FAITH, HOPE, AND CHARITY.

BY S. A. H.

I saw a noble bark upon the angry main—

The foamy billows pressed upon her track;

Now high, now low, I saw her timbers strain,

As forth she bounded o'er the waters black.

But ever, as a deeper plunge she gave,

Phosphoric brightness gleamed along the wave:

And thus, I said, wide o'er Life's stormy sea,