FROM A NEW ENGLAND HILLSIDE. 87 



very good faith do their little best to con 

 vert it into unlovely discord. 



The scribe is, as it were, admitted here 

 into the very realm of the Princess Ida, with 

 out even the moral support that he might 

 have, were Cyril and Fjorian with him. The 

 one black sheep amid a flock of ewe lambs 

 this afternoon, he could but shelter himself 

 in a quiet corner, and bless his stars that the 

 lambs were so gentle, and that they were 

 not wolves instead. The man who does not 

 feel abashed in the presence of a pure and 

 noble woman, .must himself be very free 

 from tarnish by the world, or he must be 

 very callous. If she be 



A creature not too bright or good 

 For liumau nature s daily food ; 

 For transient sorrows, simple wiles, 

 Fraise, blame, love, kisses, tears aiid smiles. 



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The reason firm, the temperate will, 

 Endurance, foresight, strength, and skill ; 

 A perfect woman, nobly planned, 

 To warn, to comfort, and command: 

 And yet a spirit still, and bright 

 With something of angelic light, 



she is surely the crown of life so far as it 

 has yet appeared upon the work-and-play 

 ground of our mother earth. 



