...Teachers of wisdom, who could once beguile My tedious hours , and lighten every toil , I now resign you ; nor with fainting heart ; For pass a few short years...hold, And kindred spirits meet to part no more. THE WlFE. The treasures of the deep are not so precious As are the conceal'd comforts of a man Lock'd up...

...Teachers of wisdom, who could once beguile My tedious hours, and brighten every toil, I now resign you, nor with fainting heart: For, pass a few short years,...seasons may their dawn unfold, And all your sacred fellowships restore ; When, freed from earth, unlimited its powers, Mind shall with mind direct communion...

...comforter of earthly mould, For the dear boon He gave to man in thet.! THE WIFE. WASHINGTON IRVING. "The treasures of the deep are not so precious As are the concealed comforts of man Locked up in woman's love. 1 scent the air Of blessings, when 1 come but near the house. What a...

...once beguile My tedious hours, and lighten every toil, I now resign you ; nor with fainting heart j For pass a few short years, or days, or hours, And...WIFE. The treasures of the deep are not so precious As aie the concealed eomfortu of a man Lock'd up in woman's love. I scent the air Of blessings, when I...

...Teachers of wisdom ! \vho could once beguile My tedious hours, and lighten every toil, I now reaign you ; nor with fainting heart, — For pass a few short...communion hold, And kindred spirits meet to part no more." When, therefore, the dreaded bankruptcy did occur, the only consolation of which such a case admits,...

...Teachers of wisdom ! who could once beguile My tedious hours, and lighten every toil, I now resign you; nor with fainting heart,— For pass a few short years,...unfold, And all your sacred fellowship restore; When frecd from earth, unlimited its powers, Mind shall with mind direct communion hold, And kindred spirits...

...Teachers of wisdom ! who could once beguile My tedious hours, and lighten every toil, I now resign you ; nor with fainting heart — For pass a few short years,...seasons may their dawn unfold, And all your sacred fellowships restore ; When freed from earth, unlimited its powers, Mind shall with mind direct communion...

...LEANTIO. [Exit. LEAN. How near am I now to a happiness That earth exceeds not! not another like it: The treasures of the deep are not so precious As are the conceal'd comforts of a man Lock'd up in woman's love. I scent the air Of blessings when I come but...

...But, as "The Wife," his devoted affection to her is still more beautiful; he truly experienced that " The treasures of the deep are not so precious As are...concealed comforts of a man Locked up in woman's Love!" She was his friend, and his companion—the sharer of all his joys, and all his sorrows. The amatory...

...people hold converse. A man may hold communion with himself; he holds converse always with another. When, freed from earth, unlimited its powers, Mind...communion hold, And kindred spirits meet to part no more. (Roscoe, Sonnet.) Now, as he climbed the rocky shelf, Held sad communion with himself. (Lady of the...