A^kKI^ Book, -HlB*^ GopightN" COPVRICHT DEPOSIT. IRccompcnee :\Iadonna SEI FERT Collection o/^^ .^ iosterpieces " GEORGE IvLIXGLE t'<-^^A • R e c o ni p e n s e With, t-arenty illustrations f rota celebrated paiittings by the Great Mastr:r-s NEW YORK Frederick A. Stokes Company i-'VBLI-HEKS THE LIBRARY OF CONGURESS, Two Copies Received OCT. 17 1901 Copyright entry CLASS OL XXc No. COPY B. Copyright, 1886, by White^ Stokes b= Allen Copyright, 1901, by Frederick A . Stokes Com pa ny LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. PAGE Madonna. Seifert. . . Frotitispiece Madonna di San Sisto. Raphael . 17 St. Cecilia. Carlo Dolce . . Madonna and Child. Coreos Mater Dolorosa. Gziido Reni Virgin and Child. Boiiguereau Santa Barbara. Raphael . . Madonna and Child. Grosse. St. Agnes. Del Sai-to . . . Madonna and Child. Ferruzzi LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. PAGE Immaculate Conception. Rlzirillo. 65 Madonna and Child. Ballhcim. . 69 Madonna and Child. Sichel . . 75 St. Julia. Bodenhaiisen .... 81 Madonna and Child. Barabino . 85 Madonna della Sedia. Raphael . 91 St. Cecilia. Naujok 97 Innocence. Bouguey-eaji .... loi Madonna and Child. Mnrillo . . 107 Magdalen. Hofmann in R e c o m p e n s e RECOMPENSE. We are quite sure That He will give them back — bright, pure, and beautiful — We know He will but keep Our own and His until we fall asleep. 13 Madonna cli San Sisto RAPHAEL 15 s i St. Cecilia CARLO DOLCE 19 We know that He does not mean To break the strands reaching between The Here and There. 23 Madonna and Cliild COREOS 25 ^ ^^■ "■*^^iPr He does not mean — though heaven be fair — To change the spirits entering there, that they forget The eyes upraised and wet, The Hps too still for prayer. The mute despair. 29 Mater Dolorosa GUIDO RENI 31 Virgin and Cliild BOUGUEREAU 35 He will not take The spirits which He gave, and make The glorified so new That they are lost to me and you. 39 Santa Barbara RAPHAEL I do believe They will receive Us — you and me — and be so glad To meet us, that when most I would grow sad I just begin to think about that gladness, 45 Madonna and Child GROSSE 47 St. Agnes DEL SARTO 51 And the day When they shall tell us all about the way That they have learned to go- Heaven's pathways show. 55 Madonna and Child FERRUZZI 57 My lost, my own, and I Shall have so much to see together bv and by. 6i mmaculate Concep- tion MURILLO 63 Madonna and Child BALLHEIM 67 I do believe that just the same sweet face, But glorified, is waiting in the place Where we shall meet, if only I Am counted worthy in that by and by. 71 Madonna and Cliild SICHEL IZ I do believe that God will give a sweet surprise To tear-stained, saddened eyes, 11 St. Julia BODDENHAUSEN 79 Madonna and Child BARABINO 83 And that this his heaven will be Most glad, most tided through with joy for you and me, As we have suffered most. 87 Madonna clella Sedia RAPHAEL 89 God never made Spirit for spirit, answering shade for shade, And placed them side by side — So wrought in one, though separate, mystified — And meant to break The quivering threads between. 93 St. Cecilia NAUJOK 95 Innocence BOUGUEREAU 99 L.orc. When we shall wake, I am quite sure, we shall be very glad That for a little while we were so sad. 103 Madonna and Child MURILLO 105 Magdalen HOFMANN 109 RECOMPENSE. We are quite sure That He will give them back — bright, pure, and beau- tiful— We know He will but keep Our own and His until we fall asleep. We know that He does not mean To break the strands reach- ing between The Here and There. 113 RECOMPENSE. He does not mean — though heaven be fair- To change the spirits entering there, that they forget The eyes upraised and wet, The h'ps too still for prayer, The mute despair. He will not take The spirits which He gave, and make The glorified so new That they are lost to me and you. 115 RECOMPENSE. I do believe They will receive Us — you and me — and be so glad To meet us, that when most I would grow sad I just begin to think about that gladness, When they shall tell us all about the way That they have learned to go- Heaven's pathways show. i'7 RECOMFENSE. My lost, my own, and I Shall have so much to see together by and by. I do believe that just the same sweet face, But glorified, is waiting in the place Where we shall meet, if only I Am counted worthy in that by and by. I do believe that God will give a sweet surprise To tear-stained, saddened eyes. And that this his heaven will be Most glad, most tided through with joy for you and me, As we have suffered most. 119 RECOMPENSE. God never made Spirit for spirit, answering shade for shade, And placed them side by side — So wrought in one, though separate, mystified — And meant to brealc The quivering threads between. When we shall wake, 1 am quite sure, we shall be very glad That for a little while we were so sad. 121 KOV 4 iPai t>p %'rf^