"of Sister,

"The Blessing of my later years
Was with me when a Boy
She gave me eyes, she gave me ears,
And love, and thought, and joy."
Wordsworth.


"and of Wife."

"The thousand still sweet joys of such
As hand in hand face earthly life."
M. Arnold.

"I desired to make her my wife, knowing that she would be a
counsellor of good things, and a comfort in cares and grief. For
her conversation hath no bitterness; and to live with her hath no
sorrow, but mirth and joy."--_Wisdom of Solomon_.




LINES

WRITTEN ON BEING TOLD THAT A LADY WAS "PLAIN AND COMMONPLACE."


You say that my love is plain,