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# Thom's Irish Who's Who/Kerr-Smiley, Peter

​KERR-SMILEY, Peter (M.P. for Antrim North from 1910), is Major Reserve of Officers, late Lieut. 21st Lancers; served in S. Africa 1901-02, on staff; second son of Sir Hugh Houston Smiley, 1st Bart.; b. 1879; m. 1905, Maud, dau. of Ernest L. Simpson, of New York. Res.: 31 Belgrave Square, London, S.W. Clubs: Marlborough, Carlton, and Cavalry.
# Thom's Irish Who's Who/Kerrigan, J. M.

Joseph Michael Kerrigan
​KERRIGAN, J. M., actor; b. in Dublin 4th Dec, 1885. Educ. at Belvedere College, Dublin; formerly a journalist; made his first appearance on the stage at the Abbey Theatre, Dublin, Jan., 1907, in "Deirdre," with Irish National Theatre Society, of which he was a member from 1907-1916, during which period he played over one hundred parts; made his first appearance on the London stage, at the Great Queen Street Theatre, 10th May, 1907, as Old Mahon in "The Playboy of the Western World"; at the end of 1916, he went to America, and at the Globe, New York, March, 1917, played the Irishman in "Out There"; at the Liberty, Nov., 1917. played Winch in "The Wooing of Eve"; at the Criterion, New York, Dec., 1917, Formoy McDonagh in "Happiness"; during 1918, toured in the same part; at ​the Playhouse, New York, Oct., 1919, appeared as Costigan in "A Young Man's Fancy"; at the Greenwich Village, New York, Nov., 1919, Peter Cooney in "The Lost Leader"; on returning to London, appeared at the Lyric, Hammersmith, Feb., 1920, as James Cæsar in "John Ferguson"; at the Abbey Theatre, Dublin, 1920, played Natty Murnaghan in "The King's Threshold"; again visited New York, and at the Punch and Judy Theatre, Nov., 1920, played Horatio Webster in "Rollo's Wild Oat"; at the Belmont, June, 1921, James Cæsar in "John Ferguson." Recns.: swimming, walking and boxing. Res.: 8 Hollybank Road, Dublin.
# Thom's Irish Who's Who/Kilconnel, Lord

Richard Frederick John Donough Trench
​KILCONNEL, Lord, Richard Frederick John Donough Trench, late Royal Naval Air Service; eldest son of 5th Earl of Clancarty; b. 27th Dec, 1891; m., 1st. 1915, Edith Constance (div. 1918), dau. of Major Alexander Rawlinson 2nd, 1919, Corie Marie Edith, dau of late H. H. Spooner, of Thornton Hall, Surrey. Res.: Bourne Court, Bourne End, Bucks.
# Thom's Irish Who's Who/Kilbride, Dennis

​KILBRIDE, Dennis, tenant farmer; b. 1848; s. of Thomas Kilbride, Lugnacurran, Queen's Co. Educ.: Clongowes; M.P. South Kerry, 1887-95: M.P. Co. Galway, 1895-1900; M.P. for S. Kildare, 1903-18 Res.: Luggacurren, Stradbally, Queen's Co.
# Thom's Irish Who's Who/Kilbride, Valentine

​KILBRIDE, Valentine. Educ. at Clonsowes and Ushaw; admitted a Solicitor; Senior Taxing Master Supreme Court of Judicature, Ireland, from 1913; son of Thomas Kilbride, of Luggacurran, Stradbally, Queen's Co.; b. 1851. Res.: 37 Northumberland Road Dublin.
# Thom's Irish Who's Who/Ker, Capt. Richard William Blackwood

​KER, Capt. Richard William Blackwood, D.L., J.P., Co. Down (High Sheriff, 1880); M.P. for Co. Down, 1884-5; E. Down, 1885-90; late Capt. 1st Dragoons; third son of late David Stewart Ker, M.P., of Montalto. Co. Down, and Hon. Anne Dorothea Blackwood, sixth dau. of 3rd Baron Dufferin; b. 1850; m. 1876, Edith, dau. of W. G. Rose, of Walston Heath, Warwickshire. Res.: Portavo, Donaghadee, Co. Down.
# Thom's Irish Who's Who/Kerry, Bishop of

