Her eyes will shine, she'll quickly find
Her place behind the door,
And wait again to see the ball
Roll on the long hall floor.
Ah, kitty dear, who told you how
To join thought, act, and sight?
Must not we think that in you dwells
The germ of mental light,
The germ that makes you kin to us
In kind though not degree,
But which was quickened by His touch
For our supremacy?
[E] These verses, true in every detail, are only preserved in remembrance of a pet cat of our family for many years.
[A MESSAGE.]
A mountain hides within itself
This message grand and true,
Which at my bidding came to-day
For me to give to you:
"Drink deep of Nature's sweetest life,
While learning how to wait.
Stand strong against the tempest's strife,
Not questioning the fate.
Then shalt thou live above the din
Of petty things below,
Absorbing depths of life within,
The future to o'erflow."
At the foot of Mount Holyoke.