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Its over-fertile and luxuriant field Medicines and poisons intermixt doth yield; for therein Love with soft passions and rich language drest Oft steals the heart out of th' ingenuous breast. And indeed such only are endangered thereby, for the charms of that art ordinarily affect not those that are downright sots and naturally incapable of learning.
"Oft have we own'd the muses' skill, And proved the power of song, But sweeter notes ne'er woke the thrill That solely to thy verse belong. "This but far more, for thee we prove, Something that bears a holier name, Than the pure dream of early love, Or friendship's nobler flame.
And, independently of all examples, a sound application of the common sense of the human mind would teach us, that the worthies of the earth, though miracles, are not omnipotent, and that a certain aid, from those who by counsel or opulence are enabled to afford it, have oft times produced the noblest effects, have carried on the generous impulse that works within us, and prompted us manfully to proceed, when the weakness of our nature was ready to give in from despair.
"There is no doubt," she remarked, "that the tears which used to be shed over 'Oft in the sully night, or 'Auld Robin Gray, or 'A place in thy memory, dearest, were honest tears, coming from the true sources of emotion. There was no affectation about them; those songs came home to the sensibilities of young people, of all who had any sensibilities to be acted upon.
"I stood quite still and listened to the well-remembered words which carried me back so forcibly to my own past with Dorothy: "'Far away in summer meadows, Where the merry sunbeams played, Oft I lingered 'mid the clover Singing to a village maid. She was fairer than the fairest, Ever faithful, fond and true, And she wore beneath her bonnet Amber tresses tied with blue.
And to the memory of Robert Beadles, free-mason, one of His Majesty's gunners of the Tower, who died in the year 1683: 'He now rests quiet, in his grave secure; Where still the noise of guns he can endure; His martial soul is doubtless now at rest, Who in his lifetime was so oft oppressed With care and fears, and strange cross acts of late, But now is happy and in glorious state.
If I failed in what I had undertaken, it would not be from lack of opportunity of studying the inmates of this dwelling. "Our remedies oft in ourselves do lie, Which we ascribe to Heaven." All's Well that Ends Well. THE next morning's Tribune contained a synopsis of Mr. Leavenworth's will.
Ay, sir our ancient crown, in these wild times, Oft stood upon a cast the gamester's ducat, So often staked, and lost, and then regain'd, Scarce knew so many hazards.
This had been their longing expectation this the goal of their wearisome journey; they had oft doubted whether their eyes would ever behold it and now It lay in all its wondrous beauty beautiful even then before them; but, the banners of the false prophet floated upon the Hill of Zion.
"Madman!" said the Sub-Prior, "at what dreadful crime does thy fury drive?" "My lot is determined, father," said Edward, in a resolute tone; "I will embrace the spiritual state which you have so oft recommended. It is my purpose to return with you to Saint Mary's, and, with the permission of the Holy Virgin and of Saint Benedict, to offer my profession to the Abbot."
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