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ttJAYSIDE (iRYSTALS 
 
 BY 
 
 H. M. POOLE. 
 
 As crystal rills flow fro??i the hills 
 IVheii fields and woods are gay ; 
 
 So crystal beams of joyance, slrea?n 
 If on our coimnon way. 
 
 HARD & PARSONS: 
 N.EV7 YORK. 
 
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 Copyright 1886, 
 
 BY 
 
 Hard & Parsons. 
 
LIFE CRYSTALS. 
 
 ^[)e world Is full of crystals. ^wift or slow 
 0r dark or brlal^t tijeir varying formation ; 
 
 Prom calm, pure [jeicibts of pure, untrodden snow, 
 ^o fire-wroual)t deptljs of earliest creation. 
 
 0nd life Is full of crystals; forming still 
 
 ^n myriad shaped results from pood and, seeming 
 
Y es ! forming everwhere ; in busiest st 
 
 reef, 
 
 Qn noisiest t^pon^ ; Q\)\ l;ow It would astound us, 
 ^\)e strange soul cl^emlstry of some we meet 
 
 Sn sll^bt and passing talf^ I For all around us, 
 Deep, inner silence broods o er oems to be, 
 
 ^!?e on^eis only can be!?oid Its voiceless mystery. 
 
 Frances Ridley Havergal. 
 
THE sours DESTINY. 
 
 Op o er tpe sljinlna ways of lln|jt 
 
 ^bat flasl} across tl^e starry skies, 
 up to creation s loftiest beial^t 
 
 ^be patbway of tbe solrlt lies. 
 vVbere countless constellations aieam, 
 
 (^^ne soul tnunnDbant sbali ^ ascend, 
 ^b^l' annf^ of Qife s eternal stream 
 
 Wncl witb new forms of beinci, blend. 
 
ilo boundless solitude of space 
 
 ^>\)q\\ fill man s conscious soul witb awe, 
 But everyvvbere l;ls eye s^all trace 
 
 @be beauty of eternal law. 
 ^weet music |rom celestial isles 
 
 ^>\)q\\ float across t[)e a^ure seas, 
 KJnr] flowers, wl^ere endless summer smiles, 
 
 ^ball waft t^elr perfume on tl^e bree|e. 
 
Ko empty void, no rayless n'ar)1\ 
 
 Ko wintry waves by tempests tossed, 
 Ko treasures ravlsi;)ed from ti^e sia^t, 
 
 Vbo b!i^[)ted Ijopes, no blessina lost. 
 Dut all tbot was or yet sl^all be, 
 
 (^4;rouaf; endless transformations led 
 ^Ijall bnow, tijrouar; Llife s sublime decree, 
 
 W resurrection from tl;e dead. 
 
 LiZZIS DOTEN. 
 
BEA UTY, 
 
 (^\)e frailest leaf, ti^e mossy borl?, 
 
 (^\)e acorn s cup, tl^e rainbow s arc, 
 (^be swinainn spicier s silver line, 
 
 ^\)e ruby of \\)e drop of wine, 
 ^\)Q s[)minp pebble of tlje pond,. 
 
 Deauty inscribes as wltf? a bond, 
 \N\)\o\), in its momentary play, 
 
 Would banf^rupt Rature to repay. 
 
 R. W. Emekson. 
 
PEARLS AND DIAMONDS, 
 
 Kot material jewels rare 
 
 Will my sona tbein praises sina, — 
 Wondrous tl^oual? tl;ey be and fair, 
 
 ^ou^pt by beauties w[;o would wear, 
 rriceiess are tl;ose of cur bin9; 
 
 i\arer, purer, choicer far, 
 brems my song v/ill sln^ of, are. 
 
.j^now you now tl}e ^ems a mean? 
 
 ^een and unseen jewels bripbt; 
 You've bebeld tijem oft, ^ ween, 
 
 ^n \\)e aristenin^, pearly sl^een ; 
 Pendant e'en at morn on nipl^t, 
 
 From eacb beauteous s^rub and tree, 
 Yieldlna worsbtp silently. 
 
0nd ti^e unseen aems, you r?now, 
 Wre +bs c)nes of priceless worti? ; 
 
 bet us wear tf^enn well below, 
 
 Wear tl^em wl^en or wpere we ao; 
 
 Spirit ornaments on eartp 
 Fit \\)e wearer for above, 
 
 @bere to l?ave a crown of love. 
 
 Hazel Wilde. 
 
MY OWN. 
 
 ^omewl^ere on Qartlj, 
 Larbed, sealed, mine from Its \)0\x? of bintj;, 
 ^[)epe lies a sl^lnina stone, 
 
 f)y own. 
 rerbcrps it Is still In ti;)e quarry s l^old, 
 
 yf} ! r me tree, wave in winter s cold 
 ^wlfter above It ; in tl^e summer s [)eat 
 
 Drop spices on It tiller? and sweet. 
 
 Helen- Jackson. (H. H.) 
 
SIMPLE FAITH. 
 
 )r)ere are some rjearts iii?e wells, areen-mossed and deep 
 
 
 
 s ever summer saw ; 
 
 0nd 
 
 iter IS 
 
 coot ir^eir waTer is — yea, cool and sweet; 
 
 Dut you must come to draw. 
 <^'l;ey [^oard not, yet tf^ey rest In calm content, 
 
 Wnd not unsoua!;t will aive ; 
 ^pey can be quiet witf} tl;eir wealtl^ unspent, 
 
 ^o self-contained tl^ev live. 
 
Oinc! tpere are some \\\^e sprlnas, burst 
 
 (^o follow dusty ways, 
 clnc! run mil) offered cup to cjuencr; \)'\s t[)irst 
 
 ■ v\/[)epe tl;)e tired traveier strays; 
 ^)i;at newer ask tl^e meadows If ll;ey want 
 
 w1;at IS tbeir joy to alve; 
 clnosl^^ed, tl^elr lives to otl^er life tljey grant, 
 ^ ^o self-bestowed ti^ey live. 
 
 Caroline Siencer. 
 
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