To souls whose pain,
My heart can scarcely dare to greet
With pity, while my own complete
And blessed joy their loss must mete
By my great gain.
Diviner air
Of beauty, and a grace more free,
More soft and solemn depths I see
In every woman's face, since he
Has called me fair.
More true and sure
Each man's heart seems, more firm for right;
Each man I hold more strong in fight,
Since he stands ever in my sight
So brave, so pure.
More of sun's fire
Than days can use, and more than nights
Can name, of stars with rhythmic lights,
And sweeter singing flocks, whoso flights
Can never tire—
More bloom than eyes
Can reach, or hands to grasp, may dare,
More music in the constant air,
Than each round wave can hold and bear.
Before it dies—
And more of life
For living, than all death can kill,
More good than evil's utmost will
Can thwart, and peace to more than still
The fiercest strife:
All these I find
In service of this gracious king:
From goods we spare, such alms I fling;
And pray swift days more hours to bring,
More bonds to bind.
Oh happiness!
To utter thee, in vain our eyes
Seek tears; and vainly all speech tries:
This thing alone our king denies
In Love's largess.
The subject of the derivation of the homely and quaint phraseology which gives pith and point to the every-day conversation of the "plain people," is so full of curious interest that it is not strange to find it awakening the attention of an increasing number of diligent students who are doing in this direction a work for the history of our language which may well supplement the labors of such men as Max Müller, Dean Trench, Wedgewood, and our own Marsh, in the more classical walks of linguistic research. Mr. Bartlett, in this country, and Prince Lucien Bonaparte, and Mr. John Camden Hotten, a young English publisher in England, may be mentioned as among the most diligent of recent students into the out-of-the-way dialects which are tributary to the English tongue. Mr. Hotten, especially, shows an enthusiastic devotion to this line of research, and has, in addition to the issue of various
