5)irtr)c Class JfS_a_2i^ Book JjfiL. GopiyrightN? COPYRIGHT DEPOSIT Ax p(^ ^ ^^ Longfellour J3iptP)6ay = ^^V ^ooko / Priscilla and John Alden. ORTAL ^/^-f\ Liongfellour S v^ook ---lig)- ' Here at the portal thou dost stand Aod "with thy little band Thou openest the mysterious gate Into the future's undiscovered land." With 12 coloreo Illurtre^tioi"\c. BOSTON DeWoLFE, FiSKE 8 ^ FEBRUARY Chill airs and wintry winds ! my ear Has grown familiar with your song , 1 hear it in the openiog year,— 1 listen, and it cheers me long. WOODS IN 1st 2d 3d 4th 5th 6th IS FEBRUARY Leafless are tbe trees; their purple brancbes Spread themselves abroad, lil^e reefs of coral, Rising silent In the Red Sea of the winter sunset. THE OOLDEN MILESTONE. Tth 8th 9th 10th nth 12th 13 FEBRUARY O beauty of boliness. Of self-forgetfulness, of lowliness! O power of meekoess, Wbose very geotleness and weakness Are like the yielding, but irresistable air! THE QOUDEN LEGEND. 13th 14th 15th 16th I7th 18th 14 FEBRUARY All great aod uQusual occurreoces, whether of joy or sorrow, lift us above this earth; and we should do well always to preserve this elevation. hyperion. Have faith and thy prayer will be answered. EVANGELINE. 19th 20th 21st 22d 23d 24th 15 FEBRUARY But tbe nearer the dawn the darker the night. And by going wrong all thiogs come right; Thiogs have been meoded tbat were worse, And the worse tbe nearer they are to mend. TALES OF A WAYSIDE 25th 26th 2Tth 28th 29th 16 // w fiiawacha and Minoehaha. MARCH Henceforth be mine a life of action and reality! 1 will worK in my own sphere, nor wisb it other thao it is. This alone is health aod happiness. HYPERION Stay, stay at home my heart ar)d rest ; Home-Keeping hearts are happiest. 1st 2d 3d 4th 5th 6th 18 MARCH Were half the power that fills the world with terror, Were half the wealth bestowed on camps and courts. Given to redeem the human n)ind from error, There were no need for arsenals and forts. THE ARSENAL AT SPRINQFIELD 7th 8th 9th 10th nth 12th 19 MARCH God sent His Singers upoQ earth With songs of sadness and of mirth. That they might touch the hearts of men, And bring tb©rn back to heaven again. THE SINOEflS 13th 14th I5th 16th 17th 18th MARCH strange Is the heart of man, with its quick, mysterious instiocts ! Strange is the life of man, and fatal or. fated are moroents. 'Whereupon turn, as on hioges, the gates of the wall adamaotine. THE COURTSHIP OF MILES STANOISH 19th 20th 21st 22d 23d 24th 21 MARCH Golden visioQs wave and hover, Goldeo vapours, waters streaming. Landscapes moving, changing, gleaming! 1 am like a happy lover Who illumines life with dreamiog ! THE GOLDEN LEGEND. 25th 26th 27th 28th 29th 30th 22 MARCH All is of God ! If He but wave His hand, Tbe mists collect, the rains fall thick and loud; Till witb a sroile of light on sea aod land, Lo ! He looks back froti) tbe departing cloud. THE TWO ANQELS. 3lst 23 'e % % ! \*** APRIL When the warm sun that brings Seed tiroe and harvest, has returned again, 'Tis sweet to visit the still wood, where spriogs The first flower of the plain. AN APRIL DAY. 1st 2d 3d 4th 5th 6th 25 APRIL Tbe swallow is come! Tbe swallow is come! O, fair are the seasons aod light Are the days that she brings Witb her dusky wings, And her bosom sQOwy white! Tth 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 26 APRI L From the eartb's loosened mould The sapling draws Its sustenance, and thrives ; Though stricken to the heart with Winter's cold, The drooping tree revives. AN APBIL DAY. 13th 14th 15th 16th 17th Idth 27 APRIL FeeliQg is deep aod still; and the word that floats on tbe surface Is as a tossing buoy, that betrays where the anchor is bidden. EVANGELINE. I9th 20th 2Ist 22d 23d 24th APRIL lO the citadel of Time stands man himself, lo chlldbood shaped of soft and delicate wood just falieo from Heaveo; in manhood, a statue of broQze, com- njemorating struggle aod victory; and lastly, in the maturity of age, perfectly shaped in gold and ivory — a miracle of art! hyperion. 