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I would not gain the hollow patronage 
 
 Of those poor souls whom wealth makes seeming great ; 
 
 I would not, in a train of flatterers, wait 
 The Delphic utterance of some sophist sage, 
 Cultured and bloodless ; nor would I engage 
 
 In bootless traffic with those whose only freight 
 
 Is sordid plots and projects ; desolate 
 Were life, with friends like these, in grief or age. 
 
 Not such as these my choice ; but if there be 
 One whose clear eyes discern the powers divine 
 
 About his path ; wise through humility ; 
 In state most simple, yet too high to lend 
 
 His thoughts to aught ignoble — be it mine 
 To clasp him by the hand and call him friend. 
 
"IN THAT NEW WORLD WHICH WAS THE OLD." 
 
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 Once, like the Arab with his shifting tent 
 
 To some new shade of palms each clay addrest, 
 My soul, a homeless wanderer, unblest, 
 
 Roamed all the realm of change, in purpose bent, 
 
 To find a happier world, with banishment 
 Of that dull pain which drove away its rest. 
 Through fruitless years my soul pursued its quest, 
 
 Until with longing it was well-nigh spent. 
 
 Then to my soul a low voice seemed to say, 
 "Seek in thyself the change," and soon a sweet, 
 
 Strange light illumined all the common day. 
 And there in house, and field, and in the street 
 From childhood trodden by my heedless feet, 
 
 The long-sought world in dewy freshness lay. 
 
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HIGH TIDE. 
 
 The salt wave, of the quiet valley fain , 
 
 Has pushed across the sands. The talking stream 
 
 Is silenced by its passing. Will it gain 
 
 The untroubled reaches where the lilies dream, 
 To bask in still content beneath the gleam 
 
 Of stormless skies ? No ; it has climbed in vain ; 
 For even now 'tis falling. I could deem 
 
 It breathed a long-drawn utterance of pain. 
 
 And thou, my soul, thou dost attain release 
 From mortal sadness in the fields divine 
 Where thou art often led ; but it is thine 
 
 To stay — how short a time ! below thy peace 
 The great world travails, like the moaning sea. 
 And calls thee back to share its agony. 
 
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 MAGELLAN. 
 
 There is no change upon the deep : 
 Each day they see the prospect wide 
 
 Of yesterday ; the same waves leap : 
 The same pale clouds the distance hide, 
 Or shaped to mountain-peaks their hopes of land deride. 
 
 On, and still on the soft winds bear 
 The rocking vessel, and the main 
 That is so pitiless and so fair, 
 
 Seems like a billowy, boundless plain 
 Where one might sail, and sail, and ever sail in vain. 
 
 Famine is there with haggard cheek, 
 And Fever stares from hollow eyes ; 
 
 And sullen murmurs rise, that speak 
 Curses on him whose mad emprise 
 Has lured men from their homes to die 'neath alien skies. 
 
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 But he, the captain, he is calm : 
 
 His glance compels the mutineer : 
 In fainting hearts he pours the balm 
 Of sympathy, and lofty cheer : 
 "Courage! a few more leagues will prove the earth a sphere. 
 
 " The world is round : there is an end : 
 " We do not vainly toil and roam : 
 
 " The kiss of wife, the clasp of friend, 
 " The fountains and the vines of home 
 " Wait us beyond the cloud, beyond the edge of foam." 
 
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 IN THIS WAS MANIFESTED THE I.OVE OF GOD." 
 
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 "Where is Thy love, my Father?" "Look afield: 
 Mark the soft cloud that dreams on yonder hill— 
 " Nay ! from the cloud the red death leaps to kill, 
 
 And soon the inconstant year robs wold and weald 
 
 Of all their c^ladncss." " See, then, love revealed 
 In thine own being, and the gifts that fill 
 Thine easy lot ! " " Tliou sayest, Lord : and still 
 
 Death darkens life, joys pass, and quickly yield 
 To pain." " Nay then, fond soul, if love divine, 
 
 Thine own life prove not ; if the prospect crowned 
 With loveliness proclaim not love, the sign 
 
 In death and pain shared with thee shill be found: 
 To Calvary's sacred hill lift up thine eyes, 
 And read love's perfect proof in sacrifice," 
 
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 "IF CHILDREN, THEN HEIRS. 
 
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 Lord, TJiou didst find me in a low estate, 
 
 And on my brow didst lay thy mystic sign : 
 Lo ! then, my churlish nature new-create, 
 
 A princely rank and heritage were mine ! 
 
 And now Thy kind and prudent discipline 
 Moulds my nonage. In simple tasks I wait 
 
 Until the happy festal morning shine 
 When I shall enter on my larger fate. 
 
