The imperial highway : or, the road to fortune and happiness ; with biographies of self-made men, their business traits, qualities and habits . gazed down lifes dim labyrinth A wildering maze to see,Crossed oer by many a tangled clue, And wild as wild could be;But as I gazed in doubt and dread, An angel came to me. I knew him for a heavenly guide. I knew him even then, * * * *And as I leaned my weary head Upon his proffered breast,And scanned the peril-haunted wild From out my place of rest,1 wondered if the shining ones Of Eden were more blest. ** For there was light within my soul,Light on m
The imperial highway : or, the road to fortune and happiness ; with biographies of self-made men, their business traits, qualities and habits . gazed down lifes dim labyrinth A wildering maze to see,Crossed oer by many a tangled clue, And wild as wild could be;But as I gazed in doubt and dread, An angel came to me. I knew him for a heavenly guide. I knew him even then, * * * *And as I leaned my weary head Upon his proffered breast,And scanned the peril-haunted wild From out my place of rest,1 wondered if the shining ones Of Eden were more blest. ** For there was light within my soul,Light on my peaceful way; HUMAN LOVE. And all around the blue aboveThe clustering starlight lay; While easterly T saw uprearedThe pearly gates of day! 44? And, on the other hand, the true feelings of a trueman on the same theme, are aptly embodied in somelines from Byron : Yes, love indeed is light from heaven,A spark of that immortal fireWith angels shared, by Allah given,To lift from earth our low feeling from the Godhead caughtTo wean from self each sordid thought;A ray from Him who formed the whole—A glory circling round the soul In. 44-8 COURTSHIP, COURTSHIP, Learn to win a ladys faith Nobly, as the thing is high;Bravely, as for life and death, And with loyal her from the festive boards, Point her to the starry skies,Guard her by your truthful words Pure from courtships her Yes once said to you, Shall be Yes forevermore. —Elizabeth B. Browning, JHE period of courtship in human experi-ence is not only very tangible, but alsovery important as well; and a period,moreover, which is seldom forgotten afterip being once enjoyed,—or endured. Thata good deal of the courting which is ordinarilydone by lovers is silly in itself, and looks supremelyso to uninterested outsiders, we readily admit. Butwhat of it, so long as it enters into, and constitutesone of the principal ingredients of the cup of humanhappiness ? Some one has truly said that he whois
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