Impenitent Tears.
'Tis not for sin he droops his tearful eye,
'Tis not for sin, but the discovery.
Inconstancy.
From love to love the heart inconstant veers
As passion fills the sail, and fancy steers.
Injudicious Praise of a Picture.
He praised the scarlet cap; this vexed my soul.
To praise a portion thus—condemns the whole.
Jealousy.
Strange freak of selfishness which fiends approve,
With love intoxicate it murders love.
Joking.
Join in his joke against himself and friends,
But do so mildly or your friendship ends.
Just and Generous.
Art just? be more—be generous all the while;
Dost give? give quickly with a loving smile.
Life.
Life is a task which takes a life to know;
How it is learnt another life must show.
Life.
Life is a long enigma; true, my friend;
Read on, read on, the answer's at the end.
Life's Garden.
Life's garden tilled with toil and tears we see;
No Paradise, sometimes Gethsemane.
Light and Shade.
He never marked the sunshine on his track,
Till from the chilly shadows he looked back.