MAY 18 
Hawthorn . 
Hoge. 
And faith and hope and the spirit’s patience 
Strengthen the heart and lighten the eyes. 
Ah, soul! my soul! there is hope for the nations, 
And God is holy and just and wise. 
J3 ARTON pREY. 
Solitude. 
Heaths 
The shadowy desert, unfrequented woods, 
I better brook than flourishing, peopled towns: 
There I can sit alone, unseen of any, 
And to the nightingale’s complaining notes 
Tune my distresses, and record my woes. 
(Shakespeare. 
MAY 20 
Helenium -. 
. Tears. 
Thanji God, bless God, all ye who suffer not 
More grief that ye can weep for. That is well— 
That is light grieving! lighter, none befell, 
Since Adam forfeited the primal lot. 
Tears! what are tears? The babe weeps in its cot, 
The mother singing,—at her marriage bell 
The bride weeps,—and before the oracle 
Of high-faned hills, the poet has forgot 
Such moisture on his cheeks. 
Elizabeth Barrett Browning. 
