ON WOMEN AND HYMEN

Whether tall men, or short men, are best,
Or bold men, or modest and shy men,
I can't say, but I this can protest,
All the fair are in favour of Hy-men.

[Anonymous

PETER AND HIS WIFE

After such years of dissension and strife,
Some wonder that Peter should weep for his wife;
But his tears on her grave are nothing surprising,--
He's laying her dust, for fear of its rising.

[Thomas Hood

WHICH WAY DID HE GO?

(An Obituary)

His earthly warfare now is o'er
And closed his life sublime;
From this cold world he vanished for
A brighter, warmer clime.

[Frank L. Stanton

WAR'S GLORIOUS ART

One to destroy is murder by the law,
And gibbets keep the lifted hand in awe:
To murder thousands takes a spacious name,
War's Glorious art, and gives immortal Fame.

[Edward Young

ETERNITY

The One remains, the many change and pass;
Heaven's light forever shines, Earth's shadows fly;
Life, like a dome of many-coloured glass,
Stains the white radiance of Eternity.

[Percy Bysshe Shelley

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