25th 26th 27th 28th 29th 30th 29 APRIL The earth looks bright, and Winter surly, Who has toiled for Qought both late and early, is baoished afar by the new-born year. Wheo tby merry step draws near. 30 Preclosa MAY Sweet is the air with the budding baws, aod the valley stretching for roiles below Is white with blossoming cherry - trees, as if just covered with lightest snow. THE QOLDCM LEGEND. 1st 2d 3d 4th 5th 6th MAY For tb© structure that we raise, Time is with materials filled ; Our to-days and yesterdays Are the blocks with which we build. THE BUILDERS. 7th 8th 9th 10th nth 12th 33 MAY If you find a lady who pleases you very much, and you wish to marry her, and she will not listen to sucb a horrid thiog, I see but one remedy, which is, to find another who pleases you roore, and who will liSterj to it. HYPERION. 13th 14th 15th 16th 17th 18th 34 MAY Happy, thrice happy every ooe Who sees his labour well begun, And not perplexed and multiplied. By idly waiting for time and tide. THE BUILOINO OF THE SHIP 19th 20th 21st 22d 23d 24th 35 MAY Write on your doors the saying wise and old, "Be bold! be bold! and everywhere be bold; Be not too bold ! " Yet better the excess Tban the defect. MORITURI SALUTAMUS. 25th 26th 27th 28th 29th 30th 36 MAY Wben the heart goes before like a lamp, and UlumiQes the pathway, Many tbings are made clear that else lie hidden in darkness. 3lst 37 JUNE 1st 2d 3d 4th 5th 6th LiKe the swell of some sweet tune. Moroing rises ioto noon, May glides onward into Juoe. MAIDENHOOD. Their blessing is the light of peace That sbines upon her face. THE GOOD PART. 39 JUNE From that hour forth be resolved that he would no longer veer v\/ith every sbiftlog vjmd of circumstance— no longer be a child's play- thing in the hands of Fate, w/hich v/ve ourselves do make or mar. hvperion. Tth 8th 9th 10th nth 12th 40 JUNE But the good deed through the ages Living in historic pages, Brighter grows and gleams iromortal. Unconsumed by rooth or rust. THE NORMAN BARON. 13th 14th 15th 16th 17th 18th 41 JUNE Love, love, what wilt thou with this heart of mine ? Naugnt see I fixed< or sure in thee! I do oot know thee, nor what deeds are thine; Love, love, what wilt thou with this heart ol-" mine ? Naught see I fixed or sure io thee! RONDEL. 19th 20th 2Ist 22d 23d 24th 42 JUNE Oh, fear not io a world like this, And tbou Shalt kr)ow ere long, Kqow bow sublime a thing it is To suffer and be strong. THE LIQHT OF STARS. 25th 26th 27th 28th 29th 30th 43 JUNE Toiling, rejoicing, sorrowing, Onward tbrougb life he goes; Each moroing sees soroe task begin, Each evening sees it close; Something atteropted, sometbiog done. Has earoed a night's repose. THE VILLAGE BLACKSMITH. 44 JULY Where'er my footsteps waoder All tbe meadows wave with blossonjs, All the woodlands ring with music, All tbe trees are dark with foliage. HIAWATHA. 1st 2d 3d 4th 5th 6th 46 JULY O weary hearts! O slumbering eyes! O drooping souls whose destinies Are fraught with fear and pain, Ye shall be loved again ! ENOYMION, 7th 8th 9th 10th nth J2th 47 JULY Silently OQe by one, in the iofinite meadow of heaven, Blossomed the lovely stars, tbe forget-me-nots of the aogels. EVANQELINE. 13th 14th 15th i6th 17th 18th 48 JULY The taleot of success is notbing more thar) doing what you can do well, aod doing well whatever you do without a thought of fame. hyperion. 19th 20th 21st 22d 23d 24th JULY Build to-day, then, strong and sure. With a firm and ample base; And ascending and secure Shall to-morrow find its place THE BUILDERS. 25th 26th 2Tth 28th 29th 30th 50 JULY Let us, tben, be what we are, and speak what we think, and in all things Keep ourselves loyal to truth, and the sacred professions of friendship. THE COURTSHIP CF MILES STANDISH. 3lst 51 AUGUST 1st 2d 3d 4th 5th 6th All about The broad sweet suoshiQe lay without, FilHog the suromer air. THE GOLDEN LEGEND. Let our unceasing earnest prayer Be, too. for light. THE GOBLET OF LIFE. 53 AUGUST No eodeavor is in vain ; Its reward is in the doing, And the rapture of pursuing Is the prize the vanquished gain. THE WIND OVER THE CHIMNEY. 