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130 ::To souls whose pain, My heart can scarcely dare to greet With pity, while my own complete And blessed joy their loss must mete
 * By my great gain.


 * Diviner air

Of beauty, and a grace more free, More soft and solemn depths I see In every woman's face, since he
 * Has called me fair.


 * More true and sure

Each man's heart seems, more firm for right; Each man I hold more strong in fight, Since he stands ever in my sight
 * So brave, so pure.


 * More of sun's fire

Than days can use, and more than nights Can name, of stars with rhythmic lights, And sweeter singing flocks, whoso flights
 * Can never tire—


 * More bloom than eyes

Can reach, or hands to grasp, may dare, More music in the constant air, Than each round wave can hold and bear.
 * Before it dies—


 * And more of life

For living, than all death can kill, More good than evil's utmost will Can thwart, and peace to more than still
 * The fiercest strife:


 * All these I find

In service of this gracious king: From goods we spare, such alms I fling; And pray swift days more hours to bring,
 * More bonds to bind.


 * Oh happiness!

To utter thee, in vain our eyes Seek tears; and vainly all speech tries: This thing alone our king denies
 * In Love's largess.

subject of the derivation of the homely and quaint phraseology which gives pith and point to the every-day conversation of the "plain people," is so full of curious interest that it is not strange to find it awakening the attention of an increasing number of diligent students who are doing in this direction a work for the history of our language which may well supplement the labors of such men as Max Müller, Dean Trench, Wedgewood, and our own Marsh, in the more classical walks of linguistic research. Mr. Bartlett, in this country, and Prince Lucien Bonaparte, and Mr. John Camden Hotten, a young English publisher in England, may be mentioned as among the most diligent of recent students into the out-of-the-way dialects which are tributary to the English tongue. Mr. Hotten, especially, shows an enthusiastic devotion to this line of research, and has, in addition to the issue of various