The lark's on the wing; The snail's on the thorn: All's right with the world! HELPS TO STUDY Pippa, a poor girl who works in the silk mills, has only one holiday in all the year. On the morning of this holiday she tries to thin who is the happiest person in the town, because she wants to imagine that she is that person for one day. But later she has a better thought than this and she says, "I will pass each and see their happiness, And envy none-being just as great, no doubt, So little Pippa goes down the street, singing this beautiful morning song and doing good to all who hear her. TODAY THOMAS CARLYLE Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881) was a great Scotch writer of essays and history. He lived in Edinburgh and later in London. The Roman Emperor, Titus, won the love of all his people by his kindness and generosity to those who were in trouble. One night at supper, remembering that he had not helped anyone that day, he exclaimed, "My friends, I have lost a day!'' THE NIGHT HAS A THOUSAND EYES FRANCIS BOURDILLON Francis William Bourdillon (1852- ), an English poet, lives at Buddington, England. He attended college at Oxford. Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832) was born in Scotland. He was a famous novelist and poet. He learned the Scottish legends and ballads when a child. These he wove into his writings. 1 O, нUSH thee, my babie! thy sire was a knight, Thy mother a lady, both lovely and bright; The woods and the glens, from the towers which we see, |