Since daily the delicate miracle’s wrought,
Hourly the legend told,
You will surely own it an idle creed,
Frivolous gallant and faithless maid,
That forbids the victim to suffer and bleed,
For one vain hour’s parade;
You will surely deny by the evident token
Of trophy on trophy won day by day,
That hearts may be broken by light words spoken,—
Only for something to say.
Ralph A. Benson.
POSTSCRIPT.
On closing the first Volume of “Once a Week,” its Projectors distinctly pledged themselves, in consideration of its rising promise, to make the most of the opportunities for its further and complete development.
Not only is it their conviction, founded on a knowledge of their efforts, that they have already done this; but they have a surer proof that these efforts have been properly directed, in a circulation which is now steadily on the increase.
In the meantime, an unlooked-for opportunity has arisen in the promised remission of the Paper Duties, and the Projectors desire to convert this opportunity also to the advantage of their readers.
But, instead of waiting until these Duties shall be actually remitted, it is their intention to anticipate the probable reduction in the price of paper, and to extend their Miscellany by six pages of letter-press weekly, commencing from the 28th instant.
Exclusive of these six pages they will avail themselves of the same occasion to gratify the wish expressed by so many of their subscribers for a complete wrapper to each weekly number.
And they further hope so to use their extended space as to afford increased gratification to a widening circle of readers.
