JANUARY. UNWARMED by any sunset light Crossed and recrossed the winged snow; So all night long the storm roared on: All day the hoary meteor fell, No cloud above, no earth below, - 7. G. Whittier. Lament who will, in fruitless tears, The speed with which our moments fly; But watch the years that hasten by. Go breathe it in the ear Of all who doubt and fear, W. C. Bryant. And say to them, "Be of good cheer." January 2. H. W. Longfellow. None looked upon her but he straightway thought Seemed more a visible gift of Spring than she. January 3. Merrily upon the land, Gay and grand, Here I stand, And turn my eyes to see J. R. Lowell. What life may mean to me. E. S. Phelps. He serves all who dares be true. R. W. Emerson. Loveliest of lovely things are they Is prized beyond the sculptured flower; January 5. Though love repine and reason chafe, 66 When for the truth he ought to die." Men's lives, like oceans, change R. W. Emerson. In shifting tides, and ebb from either shore January 6. E. C. Stedman. Many a youth, as he knelt in the church and opened his missal, Fixed his eyes upon her as the saint of his deepest devotion; Happy was he who might touch her hand or the hem of her garment! H. W. Longfellow. Through love to light! Through light, O God, to thee, Who art the Love of love, the eternal Light of light! R. W. Gilder. |