10 FEBRUARY 1877, Page 15

ANGELS' TEARS.

ME lily weeps at even; For vapours, fall'n anew From the clear vault of heaven, Turn at the touch to dew.

""l'is only so heaven's tearless eyes With mortal woes can sympathise.

There lives one purest maiden, Most like the lily-bell, And when her eyes are laden With tear-drops, you can tell The angels' sympathy appears Distilled in those deep eyes to tears. F. W. B.