I see her smile in sleep And to her couch I creep To kiss the saintly face where peace doth stay; I smooth her silvery hair And breathe to God a prayer That He will teach me how to find the way. PROGRESS. He, who to elevate himself Labors with earnest will, Forgets, that should he wisely try To elevate the minds near by And public needs to fill, Will still continue to advance And while their cause he does enhance Will be their teacher still. ONLY A LITTLE FELLOW. He was only a little fellow With a very plain little face And his teacher said, With a shake of the head: “Dan never can keep his place.” He was only a little fellow With a mouth neither rosy nor sweet And his father said, With a shake of the head: “Dan always is under my feet.” He was only a little fellow With eyes neither brilliant nor gay And his mother said, With a shake of the head: “Dan always is in my way.” He was only a little fellow With a little turned up nose And his sister said, With a shake of the head: “Dan must keep away from my beaux.” He was only a little fellow With tumbled apron and hair And his brother said, With a shake of the head: “Dan is out of place in there.” He was only a little fellow But at last there came a day When every one said, With a shake of the head: “Dan never was in the way.” He was only a little fellow Yet the neighbors came in to weep While the baby face, In a rose-decked place, Was calm in eternal sleep. He was only a little fellow Who left his books and his play; At the Saviour’s call, Where there’s room for all, He will never more be in the way. UNDER THE PINES. Under the pines, on a summer’s day, I list to a whisper from far away, And, lying low, with my half-closed eyes, Behold the beauty of fairer skies. Some say ’tis the sound of the sighing sea, Whose distant murmer steals over me; Some say ’tis the baby breeze instead, That rocks in the branches overhead; But I know it is neither wave nor breeze, On shining sands and in leafy trees; ’Tis the music sweet of a voice divine, That whispers peace to each pensive pine. PRAYER.