Page 765

Dinah Maria Mulock Craik. (1826–1887)

7570

    Two hands upon the breast,
  And labour’s done; 1
Two pale feet crossed in rest,
  The race is won.

Now and Afterwards.

7571

Immortality alone could teach this mortal how to die.

Looking Death in the Face.

7572

Never was owl more blind than a lover.

Magnus and Morna.

7573

Silence sweeter is than speech.

Magnus and Morna.

Lucy Larcom. (1826–1893)

7574

Oh, her heart’s adrift with one
On an endless voyage gone!
Night and morning
Hannah’s at the window binding shoes.

Hannah binding Shoes.

7575

I do not own an inch of land,
But all I see is mine.

A Strip of Blue.

Mortimer Collins. (1827–1876)

7576

    Just take a trifling handful, O philosopher!
Of magic matter: give it a slight toss over
    The ambient ether—and I don’t see why
    You should n’t make a sky.

Sky-Making. (To Professor Tyndall.)

7577

    Life and the Universe show spontaneity;
Down with ridiculous notions of Deity!
  Churches and creeds are lost in the mists;
  Truth must be sought with the Positivists.

The Positivists.

Note 1.
Two hands upon the breast, and labour is past.—Russian Proverb. [back]

Contents -AUTHOR INDEX -CONCORDANCE INDEX -BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD