Veiled beneath the radiant form of woman.
Sweet benediction of the eternal curse;
Veiled glory of the lampless universe!
Thou moon beyond the clouds, thou living form;
Thou wonder and thou Beauty——
Thou harmony of nature’s art.”
—Shelley.
“Take that one hour at Bethlehem out of human history, and eighteen centuries of hours are left but partially explained.”—Prof. Newman Smyth.
“What so engages thee, daughter?” questioned Rizpah, as they sat together at evening in the old stone house.