140 CONSTANCY - INCONSTANCY. 18. I lov'd thee in thy spring-time's blushing hour,- 19. With a kiss my vow was greeted That thy heart should not be chang'd; 20. Though youth be past, and beauty fled, 21. Thou art fickle as the sea, Thou art wandering as the wind, 22. Inconstant! are the waters so That fall in showers on hill and plain, 23. There is nothing but death Our affection can sever, And till life's latest breath Love shall bind us for ever. J. O. ROCKWELL. MRS. S. J. HALE. W. C. BRYANT. J. G. PERCIVAL. 24. Where'er thou journeyest, or whate'er thy care, My heart shall follow, and my spirit share. MRS. L. H. SIGOURNEY. 25. The finger of love, on my innermost heart, Wrote thy name, O adored! when my feelings were young; W. H. BURLEIGH. CONTEMPLATION-REFLECTION. 1. Thus ev'ry object of creation Can furnish hints for contemplation, GAY's Fables. 2. 'Tis greatly wise to talk with our past hours, 3. A soul without reflection, like a pile Without inhabitant, to ruin runs. YOUNG'S Night Thoughts. 4. Thanks to the human heart, by which we live, 5. WORDSWORTH. Mount on Contemplation's wings, And win our way thro' life's tempestuous seas. GIFFORD'S Perseus. 142 6. 7. CONTEMPT - SCORN. It is fine To stand upon some lofty mountain thought, Within the deep, Still chambers of the heart, a spectre dim, BAILEY'S Festus. Whose tones are like the wizard voice of Time, And holy visions that have past away, And left no shadow of their loveliness On the dead waste of life. GEORGE D. PRENTICE. CONTEMPT - SCORN. 1. Disdain and scorn ride sparkling in her eyes. 2. 3. Infamous wretch ! So much below my scorn, I dare not kill thee! He hears On all sides, from innumerable tongues, A dismal, universal hiss, the sound 4. Derision shall strike thee forlorn, SHAKSPEARE. DRYDEN. MILTON'S Paradise Lost. A mock'ry that never shall die; The curses of hate, and the hisses of scorn, 5. Thou may'st from law, but not from scorn escape; BYRON. CHARLES SPRAGUE. 6. 7. Pardon is for men, And not for reptiles-we have none for Steno, Of life. The man, who dies by the adder's pang, BYRON'S Marino Faliero. And would'st thou turn, Like one contemn'd, to seek for more contempt! RUFUS DAWES. CONTENTMENT-DISCONTENT. 1. O! who can lead, then, a more happy life, 2. The remnant of his days he safely past, Nor found they lagg'd too slow, nor flew too fast; 3. Still falling out with this and this, And finding something still amiss; SPENSER. PRIOR. BUTLER'S Hudibras. 4. Peace, brother, be not over-exquisite MILTON'S Comus. 144 CONTENTMENT - DISCONTENT. 5. For who did ever yet, by honour, wealth, Or pleasure of the sense, Contentment find? 6. The lion crav'd the fox's art; The fox the lion's force and heart; 7. Sour discontent, that quarrels with our fate, GAY's Fables. SIR R. BLACKMORE. 8. He, fairly looking into life's account, 9. With careless eyes he views the proud, CRABBE. Gentleman's Magazine. 10. What tho' on hamely fare we dine, Gie fools their silk, and knaves their wine, BURNS. |