1896.] ESSAYS. 55 



" And thanks that from our daily need 

 Tlic joy of simple faith is born ; 

 That he Avho smites the summer weed 

 ]\'ay trust thee for the autumn corn. 



"Give fools their ifold and knaves their power; 

 Let fortune's bubbles rise and fall; 

 Who sows a field or trains a flower, 

 Or plants a tree, is more than all, 



" For he who blesses most is blest; 

 And God and man shall own his worth 

 W ho toils to leave as his becjuest 

 An added beauty to the eartli. 



" And, soon or late, to all that sow. 

 The time of harvest shall be given ; 

 The flower shall l)loom, the fruit shall grow. 

 If not on earth, at last in heaven." 