Charles O'Sullivan
​KERRY, Bishop of, The Most Rev. Charles O'Sullivan, D.D.; was Curate at Millstreet, 1887-1907; Parish Priest of Tralee and Dean of Kerry, 1907-17; Chosen by the Holy See to be Bishop of Kerry, 1917. Res.: The Palace, Killarney.
# Thom's Irish Who's Who/Kilbride, Joseph

​KILBRIDE, Joseph, M.A. (T.C.D.); Barrister King's Inns, 1888; Resident Magistrate, Ireland, from 1894. Educ. at Tullabeg College and T.C.D.; son of Thos. Kilbride, of Luggacurran, Stradbally, Queen's Co.; b. 1846. Res.: Cork.
# Thom's Irish Who's Who/Ker, David

​KER, David, J.P. Co. Down: Lieut. North of Ireland Yeomanry; Master Co. Down Fox Hounds. Educ: Eton. Recns.: hunting, shooting, fishing and polo; son of Richard William Blackwood Ker, D.L., J.P., and Edith Louisa, dau. of William George Rose, of Wolston Heath, Warwickshire; b. 1878; m. Anna, dau. of late John Pollock, of Mountainstown, Navan, Co. Meath, and has issue one dau. Res: Portavoe, Donaghadee. Co. Down. Club: Junior Naval and Military, London.
# Thom's Irish Who's Who/Kerin, Richard Charles Bolger

​KERIN, Richard Charles Bolger; b. 1867; son of the late C. Maxwell Kerin, C.I. R.I.C., and Jane, eldest dau. of James Bolger, of Balnabarna, Co. Kilkenny. Educ. at St. Peter's, Wexford, Belvedere, Downside and Univ. College, Dublin; graduated B.A. of London Univ. (first in 1st Class Honours in Classics); for many years engaged in teaching and examining; Classical Examiner for many years to the Intermediate Education Board and the University of London; elected by Convocation a member of the Senate of the University of London by the record majority of 654 votes; member of the University Extension Board, of the Matriculation Board, the Committee of Commercial Education and the Classical Board of Studies; Member of the Sub-Committee dealing with Inspection; Governor of Owens School, and Member of the Goldsmiths' Institute Delegacy: selected to represent the University of London at the Brussels Educational Congress; Member ot the Committee dealing with co-ordination of Matriculation Examinations. Examiner for many years in Classics, Mathematics, French and German, for the Westminster Hospital Scholarships; Inspector of Intermediate Education since 1909. Editor of the Pro Plancio and the Phaedo; has contributed many articles on Education and teaching to various educational journals; has specialised in the history of the French Revolution; Member of the Royal Institution. Hobbies: punting, golf, tennis and book collecting. Res.: Fernside, Killiney, Co. Dublin.
# The Works of Thomas Carlyle/Volume 6/Letter 13

Unknown: Huntingdon, 2 Aug. 1643
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Here meanwhile is a small noteworthy thing. Consider these ‘Young Men and Maids,’ and that little joint-stock company of theirs! Amiable young persons, may it prosper with you! Twelve-score pounds and so many stand of muskets,—well, this little too, in the great Cause, will help. For a pure preached Gospel, and the ancient liberties of England, who would not try to help? Fine new cloaks and fardingales are good; but a company of musketeers busy on the right side, how much better!—Colonel Cromwell, now home again, has received a Deputation on the matter; and suggests improvements. ‘Country’ which will take your muskets, means County. Three pounds, we perceive by calculation, will buy a war-saddle and pistols. Who the ‘Sir’ is, guessable as some Chairman of this ‘Young Men and Maids’ Society; and in what Town he sits, whether in Huntingdon itself or in another,—must remain forever uncertain. His Address, by negligence, has vanished; his affair wholly has vanished; the body of it gone all to air, and only the soul of it now surviving, and like to survive!
TO —— ——
“Huntingdon,” 24 August 1643.
Sir,—I understand by these Gentlemen the good affections of your Young Men and Maids; for which God is to be praised.
I approve of the business: only I desire to advise you that your ‘foot company’ may be turned into a troop of horse; which indeed will by Gods blessing, far more advantage the Cause than two or three companies of foot; especially if your men be honest godly men, which by all means I desire. I thank God for stirring-up the youth to cast-in their mite, which ​I desire may be employed to the best advantage; therefore my advice is, that you would employ your Twelve-score Pounds to buy pistols and saddles, and I will provide Four-score horses; for 400l. more will not raise a troop of horse. As for the muskets that are bought, I think the Country will take them of you. Pray raise honest godly men, and I will have them of my regiment. As for your Officers, I leave it as God shall or hath directed to choose;—and rest, your loving friend, OLIVER CROMWELL
# The Works of Thomas Carlyle/Volume 6/Free Offer

