PAPERSPAST

THE MASTER ARCHITECT.

o All life puts forth an effort to construct ; .Who. hath not watched the spider spin her web, And marvelled at its geometric plan? But is it strange that she should weave her tent Of silver lac. in pattern most ornate? For choice is lacking in her tiny brain; Sho. follows the one dictate sho was taught; The kind creator saw, and filled her need—■ Bo is it with each insect, bird and beast. But man—"proud man"—tho great Creator blest, And placed within him liberty of choice To build his home howe'er he might dcv.is., And any suited substance utilize. 0 man, whom wise Jehovah thus hath graced, Behold the universe, its-wondrous form, Th. majesty of earth and sea arid sky, Builded by him who breathed the breath of life, Shaped all in loveliness yet nil for use. Mako, thou, 0, man, thy dwelling" more divine; Tear down the huts that gasp for light and air; Destroy the crude and darkened tenements, And raze to earth thy black and monstrous towers-*- Ten thousand Babeta that shut out tho sun— And boast not of thy engineering skill Till on those ruins thou has built anew, Cities whose white and spotless domes shall be Equal in beauty and utility. -'-Marguerite Head.

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