The
quiet stranger had sprawled very pyrotechnically out on the sidewalk.
In the village the chief maintained perfect
quiet. He would permit no one to approach the sleeping visitor, nor any singing, nor loud talking.
A blue-eyed grass looked down on the worm, As it silently turned away, And cried, "Thou wilt harm our delicate leaves, And therefore thou canst not stay." Then a sweet, soft voice, called out from far, "Come hither, poor worm, to me; The sun lies warm in this quiet spot, And I'11 share my home with thee." The wondering flowers looked up to see Who had offered the worm a home:
Its rosy face smiled kindly down, As the friendless worm drew near; And its low voice, softly whispering, said "Poor thing, thou art welcome here; Close at my side, in the soft green moss, Thou wilt find a quiet bed, Where thou canst softly sleep till Spring, With my leaves above thee spread.
He had
quieted Lady Lundie--he had even
quieted Blanche.
On our return in the morning (28th) we were delighted to find all quiet, and the men employed in their canoes spearing fish.
The first and last word was "yammerschooner." When, entering some quiet little cove, we have looked round and thought to pass a quiet night, the odious word "yammerschooner" has shrilly sounded from some gloomy nook, and then the little signal-smoke has curled up to spread the news far and wide.
Another told, how he had wondered much that one so delicate as she, should be so bold; how she had never feared to enter the church alone at night, but had loved to linger there when all was quiet, and even to climb the tower stair, with no more light than that of the moon rays stealing through the loopholes in the thick old wall.
Then, when the dusk of evening had come on, and not a sound disturbed the sacred stillness of the place--when the bright moon poured in her light on tomb and monument, on pillar, wall, and arch, and most of all (it seemed to them) upon her quiet grave--in that calm time, when outward things and inward thoughts teem with assurances of immortality, and worldly hopes and fears are humbled in the dust before them--then, with tranquil and submissive hearts they turned away, and left the child with God.
'A
quiet little vicarage, with an ivy-clad porch, an old-fashioned garden, and--'
I shall go for her, and you've only got to bottle up your rapture, and keep Beth
quiet till that blessed lady gets here."
He sat
quiet in a corner, with his fat hands hanging over his thick knees, and his head down, and his eyes looking at nothing.
Life in the brick house had gone on more placidly of late, for Rebecca was honestly trying to be more careful in the performance of her tasks and duties as well as more
quiet in her plays, and she was slowly learning the power of the soft answer in turning away wrath.
That's why, intending to be in Venice some weeks, possibly all summer, and having some literary work, some reading and writing to do, so that I must be
quiet, and yet if possible a great deal in the open air-- that's why I have felt that a garden is really indispensable.