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From the Committee of the Lords and Commons sitting at Derby House, Sir John Evelyn reports a certain Offer from Lieutenant-General Cromwell; which is read in the words following:
21° Martii 1647.
The two Houses of Parliament having lately bestowed 1,680l. per annum upon me and my heirs, out of the Earl of Worcester’s Estate; the necessity of affairs requiring assistance, I do hereby offer One-thousand Pounds annually to be paid out of the rents of the said lands; that is to say, 500l. out of the next Michaelmas rent, and so on, by the half year, for the space of five years, if the War in Ireland shall so long continue, or that I live so long: to be employed for the service of Ireland, as the Parliament shall please to appoint; provided the said yearly rent of 1,680l. become not to be suspended by war or other accident.
And whereas there is an arrear of Pay due unto me whilst I was Lieutenant-General unto the Earl of Manchester, of about 1,5001, audited and stated; as also a great arrear due for about Two Years being Governor of the Isle of Ely: I do hereby discharge the State from all or any claim to be made by me thereunto.
OLIVER CROMWELL.
‘Ordered, That the House doth accept the Free Offer of Lieutenant-General Cromwell, testifying his zeal and good affection.’ My splenetic little gentleman in gray, with the little stick in his hand, takes no notice of this; which modifies materially what the Chepstow Connoisseurs and their ‘five or six thousand a-year’ reported lately!
# Thom's Irish Who's Who/Stokes, Sir Henry Edward

​STOKES, Sir Henry Edward, K.C.S.I. (1892); C.S.I. (1889); entered M.C.S. 1863; Sec. to Board of Revenue, 1875; Member of Madras Salt Commission, 1876; Collector, 1879; Sec. to Government of Madras, 1883-6; Chief Sec. and additional M.L.C., 1886-8, and a Member of Council, 1888-93; son of Henry Stokes, Esq., of Tralee; b. 1841; m. 1865, Janet (d. 1870), dau. of the late William Stokes, M.D., D.C.L., of Dublin; 2nd, 1872, Helena (d. 1874), dau. of Surg.-Gen. Samuel Currie, C.B., M.D. lies.: 32 Brunswick Gardens, London, W.
# Thom's Irish Who's Who/Stokes, George Joseph

​STOKES, George Joseph, M.A. (T.C.D.), Barrister Lincoln's Inn; Professor of Mental and Social Science, Queen's College, Cork, 1884-1909: of Philosophy and Jurisprudence, University College, Cork, from 1909, and Dean of the Faculty of Law; Member of Senate, Dublin University; of General Board of Studios, National University of Ireland. Educ.: Diocesan School, Sligo; Trinity College, Dublin; Universities of Heidelberg and Berlin. Pubns.: The Objectivity of Truth; Articles on Philosophy, the Logic of Mathematics, the Periodic Law, Jurisprudence. Recns.: boating and cycling; only son of late Robert Stokes, of Sligo; b. 1859; m. 1893, Mary Isabella, only dau. of late Henry Crawford, of Celbridge, Co. Kildare, and has issue two sons and one dau. Res.: 5 Fernhurst Villas, College Road, Cork.
# Thom's Irish Who's Who/Stoney, Richard Atkinson

