HEAD and the HEART. The

The head is always the dupe of the heart.

Maxims, CCXVII.-Rochefoucault.

Oh! trifling head and fickle heart,
Chagrined at whatsoe'er thou art,
A dupe to follies yet untried,

And sick of pleasures, scarce enjoyed!
Each prize possess'd, thy transport ceases,
And in pursuit alone it pleases.

The progress of Discontent.-THOMAS WARTON.

HEALTH. Value of

O Health! thou sun of Life, without whose beam The fairest scenes of nature seem involved

In darkness, shine upon my dreary path

Once more; or, with thy faintest dawn, give hope, That I may yet enjoy thy vital ray !

Though transient be the hope, 't will be most sweet, Like midnight music, stealing on the ear,

Then gliding past, and dying slow away.

The Sabbath.-JAMES GRAHAMË.

HEART. Mastery of the

Call yourself to often reckonings; cast up your debts, payments, graces, wants, expenses, employments; yield not to think your set devotions troublesome; take not easy denials from yourself; yea, give peremptory denials to yourself: he can never be any good that flatters himself: hold nature to her allowance; and let

your will stand at courtesy: happy is that man which hath obtained to be the master of his own heart.

HEART.

Sermon by BISHOP HALL.

Strength of a Pure

A heart unspotted is not easily daunted.

King Henry VI. Part II. Act III. Scene I

HEART. Value of a Good

SHAKSPERE.

A good leg will fall; a straight back will stoop; a black beard will turn white; a curled pate will grow bald; a fair face will wither; a full eye will wax hollow; but a good heart, Kate, is the sun and the moon; or, rather the sun, and not the moon; for it shines bright, and never changes, but keeps his course truly. King Henry V. Act v. Scene II.-SHAKSPERE.

HEART and the HEAD.

The

Everybody speaks well of his heart, but no one dares to speak well of his head.

Maxims, ccxv.-ROCHEFOUCault.

HEART. Hardness of an Ungrateful

Flints may be melted—we see it daily—but an ungrateful heart cannot; no, not by the strongest and the noblest flame.

Sermon by DR. ROBERT SOUTH.

HEAVEN. Descriptions of

There is a world, a pure unclouded clime,

Where there is neither grief, nor death, nor time!

Nor loss of friends! Perhaps, when yonder bell
Beat slow, and bade the dying day farewell,
Ere yet the glimmering landscape sunk to night,
They thought upon that world of distant light;
And when the blind man, lifting light his hair,
Felt the faint wind, he raised a warmer prayer;
Then sighed, as the blithe bird sung o'er his head,
"No morn will shine on me till I am dead!”

The Greenwich Pensioners.-Rev. WM. LISLE BOWLES.

Now I saw in my dream that by this time the pilgrims were got over the Enchanted Ground, and entering into the country of Beulah, whose air was very sweet and pleasant, the way lying directly through it, they solaced them there for a season. Yea, here they heard continually the singing of birds, and saw every day the flowers appear in the earth, and heard the voice of the turtle in the land. In this country the sun shineth night and day; wherefore it was beyond the Valley of the Shadow of Death, and also out of the reach of Giant Despair; neither could they from this place so much as see Doubting Castle. Here they were within sight of the city they were going to; also here met them some of the inhabitants thereof: for in this land the shining ones commonly walked, because it was upon the borders of Heaven.

Pilgrim's Progress.-JOHN BUNYAN.

HEAVEN. Description of

Ther is lyf withoute ony deth,

And ther is youthe without ony elde;
And ther is alle manner welthe to welde :
And ther is rest without ony travaille ;
And ther is pees without ony strife,
And ther is alle manner lykinge of lyf:—
And ther is bright somer ever to se,
And ther is nevere wynter in that countrie :-
And ther is more worshipe and honour,
Then evere hade kynge other emperour.
And ther is grete melodie of aungeles songe,
And ther is preysing hem amonge.

And ther is alle manner frendshipe that may be,
And ther is evere perfect love and charite;
And ther is wisdom without folye,
And there is honeste without vileneye.
Al these a man may joyes of hevene call:
Ac yutte the most sovereyn joye of alle
Is the sighte of Goddes bright face,

In wham resteth alle mannere grace.

The Pricke of Conscience.-RICHARD ROLLE.

HEAVEN. The Class of Men who go to

No ill men

That live by violence and strong oppression

Come thither. 'Tis for those the gods love; good ones. Bonduca, Act IV. Scene II.-BEAUMONT and FLETCHER.

HEAVEN not answerable for Man's Follies.

This is the excellent foppery of the world! that, when we are sick in fortune (often the surfeit of our own behaviour), we make guilty of our disasters the sun, the moon, and stars: as if we were villains on necessity; fools by heavenly compulsion.

King Lear, Act I. Scene II.-SHAKSPERE.

HERO. Definition of a

A hero is—as though one should say—a man of high achievement-who performs famous exploits-who does things that are heroical-and in all his actions and demeanour is a hero indeed.

HOME.

The Fool of Quality, Chapter IV.-H. BROOKE.

Home of our childhood! how affection clings
And hovers round thee with her seraph wings!
Dearer thy hills, though clad in autumn brown,
Than fairest summits which the cedars crown!
Sweeter the fragrance of thy summer breeze
Than all Arabia breathes along the seas!
The stranger's gale wafts home the exile's sigh,
For the heart's temple is its own blue sky!

O happiest they, whose early love unchanged, Hopes undissolved, and friendship unestranged, Tired of their wanderings, still can deign to see Love, hopes, and friendship, centering all in thee!

A Metrical Essay, Part 1.-O. W. HOLMES.