"How far that little candle throws his beams.
So shines a good deed in a naughty world."
--Shakespeare, Merchant of Venice 5:1.
| Lips Touched with Coal from off the Altar. | [265 S.A.] |
"Nor shall thy lips be touched with living fire,
Who blow'st old altar-coals with sole desire
To weld anew the spirit's broken chains."
--Lowell, Bibliolaters.
| A Little Child shall Lead Them. | [303 G.B.] |
"She might have served a painter to portray
That heavenly child which in the latter days
Shall walk between the lion and the lamb."
--Rossetti, A Last Confession.
| The Little Foxes That Spoil the Vineyards. | [236 S.A.] |
"O fox whose home is 'mid the tender grape--"