334 IDLENESS - INDUSTRY, &c Perseverance is a Roman virtue, That wins each godlike act, and plucks success Even from the spear-proof crest of rugged danger. No more the irksome restlessness of rest Go to the ant, thou sluggard, learn to live, HAVARD BYRON'S Island. I would not waste my spring of youth Let us then be up and doing, Learn to labour and to wait. The proudest motto for the young! Upon thy heart, and in thy mind The stirring words enfold: SMART HILLHOUSE. H. W. LONGFELLOW "Twill have a holy, cheering power- ALICE G. LEE IGNORANCE. 835 IGNORANCE The truest characters of ignorance Are vanity and pride and arrogance, As blind men use to bear their noses higher Than those who have their eyes and sight entire. As lookers-on feel most delight, That least perceive the juggler's sleight, And still the less they understand, The more they admire the sleight of hand. BUTLER BUTLER'S Hudibras. But 't is some justice to ascribe to chance By ignorance is pride increas'd; Those most assume who know the least: DAVENANT GAY's Fables. The lamb thy riot dooms to death to-day, POPE'S Essay on Man. Where ignorance is bliss, 't is folly to be wise. With just enough of learning to misquote. GRAY BYRON'S English Bards, &c. IMAGINATION IMMORTALITY, &c. They cannot read, and so don't lisp in criticism; BYRON'S Beppe Who laughs to scorn the wisdom of the schools, SPRAGUE'S Curiosity IMAGINATION.-(See FANCY.) IMMORTALITY - SOUL. One thinks the soul is air; another, fire; DAVIES' Immortality of the Soul. But, as the sharpest eye discerneth nought, DAVIES' Immortality of the Soul. Whate'er of earth is form'd, to earth returns; Escapes the wreck of worlds, when all things fail. SOMERVILE'S Chase. The soul of man, a native of the skies, YOUNG'S Night Thoughts. "I'is immortality—'t is that alone YOUNG'S Night Thoughts. IMMORTALITY - SOUL. Let earth dissolve-yon ponderous orb descend, YOUNG'S Night Thoughts When nature ceases, thou shalt still remain, The soul, secure in her existence, smiles The wreck of matter, and the crush of worlds! 337 TICKELL. ADDISON'S Cato. It must be so: Plato, thou reasonest well: Or whence this secret dread, and inward horror Of falling into nought? Why shrinks the soul "T is heaven itself that points out a hereafter, The soul on earth is an immortal guest, ADDISON'S Cato. A spark which upward tends by nature's force; A pilgrim, panting for the rest to come; HANNAH MURE. 338 IMMORTALITY - IMPATIENCE, &c. Cold in the dust this perish'd heart may lie, CAMPBELL But I have liv'd, and have not liv'd in vain : Immortality o'ersweeps All pains, all tears, all time, all fears—and peals my ears this truth-Thou liv'st for ever! A voice within us speaks that startling word- BYRON. R. H. DANA, IMPATIENCE-PATIENCE. A wretched soul, bruis'd with adversity, But were we burden'd with like weight of pain, SHAKSPEARE For there was never yet philosopher, That could endure the tooth-ache patiently. SHAKSPEARE How poor are they who have not patience! SHAKSPEARE |