[334] “We cannot refrain quoting another poem by the same distinguished writer. It has something sublime.”—Blackwood’s Magazine, Jan. 1826.
EVENING PRAYER, AT A GIRLS’ SCHOOL.
“Now in thy youth, beseech of Him
Who giveth, upbraiding not,
That His light in thy heart become not dim,
And his love be unforgot;
And thy God, in the darkest of days, will be
Greenness, and beauty, and strength to thee.”
Bernard Barton.
Hush! ’tis a holy hour. The quiet room