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The Origin Of The Corinthian Pillar.
Returning to the little moss-giwvn mound , Devoid of art and monumental pile , She plac'd the empty basket on the ground And fix'd it steady Avith an earthen tile . Then shedding o ' er the listless earth a tear , The aged Roman l'ais'd her temple for
aye . 'TAvas all she had to give , but 'tAvas sincere , More Avorth than all the Avide Avorld ' s treasures are .
0 may the pow ' r of Him , Avho see s from high , Grant to her youth my true and ardent pray ' r ; Who knoAVS my truth Avith His all-seeing eye , And take her to His mercy , and His care .
The care-worn matron left the mournful spot , Not certain that her single pray ' r Avas heard ; Bending her steps to Athens , heeded not The blast that blew the lost and Aviddow'd bird .
NOAV jocund spring usurped the fallen croAvn , For soon the bird had pip'd itself to rest . The north-east monarch flung his sceptre doAvn , Yielding his poAv ' r to the milder west .
Each parterre , blossom'd bank , and painted mead , Spread a fair carpet to the heavy feet ; The bursting bulbus , and the floAving seed , Like long-lost friends spread forth their arms to meet .
The empty offing , soon too richly filled , With odour ' s bloom luxuriant , stretching Avide , Reaching the tile , Avhich steadil y had held , Twin'd from its course , fell curling doAvn the side .
It happeu'd that the basket had been placed Where an acanthus root conceal'd had grown , And in the shelt ' ring turf lay warm conceal'd fill wintry hurricanes Avere overthrown .
The Origin Of The Corinthian Pillar.
The greatest sculptor Grecian pride could boast , In architect ' ral thought Avas Avand ' ring near , When all the visions art had formed were lost ,
For that which nature simply pointed near . For he beheld simplicity and grace , And richness also blended all in all , Like innocence and beauty in one face , That sweet expression—lovelinesss Ave call .
The basket form'd the capital ; and thus The soft leaves falling by the volute scroll ; The friendly tile he made the abacus , Thus did the poAv ' r of nature frame the Avhole .
NOAV Ave behold support the royal pile , The portico , the Greek or Roman dome , The Chapel ' s sacred porch or colunm'd aisle , Taught by kind feeling from a virgin ' s tomb . M . A . HARTLEY .
The Mistletoe.
THE MISTLETOE .
" The Mistletoe hung in the Castle Hall " BY BRO . REV . AVILUA 5 I TEBBS . "P EACE upon earth , good will ' mongst men . "
Could it be that I Avas dreaming ? Once more , on that blessed day that for once , at least in every year , in the world ' s Aveary course , brings , or should bring , jjeace to every soul of man , Ave Avere all gathered in the oldoldhome . None Avere missing ,
, , but instead many a fresh young face Avas added to us since first I sat in that chimneycorner at Christmastide . Again , as in years gone by , rose Mary ' s sweet voice in the frequent refrain : — " GoodAvill 'mongst men . "
Again rose the merry laugh at the forfeit paAvn . Again Avere the oousius slil ' y whispering beneath the pendant Mistletoe , on Avhich my gaze Avas fixed . All happy here ,
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Origin Of The Corinthian Pillar.
Returning to the little moss-giwvn mound , Devoid of art and monumental pile , She plac'd the empty basket on the ground And fix'd it steady Avith an earthen tile . Then shedding o ' er the listless earth a tear , The aged Roman l'ais'd her temple for
aye . 'TAvas all she had to give , but 'tAvas sincere , More Avorth than all the Avide Avorld ' s treasures are .
0 may the pow ' r of Him , Avho see s from high , Grant to her youth my true and ardent pray ' r ; Who knoAVS my truth Avith His all-seeing eye , And take her to His mercy , and His care .
The care-worn matron left the mournful spot , Not certain that her single pray ' r Avas heard ; Bending her steps to Athens , heeded not The blast that blew the lost and Aviddow'd bird .
NOAV jocund spring usurped the fallen croAvn , For soon the bird had pip'd itself to rest . The north-east monarch flung his sceptre doAvn , Yielding his poAv ' r to the milder west .
Each parterre , blossom'd bank , and painted mead , Spread a fair carpet to the heavy feet ; The bursting bulbus , and the floAving seed , Like long-lost friends spread forth their arms to meet .
The empty offing , soon too richly filled , With odour ' s bloom luxuriant , stretching Avide , Reaching the tile , Avhich steadil y had held , Twin'd from its course , fell curling doAvn the side .
It happeu'd that the basket had been placed Where an acanthus root conceal'd had grown , And in the shelt ' ring turf lay warm conceal'd fill wintry hurricanes Avere overthrown .
The Origin Of The Corinthian Pillar.
The greatest sculptor Grecian pride could boast , In architect ' ral thought Avas Avand ' ring near , When all the visions art had formed were lost ,
For that which nature simply pointed near . For he beheld simplicity and grace , And richness also blended all in all , Like innocence and beauty in one face , That sweet expression—lovelinesss Ave call .
The basket form'd the capital ; and thus The soft leaves falling by the volute scroll ; The friendly tile he made the abacus , Thus did the poAv ' r of nature frame the Avhole .
NOAV Ave behold support the royal pile , The portico , the Greek or Roman dome , The Chapel ' s sacred porch or colunm'd aisle , Taught by kind feeling from a virgin ' s tomb . M . A . HARTLEY .
The Mistletoe.
THE MISTLETOE .
" The Mistletoe hung in the Castle Hall " BY BRO . REV . AVILUA 5 I TEBBS . "P EACE upon earth , good will ' mongst men . "
Could it be that I Avas dreaming ? Once more , on that blessed day that for once , at least in every year , in the world ' s Aveary course , brings , or should bring , jjeace to every soul of man , Ave Avere all gathered in the oldoldhome . None Avere missing ,
, , but instead many a fresh young face Avas added to us since first I sat in that chimneycorner at Christmastide . Again , as in years gone by , rose Mary ' s sweet voice in the frequent refrain : — " GoodAvill 'mongst men . "
Again rose the merry laugh at the forfeit paAvn . Again Avere the oousius slil ' y whispering beneath the pendant Mistletoe , on Avhich my gaze Avas fixed . All happy here ,