DECEMBER 19 
Willow (French) . Bravery and humanity . 
The brave man is not he who feels no fear, 
For that were stupid and irrational; 
But he whose noble soul its fear subdues, 
And bravely dares the danger nature shrinks from- 
jlOANNA )3 aILLIE. 
I dare do all that may become a man; 
Who dares do more is none. 
(Shakespeare. 
DECEMBER 20 
Winter Cherry _. Deception. 
It often falls, in course of common life, 
That right long time is overborne of wrong, 
Through avarice, or power, or guile, or strife, 
That weakens her, and makes her party strong; 
But justice, though her doom she do prolong, 
Yet at the last she will her own cause right. 
(Spenser. 
DECEMBER 21 . 
. Welcome , fair stranger. 
Wisteria 
There’s not a fibre in my trembling frame, 
That does not vibrate when thy step draws near; 
There’s not a pulse that throbs not when I hear 
Thy voice, thy breathing, nay, thy very name. 
Frances' Ji . J3utl.er. 
A hundred thousand welcomes ! I could weep, 
And I could laugh; I am light and heavy ; welcome. 
(Shakespeare. 
