...wither, till he might exclaim, in the bitterness of lonely grief, Oh, sir, the young die first, And we whose hearts are dry as summer dust Burn to the socket.* The Herbert mentioned in the foregoing extract, is that almost idolised boy whose death cost the unhappy...

...moss of years, and subject only To the rough handlings of the elements. There let it lie. O ! sir, the good die first, And they whose hearts are dry as summer dust Burn to the socket. Many passengers Had blessed poor Ellen for her gentle looks, When she upheld the cool refreshment,...

...door but she who dwelt within A daughter's welcome gave me, and I loved her As my own child. Oh, Sir! the good die first, And they whose hearts are dry as summer dust Burn to the socket. Many a passenger Hath blessed poor Margaret for her gentle looks, When she upheld the cool refreshment...

...save her from death's relentless dart. In her case, the words of the poet Wordsworth were verrified, " The good die first, And they whose hearts are dry as summer dust Burn to the socket." Ere nineteen summers had passed over her head, consumption had fastened upon her vitals. At first the...

...And a wodermg cherub агме. somewhere utter», in his own •wcet words, this beautiful thought : "The good die first ; And they whose hearts are dry as Summer dust Buru to the socket." BOOK MAKING. JS li ;. in. ii-i.ii publishes a gift book for the season which presents...

...waves break with one sad burthen — " It might have been?" 7* CHAPTER IX. "The good die first; Bat they whose hearts are dry as summer dust Burn to the socket." AT last there came a sad day at the Ridge. Aunt Patience had a fall upon the ice in the previous winter,...

...been snatched away just at the moment he was about to enter the vineyard ! Wordsworth says : — " The good die first, And they whose hearts are dry as summer dust Burn to the socket." The dispensation is an impressive one, and reads lessons of much moment to us all. The young must feel...

...looks down in antique beauty on the grave of young Adonais, he sleeps in peace. CONCLUSION. •• The good die first, And they whose hearts are dry as summer dust Burn to the socket." THE flames that lighted up Shelley's funeral pyre were not fairly extinguished when the tardy world already...

...which looks down in antique beauty on the grave of young Adonais, he sleeps in peace. CONCLUSION. " The good die first, And they whose hearts are dry as summer dust Burn to the socket." THE flames that lighted up Shelley's funeral pyre were not fairly extinguished when the tardy world already...

...these walls, at my approach, A daughter's welcome gave me, ana I loved her As my own child. O sir ! the good die first, And they whose hearts are dry as summer dust Burn to the socket. Many a passenger Hath bless'd poor Margaret for her gentle looks, When she upheld the cool refreshment...