When in the bitterness of his despair

He weeps, and deems himself forsaken by

All living things; her soothing voice shall thrill

In comfort to his heart; her form shall bend

Like a pitying mother’s o’er him, and

Uphold his drooping head; her hallow’d brow

Shall shed its light upon his soul, and cast

Around him peace ineffable.

L. C. Reddell.

With ineffectual toil, the Pow’r Supreme