7th 8th 9th 10th nth I2th 54 AUGUST For hiro that overcometh are The new name written on tbe stone, The raiment white, the crown, the throne, And 1 will give hino the Morniog Star! TALES OF A WAYSIDE INN. 13th 14th 15th 16th 17th 18th 55 AUGUST All common tbings, each) day's events, That with the hour begin and end, Our pleasures and our disconteots, Are rounds by which we may ascend. THE LADDER OF ST. AUQUSTINE. 19th 20th 21st 22d 23d 24th 56 AUGUST We have not wings, we cannot soar; But we have feet to scale arjd climb, By slow degress, by roore and nnore. The cloudy summits of our time. THE LADDER OF ST. AUGUSTINE. 25th 26th 27th 28th 29th 30th 57 AUGUST Be not like a stream tbat brawls, Loud witb shallow waterfalls, But, in quiet self-control, Liok. together soul aod soul. SONQO RIVER. 31st 58 SEPTEMBER there is a beautiful spirit breathing qow Its mellow richness on the clustered trees. And, from a beaker full of richest dyes, Pouring r)ew glory oq the autumn woods. AUTUMN. 1st 2d 3d 4th 5th 6th 60 Tth 8th 9th 10th nth 12th SEPTEMBER Love against batred, Peace-cry for war-cry! Patience is powerful ; He that o'ercometh Hath power o'er the nations ! THE MUSICIAN'S TALE. 61 SEPTEM BER Haods of invisible spirits touch the strings Of that mysterious instrument, the soul, And pray tbe prelude to our fate. THE SPANISH STUDENT. The grave itself is but a covered bridge Leadlog from light to ligbt tbrough a brief dar^oess. THE QOLDEN LEOENO. 13th 14th 15th 16th 17th )8th 62 SEPTEMBER O what a glory doth this world put on For biro, who with a ferveot heart, goes forth Under the bright aod glorious sky, and looks On duties well performed, and days well speQt For him the wind, ay, aod the yellow leaves. Shall have a voice and give him eloquent teachings. autu 19th 20th 21st 22d 23cl 24th 63 SEPTEM BER At the flaming forge of life, Our fortunes must be wrought; Thus on tbe sounding anvil shaped Each burning deed and thought. THE VILLAQE BLACKSMITH. 25th 26th 2Tth 28th 29th 30th 64 SEPTEMBER Our hearts, our hopes, are ail with thee; Our hearts, our hopes, our prayers, our tears Our faith thumpbant o'er our fears. Are all with tbee,— are all with thee 1 THE BUILDING OF THE SHIP 65 •^.Wf^r OCTOBER Autumn Painted all the trees with scarlet. Stained the leaves witb red and yellow. THE SONQ OF HIAWATHA With a sober gladoess the old year takes up His bright inheritaoce of golden fruits> 1st 2d 3d 4th 5th 6th 67 OCTOB ER Let us do our work as well, Botb the unseen and the seen; MaKe the house where God may dwell, Beautiful, entire aod clean. THE BUILDERS. 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 68 OCTOBER Tbou whose heart Is like a nest of singing birds Rocked oq the topmost bough of life. Wilt thou, too, from our sky depart. And in the clangour of the strife Mingle the music of tby words ? THE GOLDEN LEQEND. 13th 14th 15 th 16th 17th 18th 69 OCTOBER Alas ! It is not till time, with reckless haod. has torn out half tbe leaves from tbe Book of Hunian Life to light the fires of passion with, from day to day, that man begins to see that the leaves which remaiQ are few in number. HYPERION. 19th 20th 21st 22d 23d 24th 70 OCTO BER Whene'er a ooble deed is wrought, Whene'er is spoken a noble thought. Our hearts io glad surprise. To higher levels rise. 25th 26th 27th 28th 29th 30th 71 OCTOBER Woodrous truths, and manifold as wondrous, God bath written iq those stars above; But not less in the bright flowerets under us Stands the revelation of His love. 31st 72 Resignation. NO VEM BER Shadows darK and sunlight sbeen Alteroate come and go. VOICES OF THE NIQHT. Make your natT)e spotless as lilies are. THE SPANISH STUDENT. 1st 2d 3d 4th 5th 6th 74 NOVEMBER O life and love! O happy tbrong Of thougbts wbose only speecb is song! O heart of man ! canst thou not be Blitbe as the air is, and as free ? A OAY OF SUNSHINE. 