A weary work of tongue and pen,

A long, harsh strife with strong-willed men,

Thou wilt not chide my turning

To con, at times, an idle rhyme,

To pluck a flower from childhood's clime,

Or listen at life's noonday chime,

For the sweet bells of Morning!

EUGÉNIE DE GUÉRIN.

We had the self-same world enlarged for each,

By loving difference of girl and boy.