 Sometimes in thought I see the gates unfolding : 
 Soft splendours break about me : harmonies 
 Not heard of mortal ears, my fancy please : 
 
 Bright forms attend me: and Thou Lord, upholding 
 My faint hear, with the mercy of Thy glance, 
 
 Dost bid me to my rich inheritance. 
 
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 NOT ALWAYS DOES THE STAR OF MORNING. 
 
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 Not always does the star of morning, bright 
 In silver harness, run before the day ; 
 
 But often in a flush of angry light 
 
 It breaks on eyes that wish the night away. 
 
 Not always does the angel of the spring, 
 
 With zephyrs rock the violet at its birth ; 
 
 But often, sweeping on impetuous wing, 
 
 He chills the young, awakening hopes of earth. 
 
 Not always does the Love that rules the skies 
 
 Betray the tender urgency of love ; 
 But often, in some stern and dark disguise, 
 
 It chides the heart it fain would draw above. 
 
 
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 MY BABY SLEEPS. 
 
 The wind is loud in the west to-night, 
 
 But Baby sleeps ; 
 The wild wind blows with all its might, 
 
 But Baby sleeps. 
 My Baby sleeps, and he does not hear 
 The noise of the storm in the pine trees near. 
 
 The snow is drifting high to-night, 
 
 But Baby sleeps ; 
 The bitter world is cold and white. 
 
 But Baby sleeps ; 
 My Baby sleeps so fast, so fast. 
 That he does not heed the wintry blast. 
 
 The cold snows drift, and the wild winds rave. 
 
 But Baby sleeps ; 
 And a white cross stands by his little grave, 
 
 While Baby sleeps ; 
 And the storm is loud in the rocking pine, 
 But its moan is not so deep as mine. 
 
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 MOURN NOT. 
 
 Mourn not as one who would not be consoled, 
 
 Nor smite thy breast and passionately cry 
 
 That there exists no power in earth or sky 
 To bless thee; oh, it is not so; behold, 
 This weight of woe, that like a stone, is rolled 
 
 Upon thy spirit. Love did so dispose. 
 
 And Love c?,n draw a blessing from thy woes 
 And peace from tears ; then for a little fold 
 Thy hands in silence; God doth not forget 
 
 The patient waiting of the meek ; His might 
 Stands in fair shapes by resignation yet, 
 
 As once the angel stood, serene and bright. 
 Beside thy Master, upon Olivet, 
 
 In the sore anguish of that Paschal night. 
 
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 A REMINISCENCE. 
 
 Do you remember, dearest— nay, I know 
 How well you do remember—that still day 
 When on the dim lagoon our gondola 
 
 Crept towards Torcello? How the sudden glow 
 
 Of giant Alpine ridges wreathed in snow, 
 Like an enchanted city far away, 
 Pierced the light haze, tower, dome and chatelet, 
 
 Ranged in a radiant, unsubstantial show? 
 
 In what unearthly beauty they did stand ! 
 What raptures they woke in us, and what sweet 
 
 And tender fancies of the perfect land, 
 
 Whose shining frontiers might, in such a gleam. 
 Break on the wayworn pilgrim, when his feet 
 
 Falter a moment at the darkling stream ! 
 
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 TRE FONTANA. 
 
 Beyond the walls of Rome we did take heed 
 
 Of the " Three Fountains," near the " Ostian Way.'' 
 You know the pious legend : here, they say, 
 
 When Paul's gray head was rolled upon the mead. 
 
 Three springs leaped up to bruit the bloody deed. 
 Which, still up-welling from the sacred clay. 
 Their three-fold witness render to this day. 
 
 Such is the tale : you marvel as you read : 
 But how or whence it came it is not mine 
 
 To say : nor is it mine to set at naught 
 
 The simple faith that deems it truth Divine. 
 
 In God's school there are many natures taught, 
 
 And some are to the seventh heaven caught. 
 And some are children, asking for a sign. 
 
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 THE SPIRIT OF PERSECUTION. 
 
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 There is a spirit abroad who hates the truth, 
 
 And all who walk by faith and not by sight : 
 'Twas he who with the hemlock did requite 
 The noblest soul who taught the Athenian youth : 
 He slew Savonarola without ruth ; 
 
 And in the Oxford meadows made the light 
 Which startled England in the sullen night. 
 But burn and slaughter as he will, forsooth, 
 With bitter pain he sees new witness rise 
 For righteousness ; yet still he doth devise 
 
 New plots, and tcikes new weapons of offence. 
 And, often, with the smooth and poison'd dart 
 Of calumny, he smites the true of heart. 
 
 May God arise, and drive his malice hence ! 
 
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 THE OLIVES AT MENTONE. 
 
 Though citron boughs are hung with gold, 
 
 The sober olive trees unfold 
 
 No gaudy tribute to the day, 
 
 But droop like friars, plain and gray, 
 
 Whom thoughts of Heaven hold. 
 
