Inspiration

 The following lines on "Inspiration" were penned by Bishop Doane, of Albany N.Y.:

Inspiration

Chisel in hand stood a sculptor boy,

With his marble block before him;

And his face lit up with a smile of joy

As an angel dream passed o'er him.

He carved that dream on the yielding stone

With many a sharp incision;

In heaven's own light the sculptor shone,

He had caught that angel vision.

Sculptors of life are we, as we stand,

With our lives uncarved before us;

Waiting the hour when, at God's command,

Our life dream passes o'er us.

Let us carve it then on the yielding stone,

With many a sharp incision;

Its heavenly beauty shall be our own--

Our lives, that angel vision