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342 NOTICES OF BOOKS.
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Jlcgends And Lyrics, Bell A Book And Of ...
-and evil ; strong to suffer and to hope;—a heart linked in every waken fibre to many the an common echo long heart 1 affcer of it humanity has itself , — ceased whose to vibrations beat . will
Unassuming in title and appearance as these " _JLegends and Lyrics" are , there is in them a mine of tenderness and purity , of
noble thought and high aspiration . Catholic , in the most comprehensive sense of the word , they will commend themselves to all
classes of readers . Some have already appeared in the " Household Words , " where , though anonymous , they attracted considerable
attention , and , in some instances , made a deep and lasting impression . Not a few readers will recognisewith pleasureold favorites now
, , endorsed with a name which , in itself , is a passport to consideration and favor .
From those already pulished , we select : —• GOD'S GIFTS .
W God eak gav innocen e a gift t to and earth _lui . defiled : —a child , C _^ ened , its ignor , ant eyes , and smi , led .
Earth It lay took so hel it pl coldl ess , so fo and rlorn in , scorn
Cursing , the day when y , it was born , . She gave it it first a tarnished name , —
Then For her cradled age , it a tainted in want fame and ; shame — . All All influence of God of Good most or hol Right , —
She ray curtained c ' s loselfrom y its light si , ht . y g H Then ead turne to look d her again heart the , her day eyes away _^
Its little y feet began to , stray . In Where dens sin of guilt atnd the sin alone baby played was ma , de
The law that , all around obeyed , . He With learnt read the y and tasks obedient they taug care ht , him
there—Black sin for lesson—oaths for prayer . , To Then vindicate Earth arose her injured , and , in ri her ht might ,
Thrust him in deeper depths g of , night . Branding Of shame him he could with not a deeper understand brand
The felon , outcast of the land . , II .
Weak God gave , innocent a gift , to and earth undefiled : —a child , , Opened its ignorant eyes , and smiled .
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342 Notices Of Books.
342 NOTICES OF BOOKS .
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), July 1, 1858, page 342, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01071858/page/54/
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