And answering to either on occasion, A female Janus with both pairs of eyes Bandaged, and bearing keys in either hand, The keys of Good; those in the left, smooth worn "Vendere velle rosas inquis; cum sis rosa, quaero ARIOSTO. "WHO 'll a blushing red rose buy?" small 's my pelf." "I'll not take less than thyself." "Self and all I have, is thine; "More I ask not. Take thy kiss Back again and this and this." So the pair the bargain close, And Rob's got his long loved Rose. CASA CARTONI AI CAVALLEGGIERI, LEGHORN, Febr. 28, 1861. EARLY CLOSING. DON'T talk to me of morals and improvement Or useful books at home, or conversation, Some pettifogging, half dishonest trade Pence gathering and with long care making rich. And, under heaven's own free and airy vault, Or trade demoralizing, or to leave SAXON BARD AND MILESIAN SCHOLIAST. BARD. "THIS elegant rose, had I shaken it less, Might have bloomed with its owner a while, And the tear that is wiped with a little address May be followed, perhaps, by a smile." SCHOLIAST. For roses and tears, though not like in themselves, That roses bloom longer when not shaken hard, And sooner or later, the smile 's sure to come Just as fairer and sweeter and longer lasts still Of a gingerly pulled rose the blow. Walking from AGAZZANO (near PIACENZA) to BORGONOVO, May 30, 1861. HOUSE OF CARDS. "THE wind has blown down my house of cards, Alas, and alack-a-day!" I heard a child once with sobs and tears "What matter? what matter?" old grandmother cried, As she laid her green spectacles down, "Thou hast nothing to do but to build up another; See, there are thy cards every one." And so says the poet: Thou grown-up child, When the wind blows thy house of cards down, Thou hast nothing to do but to build up another; See, there are thy cards every one. For one house of cards is as good as another, Strive thou as thou wilt to make one last for ever, Walking from ALT ST. JOHANN (CANTON ST. GALLEN) to HEMBERG, July 1, 1861. HOS EGO. No hand but mine these verses made; GOSSAU (CANTON ST. GALLEN), July 2, 1861. "SPEECH is God's gift to enable Man to hide God's gift to enable man to hide his thoughts, This once, this only once in all his life. Walking from WALDENBUCH to ECHTERDINGEN near STUTTGART, July 19, 1861. |