"Sappho, III, 5,"--_Fr. Grillparzer_.
FRANZ GRILLPARZER, a renowned Austrian poet and dramatist, was born in
Vienna, January 15, 1791, and died there January 21, 1872. Among his
noted works are: "Blanche of Castile," "The Ancestress," "Sappho," "The
Jewess of Toledo," "The Poor Minstrel," etc., also two famous poems,
"Waves of Ocean; Thrills of Love," and "In Thy Camp is Austria."
The pure, the beautiful, the bright,
That stirred our hearts in youth,
The impulse to a wordless prayer,
The dreams of love and truth,
The longings after something lost,
The spirit's yearning cry,
The strivings after better hopes,
These things can never die.
"Things that Never Die,"--_Sarah Doudney_.
SARAH DOUDNEY, a noted English writer of fiction, was born near
Portsmouth, England, January 15, 1843. She has written: "Under Grey
Walls," "The Pilot's Daughters," "Nothing But Leaves," "Under False
Colours," "The Lesson of the Water Mill," "The Missing Rubies," "When We
Two Parted," "Through Pain to Peace," "Pilgrims of the Night," "A
Cluster of Roses," "Silent Strings," "One of the Few," "Shadow and
Shine," etc.