020 THE WEST SHORE.
wasn't he?" remarked Mrs. Lovelace. tains," said "Old Syc;M and she prom.
M Don't forget to givfl Ella that noto ised.
from Hilly, what you found in tho raoun- E. W. Jones.
THE A NOEL AND DEMON.
Two iitf'r were nitting in itiily one day,
Wnitig two n kt of marhle, gray
With dut aril age;
Nan hitig f'r ii'nn of Uauty and light,
Si' h a wool! j;i v their name a hight
(n futiK' fair page.
The garing wan flu- wan hing wa deep,
Waking full many a memory' tdeep
Of an it iit We;
Vm h eager to raw, In tho marhle. old,
Tin- highest thought in truthful mold,
KVr wen U fore.
I x, fiall one, in hi gaze intent,
An angi I form in thU marhle jrnt
I'll free il now.
It j form In nf Irauty divinely fair,
I( pinion U graceful, it feature ran1,
Art-I radiant Lrow.
Then l"tig did he toil in lTKt fan,
With mallet ari l hiel, hi ekill wa rare,
1 1 in itrke wa wire;
I'-y litt!.' and little the angi I grew,
Aa fair a form an earth e'er know,
And wondrnu pun.
And in thin Mono, Paid liin friend, I hoc
A demon' eye now leering at me,
On evil U'lit;
I fear not hi low, demoniac Hjito.
For my great work, I'll free thin nprite,
In durance pent.
And Homi, in hi Mudio, did appear,
With horn and hoof and trident and leer,
The flendinh sprite.
The thought wa vivil, and faultier the rkill,
S) life-like, the ptiU' of him Would chill
Who faw the night.
And then, in a gallery wide and fair,
Thew wulptored fonnr in contrast ran,
The artiet placed ;
Ka h, in the oiarry, wjij nimply ftone
Now a demon leered and an angel phone,
F.a h truly traeed.
toneH
Ah, men, ye are nctilptijr in heart, not in
Or angel or demon your nkill enthrone,
Tho whirh, ye tell;
Carve thou an angel true joy it will give
HeiiietnU-r, thy wulpture forever munt live,
In heaven or hell.
JolIX N. Pkmkox.