In Lighter Vein.
WHEN SUMMER PASSED
len summer passed, the tender grass,
lerted, yearning for her smile,
!W old and brown; and floating down
>m shrub and tree came afterwhile
; shivering leaves, deserted too
smiles of summer, skies of blue;
d, frightened by the cold wind’s blast,
r children wept —when summer passed
When summer passed, awoke at last
My soul that dreamed and mused all day;
And wild with pain, called back again
The days that summer took away.
But memory only heard that cry,
When the happy days had drifted by,
And with my soul, alone, at last,
Sad memory wept—when summer passed,
—Minnesota Magazine.
A LADY’S FACE
One night I saw a lady’s face
Of haughty grace,
The lady was so radiant, so fair,
I do declare
I fell in love with her at sight,
Unlucky wight.
Her station was so far above me.
How could she love me !
She did indeed look down on me
Of low degree;
But she did not speak even a word
As I had heard,
Of me alas she thought not,
Or she recked not.
Vou asked who was this maid
Of high degree ?
Gaze heavenward some fair night