Exalt His praises if the world press sore, Peal out His praises if black A hundred thousand lies to say them nay. Devil and Death and Hades, three fold cord Not quickly broken, front thee to thy face; Front thou them with a face of tenfold flint : Shout for the battle, David! never stint Body or breath or blood, but, proof in grace, Die for thy Lord, as once for thee thy Lord: Before 1893. THRO' burden and heat of the day How weary the hands and the feet That labour with scarcely a stay, Tired toiler whose sleep shall be Kneel down, it will rest thee to pray : Then forward, for daylight is fleet. Cool shadows show lengthening and grey, Cool twilight will soon be com- What matters this wearisome way Then I commended Mirth.' 'A MERRY heart is a continual feast.' Then take we life and all things in good part: Whose marvels and whose mysteries fulfil Are ye not much better than they? Their course and deep in darkness THE twig sprouteth, serve Him still. Thou dim aurora, on the extremest height Of airy summits wax not overbright; Refrain thy rose, refrain thy daffodil. Until God's Word go forth to kindle thee And garland thee and bid thee stoop to us, Blush in the heavenly choirs and glance not down: To-day we race in darkness for a crown, In darkness for beatitude to be, In darkness for the city luminous. Truly the Light is sweet. LIGHT colourless doth colour all things else: Where light dwells pleasure dwells And peace excels. Then rise and shine, Thou shadowed soul of mine, And let a cheerful rainbow make thee fine. Light, fountain of all beauty and delight, Leads day forth from the night, Light waits for thee Where all have eyes to see: Oh well is thee, and happy shalt thou be. Before 1893. The moth outeth, The twig teacheth, Yea, the sparrow hath found her an house. WISEST of sparrows that sparrow which sitteth alone Perched on the housetop, its own upper chamber, for nest; Wisest of swallows that swallow which timely has flown Over the turbulent sea to the land of its rest: Wisest of sparrows and swallows, if I were as wise! Wisest of spirits that spirit which dwelleth apart Hid in the Presence of God for a chapel and nest, Sending a wish and a will and a passionate heart Over the eddy of life to that Seated alone and in peace till Before 1893. But what if Thou shouldst sheathe A life so faint,-is this to live? it to the hilt Within the heart that sues to Thee, O Lord? Yea, if Thou wilt. A goal so mean,—is this a goal? Christ love thee, remedy, forgive, Save thee, O foolish Soul. Before 1893. BEFORE the beginning Thou hast | Distance melts and mellows all foreknown the end, Before the birthday the death-bed to-day, Looking back. was seen of Thee: Cleanse what I cannot cleanse, mend Rose and purple and a silvery grey, O God, arise to defend, arise to Yesterday we sighed, but not to-day, befriend, O Lord All-Merciful, be merciful to me. Before 1893. , THE goal in sight! Look up and sing, Set faces full against the light, Welcome with rapturous welcoming The goal in sight. Let be the left, let be the right: Looking back. Before 1886. THE WATCHERS SHE fell asleep among the flowers Three there are about her bed, At her head standeth the Cross Straight forward make your footsteps For which all else she counted loss: ring |