‘Fell on their waxing harvests. They deferred

‘The bloody settlement of their disputes

‘Till God should bless them better.’ They did right.

And naming Progress, both shall have the word.


THE WORLD’S ADVANCE.

Judge mildly the tasked world; and disincline

To brand it, for it bears a heavy pack.

You have perchance observed the inebriate’s track

At night when he has quitted the inn-sign: