s gift in prayer.
You'd ne'er suspect to see him there,
Shaking his head in solemn guise,
_The college life of deil-may-care
Diversion that behind him lies_.

II.

And then the little starveling pope
Who strives to make his sermons new
By stringing florid scraps of hope
And faith and love to dazzle you:
From Stopford Brooke a phrase or two,
A gleaming line from Arnold's page,
Whole screeds of Browning and a few
Stolen thunders from the Chelsea sage.

III.

Perhaps the most diverting wight
Is he who sees in Holy Writ
Old Jewish fables gross and trite
To semblance of a system knit--
Fables for modern taste unfit,
Until _he_ cleans the dross away
And shows the tiny little bit
Of gold that gleams amid the clay.

IV.

But worst of all is he who jests,
Or tries to jest, in pulpit gown,
Lord, save us from such holy pests
Who so unseemly act the clown
And pull the tabernacle down
To something worse than pantomime:
On all such zanies let us frown
And scourge them both in prose and rhyme.

VII.

"MY HEART'S IN THE HIGHLANDS."

Puzzling over musty tomes,
What a life to lead,
While each gay companion roams
Where his fancies lead!

One beside a shady pool
Sweeps the wave for hours,
Comes home with his basket full,
When the evening lowers.

Some more energetic wights
Leave the level land,
Mountaineer on dizzy heights,
Alpenstock in hand.

Others boat in sunny bays
Where bright sands are seen
Glimmering amid a maze
Of tangled flowers marine.

Luck to all is what I wish
With a meed of fun,
I'll row, mountaineer, and fish,
When _your_ sports are done.

VIII.

SADDELL

(KINTYRE).

Fresh gusts of wind ripple the ocean's face,
And the green slopes, after the night's soft rain,
Glitter beneath the blue.

Most glorious are the sea-descending glens,
Vivid with countless ferns, and with the blaze
Of sun-enamoured broom.

The dark, tip-tilted rocks of cruel mood,
Show a stern beauty through the creamy foam
That flecks their rugged flanks.

See, from this hill-top, how the blazing Sound
Is marked by moving shadows of the clouds
That skim aloft in air.

Through the clear radiance of the freshened m