Life's Success

To-day we stand with half reluctanl Upon the line where past and future . To-day we pause and cast a backward eye, Then turn to where the Eorward prospecta lie. happy memories of early ycars! 0 laughter dayswith fleeting clouds of tears ! ( i pictures set in roses gemmed withdew, With summons glad we cali ye to our view. 5T e day of flret rare fellowship with joy When all the world was bnt i curieus tl IV, We greet ye coming trom the laud of yuutli Where all was new and fair, and all was truth. We look opon that life uithhi a life Ere false and true had entered into strife ; We see the fond delusionsof the child, And sinile, vet pausing, wonder that we smiie. Whai is tliat life bo qoickly paBsed aw ay? brilliaul dawn of a lesa brilliant day, And yct. perchauce, a mirror where we see Reflections of a life Üiat is to be. Now comes the daya when wondering we iearned Of care, restraint, of toil, of leisure car Of weary taska thai must by us be done, - Au April season wiüi its Bhowera and sun. fir lom : What a joy To revel in the haunta of birds and ÖOfl With noisy glee unhindered ways to take In fields and wood, by crysi and lake. Transition yea st beWheu meaningto unfold. When vague ambition filled us with un.Vnd throbbing pur] grew within each in cast. And lat, the years ol rhich üie nv and iiere Are fitting culmiuations ; still bo uear They lack perspective; years must stand afar Before our eyes can see them aa they are. To-day ia harvest; froni the fertile soil We reap a just reward of eainest toil. Not first fruits,- these o'er which we joy to-day, For we have gathered mach along the wav. The seed of learning sowu in fields of niind Quickly mature and manifolds its kind. Seed time and harvest here together go, Sowing we reap, and gathering we sow. What shall we sow? and where? To answer right Means rich reward, a harvest of delight; To answer wrong means unrequited ]ain, With weeds for harvest, and with care for gain. 'Tis ours to look upon the various way And with a careful eye the land survey. What do men there? What wages do they earn? They are our teachers if we choose to leun. (ircat throngs of men, vast multitudes untold Are wearing out their lives for paltry gold. Gold is the master, - they the willing si i ves ; Gold is the sea that drowns them in its waves. Make gold your servant, it will serve you well; Make it your master, yon may still corapel The outward forms of favor; vet will know Thev are but forms, a hypocritdc show. Go fanher, serve it best, you eau find A base entlirallnient of the nobler niind ; Your heart now great with purpose manifold Wil] cease to beat except for gold, gold, gold. ) narrow life ! O pitiful sad life ! O days and years of unrewarded strife ! May we, by happier destinies coutrolled, Not sell our freedom for the bonds of gold. Many are there of learning, strength , and skill, Of ceaseless toil, of energetic will, Deluded ever by hope's fatuous Same, The winning of a widely landed name. Do justly what is yours. Out from the ways May come to you the welcome voice of praise; Yet guide not life byfame, a star untrue Misleading many aa it leads the few. 3uccesg in life is not to win a board oí useless wealth in use.lesa coffera stored ; 'Tia uot to win the fickle crowd's acclaim, Nor gild lite'f disappointments with a name. Succesa in life ia life thai satiefies. Who livea I i gain tli it goal istruly wise. Wisddin air 1 honor come from no estáte. The just, I the wise and truly great.