FOR CHILDREN. 249

Now she works with three or four,

Like an Indian conjuror ;!

Quick as he in feats of art,

Far beyond in joy of heart.

Were her antics played in the eye

Of a thousand standers-by,

Clapping hands, with shout and stare,

What would little Tabby care

For the plaudits of the crowd ?

Far too happy to be proud ;

Over-wealthy in the treasure

OF her own exceeding pleasure !
Wordsworth

 

THE SANDAL-TREE.

Tue best revenge is love :—disarm
Anger with smiles; heal wounds with balm ;
Give water to thy thirsting foe ;
The sandal-tree, as if to prove
How sweet to conquer hate by love,
Perfumes the axe that lays it low.
S.C. Wilkes.

 

THE CHILD AND HIND.

Come, maids and matrons, to caress
Wiesbaden’s? gentle hind ;

1 Indian eonjuror—The Indian conjurors perform aston-
ishing feats with balls, keeping several in motion above, and
even around them, at the same time.

* Wiesbuden—the capital of the Duchy of Nassau, in
Germany, near which city occurred the incident narrated in -
the poem,