I hear the wind among the trees Playing celestial symphonies; I see the branches downward bent, Like keys of some great instrument. --_H. W. Longfellow._ 2036 God tempers the wind to the shorn lamb. --_Henri Estienne._ 2037 Winter finds out what Summer lays up. --_Hans Andersen._ 2038 It is always safe to learn, even from our enemies--seldom safe to venture to instruct, even our friends. 2039 To know how to grow old, is the master work of wisdom, and one of the most difficult chapters in the great art of living. --_Amiel._ 2040 Youth is not the era of wisdom; let us therefore have due consideration. --_Rivarol._ 2041 He who pursues an idle wish But climbs a tree to catch a fish. --_Chinese._ 2042 Best wishes! What avails that phrase, unless Best services attend them. --_Plautus._ 2043 Wishing, of all employments, is the worst. --_Young._ 2044 You beat your pate, and fancy wit will come, Knock as you please, there's nobody at home. --_Pope._ 2045 An eye witness outweighs others. --_From the Latin._ 2046 No greater woe Can be, than to remember happy days In misery. 2047 By telling our woes we often assuage them. --_Danish._ 2048 A fashionable woman is always in love--with herself. 2049 A WOMAN'S QUESTION. Before I trust my fate to thee, Or place my hand in thine, Before I let thy future give Color and form to mine, Before I peril all for thee, Question thy soul to-night for me. I break all slighter bonds, nor feel A shadow of regret: Is there one link within the past That holds thy spirit yet? Or is thy faith as clear and free As that which I can pledge to thee? Does there within thy dimmest dreams A possible future shine, Wherein thy life could henceforth breathe, Untouched, unshared by mine? If so, at any pains or cost, Oh, tell me before all is lost. Look deeper still. If thou canst feel Within thy inmost soul, That thou hast kept a portion back, While I have staked the whole,-- Let no false pity spare the blow, But in true mercy tell me so. Is there within thy heart a need That mine cannot fulfil? One cord that any other hand Could better wake or still? Speak now--lest at some future day My whole life wither and decay.