LA DOMESTIQUE FIDELLE. Sweet was thy heritage of grace, With hopes that speak of heaven; The saving mercies of thy God, And all his truth was thine! 49 My meditation of him shall be sweet? I will be glad in the LORD.”— PSALM Civ. 34. LA DOMESTIQUE FIDELLE. FAITHFUL Agnes-faithful Agnes! What though fortune ne'er may scatter Pearls of joy and summer roses On thy path of life are spread : Then how rich is thy possession; Jesus speaks Himself thy Friend! E THE PALMER OF DRAYTON. CLOTHED in that leathern doublet-see a breast And like the Baptist through the desert led, Bound in the bundle of eternal life, He calls our spirits up from earth's dark strife, Our chartered scroll of light and liberty. "If we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin." -1 JOHN i. 7. BODY AND MIND. A GENTLE poet would you seek A gentle poet and a mind That honours and adorns its kind: A gentle poet would you see, Then come and seek his shrine with me! A finished person, fair address; Now let me half his worth express ! Those eyes are speaking, full and bright, Like crystal orbs of liquid light; BODY AND MIND. That form in graceful moulding shines, Now for the mind that nobler part, Above the poets' fabled dreams, The heart, where love and friendship reign, He cultures as his best domain. A poet's soul, a poet's lyre May well Devotion's strains inspire; He, tuned to heavenly themes, would sing The glories of his God and King, And youth and age he fain would draw With patriarchs, prophets, priests, and kings 51 On wings of faith and wings of love, Whilst mingling thus in heaven's blest throng To tune the harp of Zion well— In this let all his powers excel; His fervent offerings let him raise, And celebrate Messiah's praise: Whilst clothed in hallowed vestments, see The sacred muse of Poesy !— "For our conversation is in heaven; from whence also we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ."-PHIL. iii. 20. A GENIUS. I SEEK to paint a genius, In beauty's mould enshrined; And whilst that beauteous mould I paint, A charmer is the guest within,- A GENIUS. And there are spacious halls of state Where bands of thoughts and feelings move And gems of wit and taste are there, And quick inventions aid; And fancy, with her rainbow hues, And ardour, with her sparkling eye, And sportive visions, as they dance Before the admiring view. Here too let truth and friendship paint And charity of lofty mien, That in her wide embrace, She welcomes with a kiss of peace, How goodly are the tents that shine 53 |