8 THE HOMES OF ENGLAND. The deer across their greensward bound And the swan glides past them with the sound The merry homes of England! What gladsome looks of household love There woman's voice flows forth in song, The cottage homes of England! They are smiling o'er the silvery brooks, And fearless there the lowly sleep As the bird beneath their eaves. The free fair homes of England! May hearts of native proof2 be reared To guard each hallowed wall! And green for ever be the groves, And bright the flowery sod, Where first the child's glad spirit loves Its country and its God. Mrs Hemans. 1 Hamlet-fanes, village-churches. 2 Proof, valour. TRUST IN GOD AND DO THE RIGHT. 9 THE STAR1 OF BETHLEHEM. Can fix the sinner's wandering eye. Once on the raging seas I rode, The storm was loud-the night was dark- The wind that tossed my foundering bark. Death-struck, I ceased the tide to stem; It was the star of Bethlehem. It was my guide, my light, my all, For ever, and for evermore, The Star!-The Star of Bethlehem! 1 Star of Bethlehem. See Matthew ii. 1. H. K. White. 2 Speaks, &c., tells of the Saviour. TRUST IN GOD AND DO THE RIGHT. Courage, brother! do not stumble, 10 THE BATTLE OF HOHENLINDEN. Though the road be long and dreary, Perish 'policy'1 and cunning, Shun all forms of guilty passion, Some will hate thee, some will love thee, Cease from man, and look above thee, Simple rule and safest guiding— 1 Policy, stratagem. Dr Norman Macleod. THE BATTLE OF HOHENLINDEN. On Linden,1 when the sun was low, But Linden saw another sight, When the drum beat, at dead of night, The darkness of her scenery. |