Three fields to cross till a farm appears;

A tap at the pane, the quick sharp scratch

And blue spurt of a lighted match,

And a voice less loud, through its joys and fears,

Than the two hearts beating each to each!

WORK AND WORTH.

[From Rabbi Ben Ezra.]

Not on the vulgar mass

Called "work" must sentence pass,

Things done, that took the eye and had the price;