A question that sadden'd my heart like a knell;
I look'd up to heav'n, but I breath'd not a word,
For the answer was given--'Trust thou in the Lord!'"
CHAPTER XVI
Provincial Agricultural Show
"A happy scene of rural mirth,
Drawn from the teeming lap of earth,
In which a nation's promise lies.
Honour to him who wins a prize!--
A trophy won by honest toil,
Far nobler than the victor's spoil."