...sorrow only As the mist resembles the rain. Come, read to me some poem. Some simple and heartfelt lay, That shall soothe this restless feeling, And banish...distant footsteps e'cho Through the corridors of Time, Life's endless toil and endeavour ; ' And to-night I long for rest. Read from some humbler poet, Whose...

...popular. For, while we do not anticipate for Mr. Longfellow a place among " The grand old masters, The bards sublime, Whose distant footsteps echo Through the corridors of time," we hold him to be among the first of those whose " Songs hare power to quiet The restless pulse of...

...As the mist resembles the ruin. 211 Come, read to me some poem, Some simple and heartfelt lay, Tlmt shall soothe this restless feeling, And banish the...thoughts of day. Not from the grand old masters, Not from tlio bards sublime. Whose distant footsteps echo Through the corridors of Time. For, like strains of...

...stroll through the library at Abbotsford, and while we DRRAM of ' the grand old masters,' Dream of ' the bards sublime ; Whose distant foot-steps echo Through the corridors of time,' let us cull a few buds from this flower-garden of English literature, in support of our proposition....

...close of the day's labors, when the spirit seeks repose and quiet enjoyment from reading poetry, but " Not from the grand old masters, Not. from the bards...endless toil and endeavor, And to-night I long for reet." The effect of earnestness on the mind is to give it honesty of purpose, seriousness and dignity....

...Their mighty thoughts suggest Life's endless toil and endeavour ; And to-night I long for rest. Head from some humbler poet, Whose songs gushed from his heart, As showers from the clonds of summer, Or tears from the eyelids start ; Who, through long days of labour, And nights devoid...

...sorrow only As the mist resembles the rain. Come, read to me some poem, Some simple and heartfelt lay, That shall soothe this restless feeling, And banish...Their mighty thoughts suggest Life's endless toil and endeavour ; And to-night I long for rest. Read from some humbler poet, Whose songs gushed from his...

...comes o'er me That my soul cannot resist. Come, read to me some poem, Some simple and heartfelt lay That shall soothe this restless feeling, And banish...Their mighty thoughts suggest Life's endless toil anji endeavour; And to-night I long for rest. Head from some humbler poet, Whose songs gushed from...

...sorrow only As the mist reeemUtw the rain. Come, read to me some poem, Some simple and heartfelt lay. That shall soothe this restless feeling, And banish...Not from the bards sublime, Whose distant footsteps eeho Through the eorridors of Time. For, like strains of martial musie, Their mighty thoughts suggest...

...is not akin to pain, And resembles sorrow only As the mist resembles the rain. 336 THE SCHOOLMASTER. That shall soothe this restless feeling And banish the thoughts of day. Kot from the grand old masters, Not from the bards sublime, Whose distant foot-steps echo Through the...