Distil the juice from them, and drink that off;
We'll catch the rain before it fall to ground,
And drink off that, that never more may grow;
We'll set our mouths to springs, and drink them off;
And all this while we'll never think of those
That love us best, more than we did last night.
We will not give unto the poor a drop

Of all this drink: but, when we see them weep,
We'll run to them, and drink their tears off too :
We'll never leave whilst there is heat or moisture
In this large globe, but suck it cold and dry,
Till we have made it elemental earth,

Merely by drinking.

The Coxcomb, Act II.-BEAUMONT and FLETCHER,

DRUM. Description of a

I hate that drum's discordant sound,
Parading round, and round, and round:
To me it talks of ravaged plains,
And burning towns, and ruined swains,
And mangled limbs, and dying groans,
And widows' tears, and orphans' moans;
And all that misery's hand bestows
To fill the catalogue of human woes.

DYING.

Ode on hearing the Drum.-JOHN SCOTT.

What is't to die?

To leave all disappointment, cares, and sorrow, To leave all falsehood, treachery, and unkindness,

All ignominy, suffering, and despair,

And be at rest for ever! O, dull heart,

Be of good cheer!

When thou shalt cease to beat,

Then shalt thou cease to suffer and complain.

The Spanish Student, Act III. Scene v.-LONGFELLOW.

Base.

A man who finds not satisfaction in himself, seeks for it in vain elsewhere.

ECHO.

Maxims, CVII.-ROCHEFOUCAULT.

Unsolicited reply

To a babbling wanderer sent;
Like her ordinary cry,

Like-but oh how different!

The Echo.-WM. WORDSWORTH.

ECONOMY in Household Matters.

And touching the guiding of thy house, let thy hospitality be moderate, and according to the means of thy estate, rather plentiful than sparing, but not costly. For I never knew any man grow poor by keeping an orderly table. But some consume themselves through secret vices, and their hospitality bears the blame. But banish swinish drunkards out of thine house, which is a vice impairing health, consuming much, and makes no show. I never heard praise ascribed to the drunkard, but for the well-bearing of his drink; which is a better

commendation for a brewer's horse or a drayman, than for either a gentleman or a serving-man. Beware thou spend not above three of four parts of thy revenues; nor above a third part of that in thy house. For the other two parts will do no more than defray thy extraordinaries, which always surmount the ordinary by much; otherwise thou shalt live like a rich beggar, in continual want. And the needy man can never live happily nor contentedly. For every disaster makes him ready to mortgage or sell. And that gentleman, who

For

sells an acre of land, sells an ounce of credit. gentility is nothing else but ancient riches. So that if the foundation shall at any time sink, the building must needs follow. Precepts or directions for the well ordering and carriage of a man's life-LORD BURLEIGH,

EDEN. Description of the Garden of

A circling row

Of goodliest trees, loaden with fairest fruit,
Blossoms and fruits at once of golden hue,
Appear'd, with gay enamel'd colours mix'd;
Of which the sun more glad impress'd his beams
Than in fair evening cloud, or humid bow,

When God hath shower'd the earth; so lovely seem'd
That landscape; and of pure, now purer air
Meets his approach, and to the heart inspires
Vernal delight and joy, able to drive
All sadness but despair; now gentle gales

Fanning their odoriferous wings, dispense

Native perfumes, and whisper whence they stole
Those balmy spoils: as when to them who sail
Beyond the Cape of Hope, and now are past
Mozambic, off at sea north-west winds blow
Sabean odours from the spicy shore

Of Araby the blest; with such delay

Well pleased they slack their course, and many a league, Cheer'd with the grateful smell, old Ocean smiles. Paradise Lost, Book IV. Line 146.-JOHN MILTON.

I call, therefore, a complete and generous education, that which fits a man to perform justly, skilfully, and magnanimously, all the offices, both private and public, Tractate of Education.-JOHN MILTON.

of

peace and war.

That call not education, which decries

God and his truth, content the seed to strew
Of moral maxims, and the mind imbue
With elements which form the worldly wise.
So call the training, which can duly prize

Such lighter lore, but chiefly holds to view
What God requires us to believe and do,
And notes man's end, and shapes him for the skies.
On Education.-BISHOP MANT.

EDUCATION of Children.

For their learning be liberal. Spare no cost; for

by such parsimony all is lost that is saved; but let it be useful knowledge, such as is consistent with truth and godliness, not cherishing a vain conversation or idle mind; but ingenuity mixed with industry is good for the body and the mind too.

Letter to his Wife and Children.-WM. PENN.

EDUCATION of the Poor.

O for the coming of that glorious time
When, prizing knowledge as her noblest wealth
And best protection, this imperial realm,
While she exacts allegiance, shall admit
An obligation, on her part, to teach
Them who are born to serve her and obey;
Binding herself by statute to secure

For all the children whom her soil maintains

The rudiments of letters, and inform

The mind with moral and religious truth,

Both understood and practised,

so that none,

However destitute, be left to droop

By timely culture unsustained; or run

Into a wild disorder; or be forced

To drudge through a weary life without the help
Of intellectual implements and tools;

A

savage horde among the civilized,

A servile band among the lordly free!

Education of the Poor, the duty of the State.

WM. WORDSWORTH.

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