The patriarch sat, when they who wore

That triad type of God drew nigh.

The world of faith around us lies

Like nature’s world of life and growth:

Seeing, to see it needeth eyes

And heart, profound and simple both.

LETTERS OF A YOUNG IRISHWOMAN TO HER SISTER.
FROM THE FRENCH.

November 16, 1869.

Thérèse has followed her sister.... At the last moment reason returned; she looked at her mother and said: “Here is Mad; give me your blessing!” O my God! it is, then, true—the nest is empty.

Kate, how are Berthe and Raoul to be consoled?