words, which have a certain rustic fragrance and force, like countrymen come to town—as if now first devoted to literature, after having served sincere and stern purposes.
Page 104.—The following verses, with the prose accompanying them may be added under Love (see also bottom of page 106):—
THE VIRGIN
With her calm, inquiring eyes
She doth tempt the earth to rise;
With humility over all,
She doth tempt the sky to fall.
In her place she still doth stand,
A pattern unto the firm land;
While revolving spheres come round
To embrace her stable ground.
Page 108.—The following poem continues the thought recorded on the 108th page, and connects it with page 109:—
SOLITUDE
We walk in Nature still alone,
And know no one,
Discern no lineament nor feature
Of any creature.
Though all the firmament
Is o'er us bent.
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