The human species, according to the best theory I can form of it, is composed of two distinct races, the men who borrow and the men who lend.

Since all the maids are good and lovable, from whence come the bad wives?

How often you are irresistibly drawn to a plain, unassuming woman, whose soft silvery tones render her positively attractive! In the social circle, how pleasant it is to hear a woman talk in that low key which always characterizes the true lady. In the sanctuary of home, how such a voice soothes the fretful child and cheers the weary husband!

Oh call it by some better name, For friendship sounds too cold.

When thus the heart is in a vein Of tender thought, the simplest strain Can touch it with peculiar power.

When true hearts lie wither'd And fond ones are flown, Oh, who would inhabit This bleak world alone?

Thus, when the lamp that lighted The traveller at first goes out, He feels awhile benighted, And looks around in fear and doubt. But soon, the prospect clearing, By cloudless starlight on he treads, And thinks no lamp so cheering As that light which Heaven sheds.