Part ii

. 5._

God had sifted three kingdoms to find the wheat for this planting.[616-1]

_The Courtship of Miles Standish. iv._

Into a world unknown,--the corner-stone of a nation![616-2]

_The Courtship of Miles Standish. iv._

Saint Augustine! well hast thou said, That of our vices we can frame A ladder, if we will but tread Beneath our feet each deed of shame.[616-3]

_The Ladder of Saint Augustine._

The heights by great men reached and kept Were not attained by sudden flight, But they while their companions slept Were toiling upward in the night.

_The Ladder of Saint Augustine._

The surest pledge of a deathless name Is the silent homage of thoughts unspoken.

_The Herons of Elmwood._

He has singed the beard of the king of Spain.[616-4]

_The Dutch Picture._

The love of learning, the sequestered nooks, And all the sweet serenity of books.

_Morituri Salutamus._

With useless endeavour Forever, forever, Is Sisyphus rolling His stone up the mountain!

_The Masque of Pandora. Chorus of the Eumenides._

All things come round to him who will but wait.[617-1]

_Tales of a Wayside Inn. The Student's Tale._

Time has laid his hand Upon my heart gently, not smiting it, But as a harper lays his open palm Upon his harp, to deaden its vibrations.

_The Golden Legend. iv._

Hospitality sitting with Gladness.

_Translation from Frithiof's Saga._

Who ne'er his bread in sorrow ate, Who ne'er the mournful midnight hours Weeping upon his bed has sate, He knows you not, ye Heavenly Powers.

_Motto, Hyperion. Book i ._[617-2]

Something the heart must have to cherish, Must love and joy and sorrow learn; Something with passion clasp, or perish And in itself to ashes burn.

_Hyperion.