COPYRIGHT, 1906, BY THOMAS Y. CROWELL & CO.

PUBLISHED, SEPTEMBER, 1906

THE NEW YORK

PUBLIC LIBRARY

10341B

TEX AND

NDATIONS

COMPOSITION AND ELECTROTYPE PLATES BY

D. B. Updike, the merrYMOUNT PRESS, BOSTON

WQR 19 FEB 36

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Working in these walls of Time;

Some with massive deeds and great,

Some with ornaments of rhyme.

Build to-day, then, strong and sure,
With a firm and ample base;

And ascending and secure
Shall to-morrow find its place.

JANUARY SECOND

O thou sculptor, painter, poet!
Take this lesson to thy heart:
That is best which lieth nearest ;
Shape from that thy work of art.

The Builders

The Ladder of St. Augustine

JANUARY THIRD

All common things, each day's events,
That with the hour begin and end,
Our pleasures and our discontents,
Are rounds by which we may ascend.
The Ladder of St. Augustine

Will ye promise me here, (a holy promise!) to

cherish

God more than all things earthly, and every man as a brother?

Will ye promise me here, to confirm your faith by your living,

Th' heavenly faith of affection! to hope, to forgive, and to suffer,

Be what it may your condition, and walk before God in uprightness?

JANUARY FIFTH

The Children of the Lord's Supper

Bear through sorrow, wrong, and ruth,
In thy heart the dew of youth,

On thy lips the smile of truth.

JANUARY SIXTH

Maidenhood

Lead me to mercy's ever-flowing fountains;
For thou my shepherd, guard, and guide shalt be.
I will obey thy voice, and wait to see

Thy feet all beautiful upon the mountains.

JANUARY SEVENTH

The Good Shepherd

Chill airs and wintry winds! my ear
Has grown familiar with your song;
I hear it in the opening year,—
I listen, and it cheers me long.

Woods in Winter