Ah, by that symbol, worshipped still, Of life-blood sacrificed, That lonely Cross on Calvary's hill Red with the wounds of Christ; By that free gift to none denied, Let Pity pierce you like a sword, And Love go out to open wide The gate of life restored. The Red Cross Society is in need of help. Gifts should be addressed to Lord Rothschild at Devonshire House, Piccadilly. FOOTNOTES: [Footnote 1: "Dooiney-molla--man-praiser--the friend who backs the suitor."] [Footnote 2: Certain publishers.] [Footnote 3: Port of Peace.] [Footnote 4: Solace.] [Footnote 5: She was born at Chatham on March 28th, 1774.] [Footnote 6: Probably he was nearly twenty-four.] [Footnote 7: Written in 1829.] [Footnote 8: "The Epicure!" said R.L.S.] [Footnote 9: A musical festival which took place in Westminster Abbey.] [Footnote 10: "To pill" was a cant expression used a good deal by "the set," meaning, apparently, to talk, either pompously or trivially.] [Footnote 11: The cloud-shapes often observed by travellers in the East.] End of Project Gutenberg's The Bed-Book of Happiness, by Harold Begbie