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 75 NOVEMBER Let not bim that putteth his haod to the plough look bacKwards ; Though the ploughshare cut through the flowers of life to its fountains. THE COURTSHIP OF Mlk.ES 8TANDISH. 13th 14th 15th 16th I7th 18th 76 NOVEMBER Iq the world's broad field of battle. In the bivouac of life, Be oot like dumb, driven cattle ! Be a hero in the strife ! A PSALM OF LIFE. 19th 20th 21st 22d 23d 24th 77 NOVEM BER Nothing useless is, or low ; Eacb thiQg in its place is best; And what seems but idle show Strengthens and supports the rest. THE BUILDERS. 25th 26th 27th 28th 29th 30th 78 NO VEMB ER Bear through sorrow, wrong and ruth, In thy heart the dew of youth, On thy lips the smile of truth. A noble type of good, Heroic woroanbood. MAIDENHOOD. SANTA FILOMENA. 79 ^^^s^^/lf 'i*.^^ -».»,*>*'*►■ .¥ \'' • DECEMBER fl wind came up out of the sea. Aod said, "O mists maKe room for n)e," It hailed the sbips, aod cried "Sail oo Ye mariners, tbe night is gone." OAYBRBAK. 1st 2d 3d 4th 5th 6th 81 DECEM BER Ever thicker, tblcker. thicker Froze the ice on lake and river, Ever deeper, deeper, deeper Fell the sqow o'er all the landscape. HIAWATHA. 7th 8th 9th 10th nth 12th 82 DECEM BER For what is Tiroe ? The shadow on the dial, — the striking of the clock,— the runoing of the sood,— day and night, — summer ar)d winter, — roonths, years, centuries. These are but arbitrary and outward signs — tbs measure of Time, not Time itself. Time is the life of the Soul. hyperion. 13th 14th i5th I6th 17 th Idth 83 DECEMBER Let us be patient ! These severe afflictions Not froiT) the ground arise, But ofteotimes celestial benedictions Assume this dark disguise. RESIQNATION. 19th 20th 21st 22d 23d 24th 84 DECEMBER I heard the bells on Christmas Day Their old fanjiliar carols play, And wild aod .sweet The words repeat Of "Peace on earth, good will to hneo-" CHRISTMAS BELLS. 25th 26th 27th 28th 29th 30th 85 DECEMBER Wassail for tbe King'V stranger Born and cradled in a roanger ! King, like David, priest, like Aaron. Christ is born to set us free THE NORMAN BARON. 31st 86 YES, tbe year is growing old, find bis eyes are pale ar)d bleared ! Deatl) witb) frosty hand and cold Plucks the old rr^ao by tl^e beard, Sorely,— sorely ! The leaves are falling, falling, SolemQly agd slow; Caw I Caw I t^e rooKs are calling. !t is a sound of woe, A sound of woe! Tl^rough) woods OQd mountain passes The winds, like aQtheros roll ; They are chantiQg solemn masses, , SingiQg: " Pray for this poor soul. Pray, — pray ! " MIDNIGHT MASS FOR THE DYING YEAR. 87 NOTES Let us kneel down, and side by side Pray, till our souls are purified, And pardon will QOt be denied. THE GOLDEN LEGEND. All things rejoice in youth and love. The fulness of their first deligbt! IT IS NOT ALWAYS MAY. 88 1-0* C. NOTES Aod tbe night shall be Filled with music, And the cares that infest the day Shall fold their tents liKe tbe Arabs. And as sileotly steal away. THE DAY IS DONE. NOTES O world ! So few the years we live, Would that the life which thou dost give Were life indeed ! coplas de maurique. VisioQS of childhood! Stay, O stay! Ye were so sweet and wild ! 90 NOTES In your life let my remerobrance iioger. THE QOLDEN LEQENO. Not in word aloQe, but in deed, to love one another. EVANQELINE. 91 NOTES Our Lord and Master, Wben He departed, left us iQ His will, As our best legacy on earth, the poor ! These we have always with us; had we not, Our hearts would grow as hard as these stones. THE QOLDEN LEGEND. 92 NOTES All tbe means of action— The shapeless masses— the roaterlals — Lie everywhere about us. What we need Is the celestial fire to change the fllQt Into transparent crystal, bright aod clear. THE SPANISH STUDENT. 93 NOTES Each man's chironey is his goldeo milestone, Is the central point frori) which he measures every distance Through the gateways of the world arouod him. THE QOLDEN MILESTONE. 94 NOTES flU dear recollections Pressed in my heart, like flowers witbin a book. THE SPANISH STUDENT. Every roan must patieQtly bide his time. He must wait. HYPERION- 95 SEP 15 1904 lllf OF CONGRESS 0023H6^^^'