ROMEO: Farewell! I will omit no opportunity That may convey my greetings, love, to thee. JULIET: 0, think'st thou we shall ever meet again? ROMEO: I doubt it not; and all these woes shall serve For sweet discourses in our time to come. SHAKESPEARIAN READINGS. Oh, but to fade, and live we know not where, With married sisters, and to have the care Round about the pendant world; or worse than worse Of those that disappointment and pure spite OLD MAN AND HIS WIFE. There was an old man who lived in a wood, As you may plainly see; He said he could do as much work in a day As his wife could do in three. "With all my heart," the old woman said, "If that you will allow, To-morrow you'll stay at home in my stead, And I'll go drive the plough;' "But you must milk the Tidy cow, And you must feed the little pigs "And you must mind the speckled hen, For fear she lay away; And you must reel the spool of That I spun yesterday." yarn, The old woman took a whip in her hand, And went to drive the plough; The old man took a pail in his hand, And went to milk the cow; But Tidy hinched and Tidy flinched, And Tidy broke his nose, And Tidy gave him such a blow That the blood ran down to his toes. "High! Tidy! ho! Tidy! high! Tidy! do stand still! If ever I milk you, Tidy, again, "Twill be so against my will.' د, He went to feed the little pigs, He went to mind the speckled hen, So he swore by the sun, the moon, and the stars, And the green leaves on the tree, If his wife didn't do a day's work in her life, She should ne'er be ruled by he. A SONG. EUGENE FIELD. Love was coming down the lane, Winged, rosy, blind; In his hand his little bow, Now, I thought, he cannot see; If I stand aside, He must pass me ignorant, Kept I silent in my place; And I, anxious, held my breath, Touched with pity, then quoth I: "Weep, oh, weep no more!" And he, laughing, sent this shaft To my bosom's core. BOOKS OF THE BIBLE. Matthew and Mark and Luke and John the Holy Gospels wrote Describing how the Saviour died. His life, and all he taught. Acts proved how God the Apostles owned with signs in every place, And Paul in Romans teaches us how man is saved by grace. The Apostle in Corinthians instructs, exhorts, reproves, Galatians shows that faith in Christ alone the Father loves. Ephesians and Philippians tell what Christians ought to be, Colossians bids us live to God and for eternity. In Thessalonians we are taught the Lord will come from heaven. In Timothy and Titus a Bishop's rule is given. Philemon shows a Christian's love as only Chris tians saw. Hebrews reveals the Gospel grace prefigured by the law. James teaches without holiness faith is but vain and dead. |