​STONEY, Richard Atkinson, M.B., B.Ch., B.A.O. (University, Dublin), F.R.C.S.I., L.M., Rotunda; Visiting Surgeon Royal City of Dublin Hospital since 1903; Médecin Chef Hopital do Lamotte Villeneuve sur Lot; Consulting and Operating Surgeon 5ème Secteur 17ème Régin Medecin Majeur 2eme Classe Armèes Francaise, 1915-1918; Ex-examiner in Surgery Conj,. Board, R.C.P.S. & S.I.; Vice President La Societe Internationale de las Tuberculeuse; Vice-President Trinity College Biological Association; Fellow Royal Academy of Medicine in Ireland; Surgical Specialist Ministry of Pensions, Dublin Area. Educ.: St. Helen's and Trinity College, Dublin; First Honours in Mathematics; entered Medical School, 1896; Medical Scholar, 1899; Special Travelling Prize in Surgery, 1902; Travelling Prize in Medicine, 1903; attended Royal City of Dublin Hospital as student; Wheeler Gold Medal in Medicine, 1901; held post of Chief Demonstrator of Anatomy and joint Lecturer in Applied Anatomy in T.G.D., 1902 and 1903. Pubns.: articles in Medical Journals. Recns.: golf and motoring; b. Dublin, May 13th, 1877; son of Canon R. B. Stoney. D.D., Rector of Holy Trinity, Killiney, Co. Dublin, and Kate Mabel Atkinson, Gortmore, Co. Dublin; m. 1915, Gladys Enid, dau. of A. Lenox Figgis, Gorse Hill, Greystones. Res.: 56 Fitzwilliam Square. North, Dublin. Tel.: 1314. Club: Stephen's Green. Dublin.
# Thom's Irish Who's Who/Stopford, Capt. Hon. Arthur

​STOPFORD, Capt. Hon. Arthur, C.M.G. (1919), Chevalier Legion of Honour; Capt. R.N.; served in S. African War, 1900-1; European War, 1914-19, as Comdr. R.N. and Col. R.A.F,; second son of 6th Earl of Courtown; b. 1879; m. 1908, Mary, dau. of Godfrey C. Chester Master of Rangeworthy Court, Yate, Glos., and has issue one son and one dau. United Service Club, London.
# Thom's Irish Who's Who/Stopford, Hon. Charles William

​STOPFORD, Hon. Charles William, Lieut, R.G.A.; served in European War, 1914-19 (wounded); fourth son of 6th Earl of Courtown; b. 1892. Res.: Courtown House, Gorey, Co. Wexford.
# Thom's Irish Who's Who/Stopford, Hon. George Frederick William

​STOPFORD, Hon. George Frederick William. Educ. at Wellington College and Cambridge University; third son of 5th Earl of Courtown; b. 1859; m. 1889, Marie, second dau. of Hy. Segrave, of Kiltymon, Co. Wicklow, and has issue three sons and one dau. Res.: Marlfield, Gorey, Co. Wexford. Kildare Street Club, Dublin.
# Thom's Irish Who's Who/Stoker, Thomas

​STOKER, Thomas, C.S.I. (1898), B.A. (T.C.D.); I.C.S. (N.W. Prov. and Oudh), 1872-99; Insp.-Gen. of Registration and Commissioner of Excise and Stamps, 1891-6; Sec. to Gov. Scarcity Dept. and Chief Sec. to Govt. 1896-9; third son of late Abraham Stoker, of Dublin; b. 1849; m. 1891, Enid, dau. of late W. R. Bruce, Master of The King's Bench, Ireland, and has issue one dau. Res.: 42 Egerton Crescent London, S.W. 3.; E. I. United Service Club.
# Thom's Irish Who's Who/Stokes, Lady Elizabeth

​STOKES, Lady Elizabeth, eldest dau. of Rev. J. L. Moore. D.D., Vice Provost Trinity College, Dublin: m. 1869, Sir William Stokes, M.D. (d. 1900). Res.: Caraig Breac, Howth, Co. Dublin.
# Thom's Irish Who's Who/Stopford, Hon. Guy, Commander

​STOPFORD, Hon. Guy, Commander R.N.; served in European War, 1914-19; third son of 6th Earl of Courtown; b. 1884, Res.: Courtown House, Gorey, Co. Wexford. United Service Club, London.
# Thom's Irish Who's Who/Stoney, Lieut.-Col Francis Sadlier

Francis Sadleir Stoney
​STONEY, Lieut.-Col Francis Sadlier, Retired, Royal Artillery; A Founder of the University Philosophical Society, Dublin, 1854; Assistant Superintendent Gun Factory, Royal Arsenal, Woolwich, 1868-72; J.P. Co. Wicklow, and Grand Juror. Pubns.: The Official Textbook of Rifles and Ordnance, and several pamphlets on Artillery subjects; The Life and Times of Sir Ralph Sadlier, Secretary of State to Henry VIII: Don't, Pat. A Manual of Irishisms, 1885, b. 17th Feb., 1834; seventh son of Rev. Ralph Stoney, M.A., seventh son of Thomas Stoney, Deputy Governor of Co. Tipperary, 1793. Res.: The Downs, Delgany, Co. Wicklow.
# Three Sunsets

