Better Things.

New Zealand Mail, Issue 878, 28 December 1888, Page 4

Better Things.

Bettor to smell the violet eqol than sip the glowing -wine;.' ; _ ■ .. Better to hark a hiddeu brook than watch a diamond shine. potter the love of a gentle heart than beauty’s favour proud; Better the rose’s living seed than roses in a crowd. Bettor to love in loneliness than to bask in love all day ; Better the fountain in the heart than tho fountain by the way. Better bo fed by a mother’s hand than cat alone at will; Batter to trast in God than say, “ My goods my storehouse fill.” Better to bo a little wise than in knowledge to abound; Better to teach a child than - toil to fill perfection's round. Better to sit at a master’s feet than thrill a listening state; Better to suspect that thou art proud than be sure that thou art great. Better to walk the real 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 hurrying delight; Better the twilight of the dawn than tho noonday burning bright. Bettor a death when work is done than earth’s most favoured birth ; Better a child in God’s great house than the king of all the earth. ■ Georoe Macdonald