21 DECEMBER 1878, Page 12

POETRY.

COMPANIONS. Slum: farewell to Sorrow : Give to Joy good-morrow : And charge him to continue A quiet reign within you.

Smile farewell to Gladness : Take the hand of Sadness, And wistfully beseech her To be your tender teacher.

So shall both befriend you, And to the grave attend you ; There Sorrow from you sever : Joy go with you ever.

THE AUTIIOR OF "SONGS OF KILLARNEY."