TOASTS AND SENTIMENTS.

New Zealand Mail, Issue 1748, 6 September 1905, Page 18

TOASTS AND SENTIMENTS.

May age erasure wisdom, youth innocence. iVxay fair farms ever enshrine pure hearts. May mankind never cense to produce heroes. As fate frowns may the heart he strengthened. .. ' The memory of these who desire to be. remembered. When we view death may his aspect never appal ns. -.xay uie valour of England never yield to an equal foe. May neither circumstance nor place interrupt friendship. Woman, may she eyer remain the guard of man's virtue. Let us never attempt to lighten care by drowning reason. May distress ensure sympathy, and misfortune assistance. May woman be our companion; may we never make her a slave. Woodland pleasures, may they nevef be associated with town vices. May England remain the friend of the sufferer and the pride of the brave. May the old man’s loneliness be soothe ed by the consideration of the young. May those who exert the industry of the be© be like him, laden with riches* The beauties of nature, may our* hearts never become callous to their influence. .- May our wishes be the happiness those we love, and our actions secure it. May personal enjoyment never make us forget those who depend on us for peace.. The time when wars shall he spoken of only as a specimen of bygone insanity* May our friends be in our hearts whether they be remembered) in wine or in water. When we contemplate the place of our birth, may we ask whether we are prepared for death. — From “Great Thoughts. 1 *