The vestal priestess of a sisterhood who knows No self, and whom the selfish scorn-- She seeks a wilderness of weed and thorn, And, undiverted from the blessed mood By keen reproach or blind ingratitude, 5 A wreath she twines of blossoms lowly born-- An amaranthine crown of flowers forlorn-- And hangs her garland on the Holy Rood. Sister of Mercy, bravely hast thou won From men who winnow charity from Faith 10 The Pharasaic sneer that treats as dross The works by faith ordained. Pursue thy path, Till, at the last, thou hear the voice--“Well done, Thou good and faithful servant of the Cross.” “THE WORSHIP OF THIS SABBATH MORN” BY DOROTHY WORDSWORTH These lines were published in _The Monthly Packet_, in July 1891, where the following note is appended by Miss Christabel Coleridge:--“Written _circa_ 1852-3, and given to Mrs. Derwent Coleridge.” But Miss Edith Coleridge, and Mr. E. H. Coleridge, tell me that they think they “belong to an earlier period.” Mr. Coleridge writes, “I have heard Miss Wordsworth repeat the lines now printed, seated in her arm-chair, on the terrace at Rydal Mount.”--ED. The worship of this Sabbath morn, How sweetly it begins! With the full choral hymn of birds Mingles no sad lament for sins. Alas! my feet no more may join 5 The cheerful Sabbath train; But if I inwardly lament, Oh! may a will subdued all grief restrain. No prisoner am I on this couch, My mind is free to roam, 10 And leisure, peace, and loving friends, Are the best treasures of an earthly home. Such gifts are mine, then why deplore The body’s slow decay? A warning mercifully sent 15 To fix my hopes upon a surer stay. A WORDSWORTH BIBLIOGRAPHY I.--_GREAT BRITAIN_ I EDITIONS PUBLISHED DURING WORDSWORTH’S LIFETIME In the Bibliographies by Mr. Tutin and Professor Dowden there are numerous and valuable details as to these editions, which it is unnecessary to reproduce here.--ED. 1 1793. AN EVENING WALK. An Epistle; in verse. Addressed to a Young Lady, from the Lakes of the North of England. By W. Wordsworth, B. A., of St. John’s, Cambridge. London: printed for J. Johnson, St. Paul’s Church-yard. 4to. 2 1793. DESCRIPTIVE SKETCHES. In verse. Taken during a pedestrian tour in the Italian, Grison, Swiss, and Savoyard Alps. By W. Wordsworth, B. A., of St. John’s, Cambridge. Loca pastorum deserta atque otia dia.--_Lucret._ Castella in tumulis--Et longe saltus lateque vacantes.--_Virgil._ London: printed for J. Johnson, St. Paul’s Churchyard. 4to. 3 1798. LYRICAL BALLADS, with a few other Poems. Bristol: printed by Biggs and Cottle; for T. N. Longman, Paternoster-Row, London. 8vo.