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Show THE BETTER PART. fBy George MacDonald.) Better to smell the violets cool than to sip the glowing wine; Better to hark a hidden brook than t watch a diamond shine. Better the love of gentle hearts than beauty's favors prond. Better the rose's living seed than roses in a crown. Better to love in loneliness than bask in , . love all day: Better the fountain in the heart than the ; fountain by the way. Better be ted by mother's hand." than eat . j alone at will; ; . Better to trust in God than say. My good3 I mv storehouse till. j i Better "to be a little wise than in knowl- j J , edge to abound; jf Better to teach a child to love than fill 1 ; perfection's round. 1 , Better to sit at a master's fset than thrill a listening state; Better suspect that thou art proud than be sure that thou art grear. Better to walk the realm unseen than watch the hour's event; Better the "Well done" at the last than the air with shouting rent. Better to have a quiet grief than a hur rylng deli eh t; Better tbe twilight of the dawn than the noonday burning bright. Better a death when work is done than earth most favored birth: Better a child in God's great house thaa a king of all the earth. , Jr |