* "Three Sunsets" in Phantasmagoria and Other Poems (1869)
* "Three Sunsets" in Three Sunsets and Other Poems (1898)
* "Three Sunsets" in The Complete Works of Lewis Carroll (1920)
# Three Sunsets and Other Poems/A Song of Love

A SONG OF LOVE.
Say, what is the spell, when her fledgelings are cheeping, That lures the bird home to her nest? Or wakes the tired mother, whose infant is weeping, To cuddle and croon it to rest? What the magic that charms the glad babe in her arms, Till it cooes with the voice of the dove? 'Tis a secret, and so let us whisper it low— And the name of the secret is Love! For I think it is Love, For I feel it is Love, For I'm sure it is nothing but Love!
Say, whence is the voice that, when anger is burning, Bids the whirl of the tempest to cease? That stirs the vexed soul with an aching—a yearning For the brotherly hand-grip of peace?
Whence the music that fills all our being—that thrills Around us, beneath, and above? 'Tis a secret: none knows how it comes, how it goes— But the name of the secret is Love! For I think it is Love, For I feel it is Love, For I'm sure it is nothing but Love!
Say, whose is the skill that paints valley and hill, Like a picture so fair to the sight? That flecks the green meadow with sunshine and shadow, Till the little lambs leap with delight? 'Tis a secret untold to hearts cruel and cold, Though 'tis sung, by the angels above, In notes that ring clear for the ears that can hear— And the name of the secret is Love! For I think it is Love, For I feel it is Love, For I'm sure it is nothing but Love!
Oct., 1886.
THE END.
# Three Sunsets and Other Poems/A Lesson in Latin

A LESSON IN LATIN.
Our Latin books, in motley row, Invite us to our task— Gay Horace, stately Cicero: Yet there's one verb, when once we know, No higher skill we ask: This ranks all other lore above— We've learned "'Amare' means 'to love'!"
So, hour by hour, from flower to flower, We sip the sweets of Life: Till, all too soon, the clouds arise, And flaming cheeks and flashing eyes Proclaim the dawn of strife: With half a smile and half a sigh, "Amare! Bitter One!" we cry.
Last night we owned, with looks forlorn, "Too well the scholar knows There is no rose without a thorn"— But peace is made! We sing, this morn, "No thorn without a rose!" Our Latin lesson is complete: We've learned that Love is Bitter-Sweet!
May, 1888.
# Three Sunsets and Other Poems/Only a Woman's Hair

ONLY A WOMAN'S HAIR.
'Only a woman's hair'! Fling it aside!
A bubble on Life's mighty stream:
Heed it not, man, but watch the broadening tide
Bright with the western beam.   Nay! In those words there rings from other years
The echo of a long low cry,
Where a proud spirit wrestles with its tears
In loneliest agony.   And, as I touch that lock, strange visions throng
Upon my soul with dreamy grace—
Of woman's hair, the theme of poet's song
In every time and place.   A child's bright tresses, by the breezes kissed
To sweet disorder as she flies,
Veiling, beneath a cloud of golden mist,
Flushed cheek and laughing eyes—
Or fringing, like a shadow, raven-black,
The glory of a queen-like face—
Or from a gipsy's sunny brow tossed back
In wild and wanton grace—
Or crown-like on the hoary head of Age,
Whose tale of life is well-nigh told—
Or, last, in dreams I make my pilgrimage
To Bethany of old.   I see the feast—the purple and the gold—
The gathering crowd of Pharisees,
Whose scornful eyes are centred to behold
Yon woman on her knees.   The stifled sob rings strangely on mine ears,
Wrung from the depth of sin's despair:
And still she bathes the sacred feet with tears,
And wipes them with her hair.
He scorned not then the simple loving deed
Of her, the lowest and the last;
Then scorn not thou, but use with earnest heed
This relic of the past.   The eyes that loved it once no longer wake:
So lay it by with reverent care—
Touching it tenderly for sorrow's sake—
It is a woman's hair.
Feb. 17, 1862.
# Three Sunsets and Other Poems/After Three Days

