventide 1 to walk alone Down narrow glens o'erhung with dewy thorn, In vain, for flowers that bloomed but newly there; Cries "Wet my foot;" and, hid as thoughts unborn, The fairy-like and seldom seen land-rail 2 Utters, "Craik, craik!" like voices underground, * 55 * THE DAFFODILS. I WANDERED lonely as a cloud J. CLARE. That floats on high o'er vales and hills, 1 eventide, evening ('tide' originally meant 'time'). 2 land-rail, also called the corn-crake, is allied to the snipe. Continuous 1 as the stars that shine The waves beside them danced, but they In such a jocund company. I gazed, and gazed, but little thought For oft, when on my couch I lie * 56 * W. WORDSWORTH. THE CREATION. ALL things bright and beautiful, 1 continuous, close together. 2 margin, edge. 3 wealth, benefit. 4 idle or thoughtful. 5 inward eye, thought. Each little flower that opens, The rich man in his castle, The purple-headed 2 mountain, The cold wind in the winter, The tall trees in the greenwood, The meadows where we play, The rushes by the water He gave us eyes to see them, 1 estate, condition in life, rank. C. F. ALEXANDER. 2 purple-headed, the top of a purple color, because of the distance. * 57 * CHOICE EXTRACTS. BAD Thought's a thief! He acts his part; TRUTH crushed to earth shall rise again; William Cullen Bryant. We live in deeds, not years; in thoughts, not breaths; In feelings, not in figures on a dial. We should count time by heart-throbs. He most lives Who thinks most, feels the noblest, acts the best. Philip James Bailey. A THING of beauty is a joy forever: J. Keats. OH, it is excellent To have a giant's strength; but it is tyrannous To use it like a giant. W. Shakespeare. A KINDLY act is a kernel sown, John Boyle O'Reilly. ALL smatterers are more brisk and pert Samuel Butler (1612-1680). TRUST not to each accusing tongue, R. B. Sheridan. SMALL service is true service while it lasts: W. Wordsworth. |