SAMUEL T. COLERIDGE.
A FAREWELL.
"A Farewell," by Charles Kingsley (1819-75), makes it seem worth while
to be good.
My fairest child, I have no song to give you;
No lark could pipe to skies so dull and gray;
Yet, ere we part, one lesson I can leave you
For every day.
Be good, sweet maid, and let who will be clever;
Do noble things, not dream them all day long:
And so make life, death, and that vast forever
One grand, sweet song.
CHARLES KINGSLEY.
CASABIANCA.
"Casabianca," by Felicia Hemans (1793-1835), is the portrait of a
faithful heart, an example of unreasoning obedience. It is right that a
child should obey even to the death the commands of a loving parent.
The boy stood on the burning deck,
Whence all but him had fled;
The flame that lit the battle's wreck
Shone round him o'er the dead.
Yet beautiful and bright he stood,
As born to rule the storm;
A creature of heroic blood,
A proud though childlike form.
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