"You are secure with Mr. Thomson," said the Doctor. "Hear the
conclusion of his final hymn."


"'When even at last the solemn hour shall come,
And wing my mystic flight to future worlds,
I cheerful will obey; there with new powers
Will rising wonders sing. I cannot go
Where Universal Love not smiles around,
Sustaining all yon orbs, and all their suns,
From seeming evil still educing good,
And better thence again, and better still,
In infinite progression. But I lose
Myself in Him, in Light ineffable;
Come then expressive Silence, mine the praise.'"


"'Universal Love!'" repeated Mr. Belamour; "the poet sings as you
do, my amiable friend! I can conceive the idea better than I could
a few months ago."

"'From seeming evil, still educing good,'"

quoted Dr. Godfrey earnestly, as if feeling his way.

"More of this another time," said Mr. Belamour hastily. "What say
the critics respecting this new aspirant?"

The ensuing conversation much interested Aurelia, as it was on the
men of letters whose names had long been familiar to her, and whom