THE

MONTHLY PACKET

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OF

EVENING READINGS

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Members of the English Church.

EDITED BY CHARLOTTE M. YONGE

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CHRISTABEL R. COLERIDGE.

NEW SERIES.-V.

VOLUME LXXXV.

PARTS DIII. TO DVIII., JAN.-JUNE 1893.

LONDON:

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1893.

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Girl's Diary of the Eighteenth Century, A. By Charlotte Fursdon.

Going Blind. By E. W. Latimer

Gordon Boys' Home, The

Homes for the Little Ones

In an Orchard. By K. S. Macquoid. Chaps. I.-VIII.

Knight of Malta, A

Ladies' Clubs. By G. M. Ireland Blackburne

Lady Day Flittings. By M. Little.

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Lessons of Patience: 'The Lord's Prayer.' By E. M. Sewell

Passé Défini Girl, The. By Hon. Eva Knatchbull-Hugessen

Petty Constable in Shakspere's Time, The. By Grace Latham

Religion of Persia, The. By Rev. P. Lilly
Roses in the Snow. By C. M. Whidborne
'Run to Earth.' By Mary Cholmondeley

St. Willibrord's Dance at Echternach

Santa Maria Maddalena dei Pazzi. By Helen Zimmern
Selina's Bivouac. By W. Warde Fowler .

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Six Studies in Italian Literature. IV. VI. By F. J. Snell
Spring Villegiatura, A. By E. C. Vansittart

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Strolling Players. By C. M. Yonge and C. R. Coleridge. Chap. XXIX.

Sun-Rays and Star-Beams. By Agnes Giberne :—

I.-Astronomy Old and New

II. The Nature of Light.

III.-Radiant Wavelets.

Travelled Lady's Maid, A

Tunis to Kairwán By Florence Freeman.

Visit to the Vardarelli, A. By Mrs. Church
Who was Di Vernon?.

THE MONTHLY PACKET.

NEW SERIES.

JANUARY, 1893.

'TEMPUS FUGIT.'

I.

THERE came a Spirit from the North loud crying,
Whose voice wailed thro' the woodlands deep and low,
Seeming to say, 'Another year is dying

And fading in the mists of Long Ago.'
While the great forest, sighing sadly, heard it
And tossed its branches to the rain-swept sky,
Groaning, as if some mighty wind had stirred it,
And ever wailed the voice, Prepare to die!'

II.

But Time, the great destroyer, likewise healeth,

And sends again the Spring, whose quickening breath,

Calm as a summer dawn o'er Nature stealeth,

And wakes the woodlands from their sleep of death,

And the soft Spirit voice again is ringing,
In sweetest music, over hill and plain,
New life and joy to all creation bringing,
Seeming to say to Nature, 'Live again!'

P. R. C.

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