...VIII. " Blessings be with them and eternal praise. Who gave us nobler loves and nobler cares ; Tim poets, who on earth have made us heirs Of truth and pure delight by heavenly lays." — WORDSWORTR. EMILY'S time was now passing most pleasantly : she had been solitary...

...and joyous thought : And thus from day to day my little boat Rocks in its harbour, lodging peaceably. Blessings be with them — and eternal praise, Who...earth have made us heirs Of truth and pure delight by heavenly lays ! Oh ! might my name be numbered among theirs, Then gladly would I end my mortal days.*...

...have caught some enthusiasm from their sound, centuries after those words were first uttered : — " Blessings be with them, and eternal praise, Who gave...earth, have made us heirs Of truth and pure delight by heavenly lays." This benediction is not due to all, however rightfully they may claim the title...

...bo to us a solace, and their sweet consolations shall not be wanting in the solemn hour of death. " Blessings be with them, and eternal praise, Who gave us nobler loves and nobler cares — The poels — who on earth have made us heirs Of truth and pure delight by heavenly lays. O ! might my...

...again household words, and their spirits household gods ! " Blessings be with them, and eternal praise, The poets who on earth have made us heirs Of truth and pure delight by heavenly lays ! Oh ! might my name be number'd among theirs, Then gladly would I end niy mortal...

...again household words, and their spirits household gods ! " Blessings be with them, and eternal praise, The poets who on earth have made us heirs Of truth and pure delight by heavenly lays ! Oh ! might my name be immber'd among theirs, Then gladly would I end my mortal days."...

...poetry : we enthusiastically exclaim, with Wordsworth,—- " Blessings be with them, and eternal praise, The poets, who on earth have made us heirs Of truth and pure delight, by heavenly lays." We thus see that the Christian can have no part nor lot in Shakspere's works as...

...again household words, and their spirits household gods 1 " Blessings be with them, and eternal praise, The poets who on earth have made us heirs Of truth and pure delight by heavenly lays ! Oh ! might my name be number'd among them, Then gladly would I end my mortal days."...

...is, it stands one more lonely and scathed testimony to the evil fortunes of poets :— " The poetB who on earth have made us heirs Of truth and pure delight, by heavenly lays 1" yet who, themselves, of all men are still shown by a wise Providence to be " pilgrims...

...and joyous thought: And thus, from day to day my little boat Rocks in its harbour, lodging peaceably. Blessings be with them — and eternal praise, Who...earth have made us heirs Of truth and pure delight by heavenly lays." I shall now read you a passage from a letter written by Wordsworth to Lady Beaumont,...