And kindly raised his nature up,

And given him drink of learning's cup.

What then,-O selfish one and proud,
If fewer names outshine the crowd?
Was it so well those few were found
Starring the former darkness round,

Nor better that the light of day

Should seem to quench their lamps away?

This kindlier dawn that pales their fires

A happy universe inspires;

And many gain what few have lost,

And small ones feed at great ones' cost,

And thousands quaff a spicier cup,

Because the few find fame used up.

Influences.

JUDGE not the sensitive: if thou hast blamed,

Think how a thousand influences tell,

With strong enchantment acting like a spell, Upon that spirit all too finely framed:

Antagonisms, and slights, and vulgar things, And all whatever else should make ashamed Of mean or vain, from these as nettle-stings Shrinks back within itself the feeling mind; What thou hast counted cold fastidious pride Is to warm graces tenderly allied,

Indignant wrath with holy pain combined; And spirit-nerves alike with nerves of sense,

To some brute natures worthily denied,

In others thrill with energies intense. →

Hear the Church.

-how gladly would I hear the Church;

ve and honour and obey,

be guided in the way,

and counsell'd in my search:

-where is She? who shall strike the truth

osing factions, priest and lay,

to Rome perverting half our youth,

ading liberally astray?

embalm'd in magic rite,

mental miracle forsooth,

n that mediæval night? living still, and to be found,

inistration shedding light,

every race and sect around?

To a so-called "Anglo-Catholic."

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Av,-preach and prove as much as you can,

The Protestant heart of an Englishman

Rejects your Romish glosses;

Never shall he be trapp'd or enticed

To put the Church in place of The Christ,

Or leave the Cross for crosses.

Never shall human authority bind

The muscles and thews of a free-man's mind

By council, chain, or diet;

Never shall dead ceremonials calm

The wounded spirit with Gilead's balm,

Nor give the conscience quiet.

Never shall office avail to excuse

The dullard's sloth, or the heretic's views,

Or canonize through orders;

Never shall absolution's rite

Be held as a piece of magical might

By priests, Salvation's warders.

Never shall water, bread, or wine,

Be thought to include all gifts divine,

Without some living graces;

Never shall ministries of men

Be counted mediators, when

They serve at holy places.

Never shall forms and symbols alone,

Nor dull intoning's monkery'd drone,

Be said to bring a blessing;