We Ne'er Can Be Made Happy By

Work Without Hope Draws Nectar In A Sieve, And Hope Without An Object Cannot Live.

Is Duty A Mere Sport, Or An Employ! Life An Entrusted Talent Or A Toy!

May All The Stars Hang Bright Above Her Dwelling, Silent As Though They Watched The Sleeping Earth!

The Water-lily, In The Midst Of Waters, Opens Its Leaves And Expands Its Petals, At The First Pattering Of The Shower, And Rejoices In The Rain-drops With A Quicker Sympathy Than The Packed Shrubs In The Sandy Desert.

Fellows Of Colleges In The Universities Are In One Sense The Recipients Of Alms, Because They Receive Funds Which Originally Were Of An Eleemosynary Character.