Did

ye descend, what were ye more than I? Is't not by this ye are divine,

That, native to the sky,
Ye cannot hie

Downward, and give low hearts the wine
That should reward the high?

Weak, yet in weakness I no more complain
Of your abiding in your places;

Oh, still, howe'er my pain
Wild prayers may rain,

Keep pure on high the perfect graces,
That, stooping, could but stain !

Not to content our lowness, but to lure
And lift us to your angelhood,

Do your surprises pure
Dawn far and sure

Above the tumult of young blood,
And starlike there endure.

Wait there, wait, and invite me while I climb;
For, see, I come! - but slow, but slow!

Yet ever as your chime,
Soft and sublime,

Lifts at my feet, they move, they go
Up the great stair of time.

DAVID A. WASSON

INDEX OF AUTHORS.

ABBOT, FRANCIS ELLINGWOOD, b. 1836

AMES, CHARLes Gordon, b. 1828
ANONYMOUS .

ARNOLD, MATTHEW, b. 1822
AUSTIN, JOHN, d. 1669

CARY, PHOEBE (1825-1871)
CHADWICK, JOHN WHITE, b. 1840
CHENEY, MRS. EDNAH D.

CLIVE, MRS. ARCHER (1801-1873)
CLOUGH, Arthur Hugh (1819-1861)

COLERIDGE, SAMUEL TAYLOR (1772-1834)
CRANCH, CHRISTOPHER PEARSE, b. 1813

BRACKETT, ANNA C.
BROWN, BROWNLEE

BROWNING, MRS. ELIZABETH BARRETT (1809-1861)
BRYANT, WILLIAM CULLEN, b. 1794

BURBIDGE, THOMAS, pub. 1834, London

PAGE

91, 155

74, 109, 114, 168

16, 42, 136, 141, 170

6, 56, 76

I, 100

.

92
148

57, 60, 63, 69, 80,

81, 83, 89

79

68

116

31, 118

13

7
4, 17

3, 43

. 20, 65, 128

62

53, 54, 162

PAGB

EMERSON, RALPH WALDO, b. 1803 19, 33, 62, 66, 114, 157

FABER, FREDERICK WILLIAM (1815-1863)
FRANCKE, A. H. (1663-1727).
FROTHINGHAM, NATHANIEL LANGDON (1793-1870)

HERBERT, GEORGE (1593-1632)

HIGGINSON, THOMAS WENTWORTH, b. 1823
HOUGHTON, LORD (see Milnes).

HOWITT, MRS. MARY, b. about 1800

H. H..

JOHNSON, SAMUEL (1822-1882)

KEBLE, JOHN (1792-1866)
KIMBALL, HARRIET MCEWEN

GANNETT, WILLIAM CHANNING, b. 1840

GERHARDT, PAUL (1606–1676)

..

GOETHE, JOHANN WOLFGANG VON (1749-1832)
GUYON, MADAME JEANNE-MARIE BOUVIER DE LA

MUTTE (1648-1717). .

LONGFELLOW, SAMUEL, b. 1819

LOWELL, MRS. MARIA WHITE (1821-1853)

LYRA CATHOLICA

MACDONALD, GEORGE, b. 1824

MILNES, RICHARD MONCKTON, b. 1809.
MILTON, JOHN (1608-1674).

55, 126

143

149

23, 85, 115

102, 133

64

. 36, 47, 141

· 42

90, 140

21, 96

153

38

125

139

54

RICHARDS, WILLIAM C., 1862

RICHTER, 1713

ROSCOE, WILLIAM CALDWELL (1823-1857)

S.

SAXBY, MRS. JANE EUPHEMIA, b. 1811.
SCUDDER, ELIZA

SILL, EDWARD ROWLAND

STERLING, JOHN (1806-1844)

STOWE, MRS. HARRIET BEECHER, b. 1812.

VAUGHAN, HENRY (1621–1695)
VERY JONES (1813-1880)

WARNER, ANNA

WASSON, DAVID ATWOOD, b. 1823
WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)

PAGE

48, 53. 88, 169

81

144, 146

75, 87, 94, 122, 163

167

IO

39

TENNYSON, ALFRED, b. 1810

THAXTER, MRS. CELIA, b. 1835

TROWBRIDGE, JOHN TOWNSEND, b. 1827
105
TURNER, CHARLES (TENNYSON) (1808-1879) 2, 6, 23, 33

72

40

73

145

152

WARING, ANNA LÆTITIA, b. at Neath, South Wales

127, 150
8

12, 58, 101, 121, 142
17, 86, 97

49,

110, 131, 134

71

98, 111, 171

166

PAGE

WHITTIER, JOHN GREENLEAF, b. 1808 48, 51, 93, 106, 109,
120, 123, 138, 159, 165

41

2, 18, 25, 45

WITHER, GEORGE (1588-1667)
Wordsworth, WILLIAM (1770-1850)