The sword, the banner, and the field, Was not more free. Awake not Greece !-she is awake! Awake my spirit '—think through whom My life-blood tastes its pareħt lake— And then strike home. I tread reviving passions down, Of beauty be. If thou regret thy youth, why live? Away thy breath! Seek out--less often sought than found- Then look around, and choose thy ground, And take thy rest. Missolonghi, January 22, 1824. On this day I complete my 36th year. BYRON. THE world is not wholly deserted If we prove, in our search for subsistence, Perhaps when least look'd for—a friend. Abuses lie mostly within, And these are worse, far worse to cure ; Be true to yourself, and you win- Z --- The spirit of freedom increases That moment will comfort increase. And if you be arm'd with the right, THE TWO FOUNTAINS. 66 THOMAS MOORE. FROM EVENINGS IN GREECE," 1827. I SAW, from yonder silent cave, Two fountains running side by side, The one was Memory's limpid wave, The other cold Oblivion's tide. But who could bear that gloomy blank, And said, "Oh Love! whate'er my lot, Be all my pains remember'd too!" Thomas Moore was born in Dublin, May 30 (according to another authority, May 28), 1780; he died February 26, 1852, at Sloperton Cottage, near Devizes, Wiltshire; and lies interred in the neighbouring village churchyard of Bromham. TIME. 66 ANONYMOUS. FROM HOUSEHOLD WORDS." THE heart may live a lifetime in an hour, A lifetime's energy, and strength, and power, We do it wrong, Time by one rule to reckon ; As our stern fears deter, or foud hopes beckon A minute's agony appears a day : Years of delight Seem, traced by memory, having pass'd away, With Love Time flies, Hate makes it linger; Age, pointing to its sands with eager finger, "ECCE HOMO!" (SUGGESTED BY CARLO DOLCI'S PICTURE.) 66 ISABELLA VARLEY (MRS. G. L. BANKS). FROM IVY LEAVES," 1844. "ECCE Homo!" Ye who glide, In Life's state-barge, down Pleasure's tide, Cast your purple robes aside, Lift Wealth's gold-embroider'd veil, Furl soft Luxury's silken sail ; Look upon that forehead pale,— |