Of Paradise the only token
Just left us, 'mid our treasures broken,
Which never can from us be riven,
Sure earnest of the joys of Heaven.
And which, when earth shall pass away,
Shall be our rest on the last day,
When tongues shall fail and knowledge cease,
And throbbing hearts be all at peace:
When faith is sight, and hope is sure,
That which alone shall still endure
Of earthly joys in heaven above,
'Tis that best gift, eternal Love!'
'What have you there?' said Mr. Mohun, who had come towards them
while Claude was reading the lines. Taking the paper from Claude's
hand, he read it to himself, and then saying, 'Tolerable, Lily; there
are some things to alter, but you may easily make it passable,' he
went on to his own place, leaving Lilias triumphant.
'Well, Claude, you see I have the great Baron on my side.'
'I am of the Baron's opinion,' said Claude, 'the only wonder is that
you doubted it.'
'You seemed to say that love was good for nothing.'
'I said nothing but that Lily has a rhyme.'
'And saying that I was silly, was equivalent to saying that love was
nothing,' said Lily.
'O Lily, I hope not,' said Claude, with a comical air.
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