AFTER THREE DAYS.
I stood within the gate Of a great temple, 'mid the living stream Of worshipers that thronged its regal state Fair-pictured in my dream.
Jewels and gold were there; And floors of marble lent a crystal sheen To body forth, as in a lower air, The wonders of the scene.
Such wild and lavish grace Had whispers in it of a coming doom; As richest flowers lie strown about the face Of her that waits the tomb.
The wisest of the land Had gathered there, three solemn trysting-days, For high debate: men stood on either hand To listen and to gaze.
The aged brows were bent, Bent to a frown, half thought, and half annoy, That all their stores of subtlest argument Were baffled by a boy.
In each averted face I marked but scorn and loathing, till mine eyes Fell upon one that stirred not in his place, Tranced in a dumb surprise.
Surely within his mind Strange thoughts are born, until he doubts the lore Of those old men, blind leaders of the blind, Whose kingdom is no more.
Surely he sees afar A day of death the stormy future brings;
The crimson setting of the herald-star
That led the Eastern kings.   Thus, as a sunless deep
Mirrors the shining heights that crown the bay,
So did my soul create anew in sleep
The picture seen by day.   Gazers came and went—
A restless hum of voices marked the spot—
In varying shades of critic discontent
Prating they knew not what.   "Where is the comely limb,
The form attuned in every perfect part,
The beauty that we should desire in him?"
Ah! Fools and slow of heart!   Look into those deep eyes,
Deep as the grave, and strong with love divine;
Those tender, pure, and fathomless mysteries,
That seem to pierce through thine.
Look into those deep eyes, Stirred to unrest by breath of coming strife, Until a longing in thy soul arise That this indeed were life:
That thou couldst find Him there, Bend at His sacred feet thy willing knee, And from thy heart pour out the passionate prayer "Lord, let me follow Thee!"
But see the crowd divide: Mother and sire have found their lost one now: The gentle voice, that fain would seem to chide Whispers "Son, why hast thou"—
In tone of sad amaze— "Thus dealt with us, that art our dearest thing? Behold, thy sire and I, three weary days, Have sought thee sorrowing."
And I had stayed to hear The loving words "How is it that ye sought?"—
But that the sudden lark, with matins clear,
Severed the links of thought.
Then over all there fell
Shadow and silence; and my dream was fled,
As fade the phantoms of a wizard's cell
When the dark charm is said.
Yet, in the gathering light,
I lay with half-shut eyes that would not wake,
Lovingly clinging to the skirts of night
For that sweet vision's sake.
Feb. 16, 1861.
# Three Sunsets and Other Poems/Beatrice

BEATRICE.
In her eyes is the living light Of a wanderer to earth From a far celestial height: Summers five are all the span— Summers five since Time began To veil in mists of human night A shining angel-birth.
Does an angel look from her eyes? Will she suddenly spring away, And soar to her home in the skies? Beatrice! Blessing and blessed to be! Beatrice! Still, as I gaze on thee, Visions of two sweet maids arise, Whose life was of yesterday:
Of a Beatrice pale and stern, With the lips of a dumb despair, With the innocent eyes that yearn— Yearn for the young sweet hours of life, Far from sorrow and far from strife, For the happy summers, that never return, When the world seemed good and fair:
Of a Beatrice glorious, bright— Of a sainted, ethereal maid, Whose blue eyes are deep fountains of light, Cheering the poet that broodeth apart, Filling with gladness his desolate heart, Like the moon when she shines thro' a cloudless night On a world of silence and shade.
And the visions waver and faint, And the visions vanish away That my fancy delighted to paint— She is here at my side, a living child, With the glowing cheek and the tresses wild, Nor death-pale martyr, nor radiant saint, Yet stainless and bright as they.
For I think, if a grim wild beast Were to come from his charnel-cave, From his jungle-home in the East— Stealthily creeping with bated breath Stealthily creeping with eyes of death— He would all forget his dream of the feast, And crouch at her feet a slave.
She would twine her hand in his mane: She would prattle in silvery tone, Like the tinkle of summer-rain— Questioning him with her laughing eyes, Questioning him with a glad surprise Till she caught from those fierce eyes again The love that lit her own.
And be sure, if a savage heart, In a mask of human guise, Were to come on her here apart— Bound for a dark and a deadly deed, Hurrying past with pitiless speed— He would suddenly falter and guiltily start At the glance of her pure blue eyes.
Nay, be sure, if an angel fair,
A bright seraph undefiled,
Were to stoop from the trackless air,
Fain would she linger in glad amaze—
Lovingly linger to ponder and gaze,
With a sister's love and a sister's care,
On the happy, innocent child.
Dec. 4, 1862.