...O thou-child of many prayers I Life hath quicksands, life hath snares I Care and age come unawares! Bear a lily in thy hand; Gates of brass cannot withstand...the dew of youth, On thy lips the smile of truth. LONGFELLOW. YOuth with swift feet walks onward in the way, The land of joy lies all before his eyes....

...bough, where slumbered Birds and blossoms many-numbered ; — Age that bough with snows encumbered. Gather, then, each flower that grows When the young...heart overflows, To embalm that tent of snows. Bear a Illy in thy hand ; Gates of brass cannot withstand One touch of that magic wand. Bear through sorrow,...

...bough, where slumber'd Birds and blossoms many-number'd ; — Age, that bough with snows encumber' d. Gather, then, each flower that grows When the young...the dew of youth, On thy lips the smile of truth. Oh, that dew, like balm, shall steal Into wounds that cannot heal, Even as sleep our eyes doth seal...

...bough, where slumber'd Birds and blossoms many-number'd ; — Age, that bough with snows encumber'd. Gather, then, each flower that grows When the young...Gates of brass cannot withstand One touch of that magio wand. Bear through sorrow, wrong, and ruth, In thy heart the dew of youth, On thy lips the smile...

...then, each flower that grows. When tho young heart overflows, To embalm that tent of snows. Bear a Uly in thy hand ; Gates of brass cannot withstand One touch of that magic wand. Lonyftlloir. CHILDHOOD— Scenes of. Ah ! happy hills, ah ! pleasing shade, Ah ! fields beloved in...

...bough, where slumbered Birds and blossoms many-numbered ; — Age, that bough with snows encumbered. Gather, then, each flower that grows, When the young...brass cannot withstand One touch of that magic wand. O, that dew, like balm, shall steal Into wounds, that cannot heal, Even as sleep our eyes doth seal...

...bough, where slumbered Birds and blossoms many-numbered ; — Age, that bough with snows encumbered. Gather, then, each flower that grows, When the young...the dew of youth, On thy lips the smile of truth. (), that dew, like balm, shall steal Into wounds, that caunot heal, Even as sleep our eyes doth seal...

...bough, where slumbered Birds and blossoms many-numbered ; — Age, that bough with snows encumbered. Gather, then, each flower that grows, When the young...thy heart the dew of youth, On thy lips the smile of ' O, that dew, like balm, shall steal Into wounds, that cannot heal, Even as sleep our eyes doth seal;...

...Hearest tliou voices on the shore That cur ears perceive no more, Deafened by the cataract's roar? Bear, through sorrow, wrong and ruth, In thy heart...the dew of youth, ' On thy lips the smile of truth. LONGFSH.OW. FROM all that has been stated, the reader will, probably, be prepared to learn that Boden...

...the meeting was friendly, and my reception warm. CHAPTER X. " Bear, through sorrow, wrong, and rath, In thy heart the dew of youth, On thy lips the smile of truth." LONGFELLOW. THE ceremony of the introductions was not half through, when there was a noisy summons...