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« : Joy ! Whence Art Thou ? Not*Of Earth...
valentine ' s eve in Norwich . 393
And near nim lay spring ' s freshest , fairest flowers , That told of happier hours ; —
Their "beauty cheered his wearing pains awhile , And sweetly did he smile , —
For thou wast near ;—no more with flitting wing Threatening away to spring ;—
IBut with thy Heaven-horn sisters , Faith and Love , To waft his soul above .
Blessed and beautiful ! I know tliee now Bthy calmradiant brow !
Thou comest y from God , 's own eternal throne To mark us as His own ! ,
Mary Carpenter .
Lxviii.-^Valentijste's Eve In Norwich. -...
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- v "The stranger who visits Norwich , doubtless considers it a very the dull Guildhall town ; when and lie that has visited fragment the of Cathedral antiquit , y St . s Andrew till remaining 's Hall ,
from the old , Ducal Palace , the day Is hardly over , and there is nothing more to see , so perhaps he takes the train and proceeds to
Yarmouth , where there is nmch less . tion But and Norwich if - has will Its spend day the of coming excitement Valentine —its ' one s Eve brilliant in our old Institu city
-We you ; will do , not I ventur you here content e to say ourselves , qualify with your lace verdict -cut papers on our , but slowness every- . ,
body sends everybody real presents anonymously ; and , as on all ift-bestowing occasionsthe children come In for the lion-share .
Come g and take a walk , with me through the narrow , ill-paved streetspeep into the shops brilliant with a " choice assortment of
; valentiri . es , " or " cheap valentines , but above all peep into the faces of the purchasers ! Look at that little maiden with the
crimped golden mane descending from beneath her pork-pie hat , how her eyes devour the whole display of glittering toys and
trinkets , as she mechanically fingers the often-counted treasure in her purse . She appeals to the brother who escorts her : " Do you
think that dressing-case would cost more than seven shillings ? I think it would suit mamma . "
"Why , Minnie , " answers the brother , " that is only fit for a gentleman ; look at the razors and the boot-hook . I forgot , though ;
ladies wear Wellingtons now-a-days . " knife " Yes iacrusted _, but we with don' precious t shave . stones Well , ; look do you at think that duck they of are a real pap ? er " -
The , "brother suspects the rubies are glass , but the knife is elegant ,
VOL . VIII . JF
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Feb. 1, 1862, page 393, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01021862/page/33/
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