 "There are some lives," they seem to say, 
 " That love to glitter in the day, 
 " Rejoicing if they catch the eye 
 " Of any careless passer-by. 
 
 And nourished with display. 
 
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 " But there are those whose only pride 
 *' Is faithful service, pleased to glide 
 " Through time in lowly, quiet ways, 
 " Not greatly stirred though men should praise, 
 " Nor grieved should men deride. 
 
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 THE OLIVES AT MENTONE— Co«/W. 
 
 " Such souls enjoy a deep repose 
 " The eager worldling never knows, 
 "Conscious of calm, eternal Eyes 
 "That beam upon them from the skies 
 " And boundless Love disclose. 
 
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 " Pilgrim, who dost thy gaze command 
 " Towards us, the trees of Holy Land, 
 "If thou know not the blest control 
 " Of Faith within the chastened soul, 
 " Nor yet can understand. 
 
 " The Voice that rang through Palestine 
 " Still calls to thee : * Dear child of mine, 
 " Why wilt thou ever restless be ? 
 "Come unto Me, come unto Me, 
 
 " And learn the Life Divine,' " 
 
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 A CHRISTMAS HYMN. 
 
 When wise men of the Orient 
 
 Their treasures to Messiah brought, 
 
 To Herod's palace-gates they bent 
 Their footsteps : 'twas a King they sought : 
 
 But no celestial glory shone 
 
 About the tyrant's guilty throne. 
 
 Lo then, through starry tangle bright. 
 Once more the friendly planet floated! 
 
 And soon to their instructed sight. 
 Its pure and mystic beam denoted 
 
 The mean abode which Heavenly Grace 
 
 Had chosen for a dwelling-place, 
 
 
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 Was this the place ? Had Heaven declared 
 That here their toilsome course was run ? 
 
 Was it for this that they had fared 
 Through deserts, in the burning sun? 
 
 For this had left their stately homes 
 
 By Indus, and the temple domes? 
 
 But still, whatever their surprise, 
 Those wise old men were not beguiled : 
 
 They enter, and with gladden'd eyes 
 Behold in Him, the Holy Child 
 
 Who sleeps upon the virgin's breast, 
 
 Aftd Hope of every age confest. 
 
 Again the star of Christmas-tide 
 
 Is in its season sweetly burning ; 
 It calls the people far and wide: 
 
 Towards Bethlehem are many turning, 
 And many yearning voices ring, 
 " Where is the King ? Where is the King ? " 
 
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 A CHRISTMAS HVMN-G;«/V. 
 
 But some by wilful fancy led, 
 
 Are wandering far, from door to door: 
 They will not brook the peasant's shed, 
 
 Nor kneel upon a straw-laid floor; 
 And so, poor foolish hearts and blind. 
 Though long they seek, they do not find. 
 
 But those who trust a Heavenly Guide 
 And bend beneath that lowly portal, 
 
 From them no earthly veil can hide 
 The brightness of the Son Immortal. 
 
 No more the desolate ways require 
 
 Their feet : they have their heart's desire. 
 
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 rSALM XXIU. 
 
 God is my Shepherd : not a care 
 
 Shall fret this tranquil heart of mine ; 
 
 By waters still, in pastures fair, 
 He leads me with His love divine. 
 
 My erring footsteps He doth bring 
 Back to the paths of righteousness, 
 
 That I His praise may always sing, 
 His wisdom and His love confess. 
 
 Thy staff, dear Lord, is in my hand 
 And Death's dark vale I'll boldly tread ; 
 
 Though famine ravage all the land 
 Thy table is before me spread. 
 
 What can my heart desire ? e'en now 
 My cup is full and running o'er ; 
 
 Like oil upon a royal brow 
 
 Thy gifts upon Thy servant pour. 
 
 Surely Thy tender care has blest 
 My footsteps from the earliest day. 
 
 And in Thy Jiouse, a willing guest, 
 I'll dwell tHhtime has passed away. 
 
 
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 BENEDICITE. 
 
 Oh, all ye works of God, lift up your voice 
 
 And bless the Lord! Let the arched empyrean, 
 With starry splendour pulsing, now rejoice ; 
 
 Ye winged tempests, chant your sounding paean: 
 Answer, ye deeps, and let the land accord 
 
 Her tribute — rock, stream, tree, hill, vale, frost, flame. 
 In grateful concert magnify the Lord : 
 
 Bless ye the Lord, and praise His holy name! 
 And ye, oh sons of men : ye priests who dwell 
 
 Within His temple gates : ye lowly souls 
 Whom God Himself hath taught. His Israel— 
 
 Oh swell the ceaseless harmony that rolls 
 From ordered Nature up to Nature's King: 
 Bless ye the Lord; His praise forever sing! 
 
 
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