“SHE SAT ALONE BY THE FIRE ONE DAY.”

FAITH AND UNFAITH.

By SARAH DOUDNEY.

“Faith and unfaith can ne’er be equal powers.”—Tennyson.

She sat alone by the fire one day;

The winds were sobbing outside the pane,

And over the meadows and hillsides grey

The clouds hung heavy with rain.

But down in the garden-paths she knew

Last summer’s leaves were lingering yet,