. Love and the light; an idyl of the Westland ... r soul—then his—responded. They are gone—and I yet still to tell the storyOf the Maiden and the Lover;Linger here the hopeful guardianOf a trust, a human his care to mine committed—Daughter, image of the , as forth she came, departed;Each the others void thus filling,One on Earth and one in Heaven. 122 LOVE AND THE LIGHT Gracious Master of the Vineyard,^^Where the spirits of all living,From thy Paradise transplanted,Nurtured are, till wisdom springethAs a bud from joy and sorrow!For the sake of Him who saved
. Love and the light; an idyl of the Westland ... r soul—then his—responded. They are gone—and I yet still to tell the storyOf the Maiden and the Lover;Linger here the hopeful guardianOf a trust, a human his care to mine committed—Daughter, image of the , as forth she came, departed;Each the others void thus filling,One on Earth and one in Heaven. 122 LOVE AND THE LIGHT Gracious Master of the Vineyard,^^Where the spirits of all living,From thy Paradise transplanted,Nurtured are, till wisdom springethAs a bud from joy and sorrow!For the sake of Him who saved me rear this tender flower! Shield, O Lord, this little MaidenFrom all error and all evil!Charge thine angels with her welfare,That they hold her in their vigilance in goodness as in beautyShe shall blossom to of her sainted of her heroic in the Christ her Saviour,Honoring His seers and prophets,Ever in His Love from His Light NOTES 1. Hypatia (page 4). The beautiful and scholarly he-roine of Kingsleys historical novel of that name. Hypa-tia figured at Alexandria early in the fifth century, teach-ing a school of philosophy (Neo-Platonic) and endeavor-ing- to restore Paganism. She fell a victim to mob vio-lence at the hands of the Christians, A. D. 415. 2. Pilgrrims (p. 5) The Pilgrim Fathers, who fled forreligious freedom from England to Holland, and finallysailed for America on The Mayflower, landing at Plym-outh Rock, Massachusetts, in December, 1620. 3. Westland (p. 5). The region lying west of theRocky Mountains. 4. Mater Harvard (p. 5). Harvard College, Univer-sity of Cambridge, Massachusetts. 5. Aristotle (p. 6). Greek philosopher, pupil of Platoand teacher to Alexander the Great. 6. Gamaliel (p. 6). Preceptor of Saul of Tarsus, whobecame Paul the Apostle. 7. Stem Heigrlits (p. 6). The Rocky Mountains. 8. Placid Ocean (p. 6). The Pacific. 9. Hellenic (
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