150. TO-MORROW.

Where art thou, beloved To-morrow?

Whom young and old, and strong and weak, Rich and poor, through joy and sorrow,

:

Thy sweet smiles we ever seek :-
In thy place—ah! well-a-day!
We find the thing we fled-To-day.

-SHELLEY.

Our yesterday's to-morrow now is gone,
And still a new to-morrow does come on,
We by to-morrows draw out all our store,
Till the exhausted well can yield no more.
-COWLEY.

He who takes the best care of to-day has the least fear of to-morrow.

Enjoy yourself to-day; do not grieve for to-morrow.
-PERSIAN PROVERB.

Do to-day what you think of doing to-morrow, and do now what you mean to do to-day; for death does n care to see whether or not a certain man has done his mission.

-JAIN PRECEPT.

Do not depend on to-morrow. If you are not prepared to-day, how will you be prepared to-morrow! So do immediately what you ought towards progress. To

morrow is an uncertain day, and how do you know that you shall be alive to-morrow?

"WAY TO A HOLY LIFE."

Let not the work of to-day be put off till to-morrow.
-SIR R. L'ESTRANGE.

Never leave that till to-morrow which you can do to-day.

-FRANKLIN.

Yesterday is gone, and to-morrow (i. e. the day of judgment) is still in the bud (i. e. has not come to existence). Consider to-day a (fit) opportunity between this and that. (Meaning-make the most of the present that lies between the Past and the Future). *

-"ODES OF SADI. "

Don't tell me of to-morrow :

Give me the man who'll say,

That when a good deed's to be done
"Let's do the deed to-day."

We may all command the present,

If we act and never wait;
But repentance is the phantom
Of a past that comes too late.

Don't tell me of to-morrow;
There is much to do to-day,
That can never be accomplished
If we throw the hours away.
Every moment has its duty,
Who the future can foretell?

• Translated by D. F. Mulla.

Then why put off till to-morrow,
What to-day can do as well?

Don't tell me of to-morrow;
If we look upon the past,

How much that we have left to do,
We cannot do at last;

To-day it is the only time,

For all on this frail earth;

It takes an age to form a life
A moment gives it birth.

In the down-hill of life, when I find I'm declining,
May my fate no less fortunate be

Than a snug elbow-chair will afford for reclining,
And a cot that overlooks the wild sea;

With an ambling pad-pony to pace o'er the lawn,
While I carol away idle sorrow,

And blithe as the lark that each day hails the dawn,
Look forward with hope for to-morrow.

With a porch at my door, both for shelter and shade too,

As the sunshine or rain may prevail;

And a small spot of ground for the use of the spade too,

With a barn for the use of the flail :

A cow for my dairy, a dog for my game,

And a purse when a friend wants to borrow;
I'll envy no Nabob his riches or fame,

Or what honours may wait him To-morrow.

From the bleak northern blast may my cot be completely

Secured by a neighbouring hill;

And at night may repose steal upon me more sweetly
By the sound of a murmuring rill:

And while peace and plenty I find at my board,
With a heart free from sickness and sorrow,

With my friends may I share what To-day may afford,
And let them spread the table To-morrow.

And when I at last must throw off this cov'ring
Which I've worn for three score years and ten,
On the brink of the grave I'll not seek to keep hov'ring
Nor my thread wish to spin o'er again:
But my face in the glass I'll serenely survey,
And with smiles count each wrinkle and furrow;
As this old worn-out stuff, which is thread-bare To-day
May become Ever-lasting To-morrow.

-J. COLLINS.

Tell me not of to-morrow; calm
In His great hand I would abide
Who fills my present hour with balm,
And trust, whate'er betide.

-H. ALFORD.

151. TONGUE (government thereof),

SPEECH AND SILENCE.

GOVERNMENT OF THE TONGUE.

What is the tongue in the mouth of a wise man ?
The key of the door of an accomplished man's

treasure.

Should the door be shut, how can one tell

Whether he is a vendor of gems, or a glass-blower?
-SADI'S GULISTAN.*

The tongue is not steel, yet it cuts.

Of all government, that of the tongue is the most difficult.

He, who cannot hold his tongue, is unworthy of having one.

He, who has no check upon his tongue, has no truth in his heart; keep him not company; he will kill you on the highway. †

-KABIR.

One whose tongue is cut out, (and who is) seated in a corner deaf and dumb,

Is better than a person who controlleth not his tongue.

-SADI'S GULISTÂN.*

• Translated by Platts.

From the Works of H. H. Wilson.