!Jam.cati~ ,feau.
TxLL roe,. on what holy ground
May Domestic Pence be found 1
Halcyou dau~hter of the skies,
Far on !earful wiugs she flies,
From the porup of seeptred ah.te,
From the rebel'a noiay hate;
I n a cottaged v.ale she dwel~ 1
Listening to the S:Lbbatb' beua I
S till around be.r steps are seen
Spotless Honour's meeker mien,
Love, the aire of pleasing !ear~,
.. Sorrow·&IDiling through.ber teua,
Alld, cQIU!cioo.s of' the paat.~mploy,
Memory, boeom..epciog ef joy. CoLEruoo&.~~t fmanf.rdumi~ 'J011Uixllitl> Jn~m· ,~ls '.oil.
, F.AUIT a11.d.aweet
Twilight falls round tl1e peasant's homeward fuet,
Who, slow returniug from his t.Nik of toil,
Sees the low sunset gUll the cultured soil,
Andl though such n4dtnnce·round him br igl'tly glowa,
Marks the sml\llapark hls cottage wiudow throws.
Still. as his h tnl'l. forestalls his weary pace,
Fondly he d1-e&ma of eo.ch familiar-face, ·
Recalls the treasures of hls narrow life-
His rosy chUdren and hie sunburnt wlfe,
To whom lli.8 coruiug is the chief event
Of simple dnys in cheerful labour spent.
The rich man's chariot hath gone whlrliug paat,
And these poor cottagers have only caat ·
One careless glance ou all that show of .pride,
Then to ti.Jeir tnaks tu1·n'd quietly aaide;
But him they wai~ for, him they welcome home,
Fi..r.'d sent i nels look forth. to see him co~e;
The fagot sent for :w.beu the fire grew .dizn.
Tbe frugal meal prep1U"ed, are &II for him;
For him the watching of that sturdy bor,
For ltim thoee smiles tif.tendernees and JOY 1
For him-who plods hiaaauntering way alonf,
Whistling the fragment of IODl(l.villa.ge aong
·HoN;:Mu. NoaroN.