In characters of flame.
J. O. Sargent.
16. To grow in the world's approving eyes,
In friendship's smile, and home's caress,
Collecting all the heart's sweet ties
Into one knot of happiness.
Moore.
17. Sorely harass'd, and tired at last with fortune's vain delusions, O,
You'll drop your schemes like idle dreams, and come to this conclusion, O,—
The past was bad, the future hid, the good and ill untried, O,