"God be thanked for prevention." Henry V. II. 2. UT for the gracious providence of God BUT What crimes would stain our lives He in His mercy oft applies the rod As with our will He strives. March 14. "Suit the action to the word, the word to the action." A Hamlet, III. 2. S on the stage so in our daily life Let word and action aye agree; Whether in friendly intercourse or strife A true man's word his bond should be. "The elements be kind to thee and make Thy spirits all of comfort." Antony and Cleopatra, III. 2. AY the sun shine on thee, the south wind MAY blow, Wafting soft perfume where thy footsteps go; But where thou goest all be harmony. All children love thee, men with reverence look March 16. "Things done well And with a care exempt themselves from fear." WHER Henry VIII. I. 2. HERE honesty conceives and wisdom guides The work they undertake shall surely stand; That truth and science verge on the sublime. HE best of titles that a man can bear, ΤΗ For he will ever act upon the square, And acting on the square you can't get round him, No clever machinations will confound him; He stands full square to all the winds that blow ; Not fortune's keenest blast shall lay him low. March 18. "We are not all alone unhappy: This wide and universal theatre Presents more woeful pageants than the scene Wherein we play." As You Like It, II. 7. O actor ventures to portray the world N° As it exists, not e'en to worldling's eyes. The hardiest would shrink to see unfurled Corruption's banner as it shameless flies O'er blind society—too obstinately blind; "I am not injured-wherefore be unkind." L "To the noble mind Rich gifts wax poor, when lovers prove unkind." Hamlet, III. 1. OST opportunities and hearts estranged, Oh, saddest notes in all the human score ! In early years we thought with hearts unchanged We should love on and on for evermore. But time, alas! brought change—an absence long, A fancied slight, an explanation missed, A foolish pride before the idle throng, A bow, a smile, where whilom we had kissed. And so two loving hearts have drift apart, Two lives that otherwise might have been one; And as years pass they cease to feel the smart, They worship each before some other sun. I' "Were man but constant he were perfect." Two Gentlemen of Verona, V. 4. F men were constant, women would be bored. They look for change in scene and tone, They hate to hear again old feelings stored Dragged forth from antiquated hoard; No charm can for such crime atone. Persistent dullness is the one great sin She looks for sparkle, life-if not within, March 21. "Men prize the ungain'd more than it is." Troilus and Cressida, I. 2. E prize the unattainable; we spend our days WEP In fruitless efforts to attain thereto. Then after all such efforts go our ways, And with sour grapes will have no more to do. |