"You little darling!"

They were washed by the Autumn tempest, They were trod by hurrying feet, And the maids came out with their besoms And swept them into the street, To be crushed and lost forever 'Neath the wheels, in the black mire lost, The Summer's precious darlings, She nurtured at such cost!

"They fit my friend Lord Highcliffe's case to a T. He was for a time the spoiled darling of fortune; she caressed him as she caresses few menand now she is breaking him on her wheel; and the caresses, of course, make the breaking all the harder to bear.

A pleasant sight; but the pleasantest sight of all was to see the little bright-eyed brown darlings clustering round him who was indeed their father in God; who had delivered them from misery and loneliness, andin the case of the girlstoo probably vice likewise; and drawn them, by love, to civilisation and Christianity.

Her mistress talked with her every day about the lost darling; but of course such suspicions were not to be mentioned to her.

"Bless you, my own brave darling!"

Each of the little brown darlings got its share, the boys putting them into the flap of their waistcloths, the girls into the front of their veils; and some of the married women seemed ready enough to follow the children's example; some of them, indeed, were little more than children themselves.

My shy, sweet darlings, in your green leaves curled, Bright eyes, sometime you will all vainly look For me, your lover.

These same negroes, whom we hear claimed, at one moment, as petted darlings whom no allurements can seduce, are denounced, next instant, as fiends whom a whisper can madden.

"His younger son Murray was a refined, highly educated man, and was, moreover, the apple of his father's eye, as he was the spoilt darling of Dublin society; good-looking, a splendid dancer, and a perfect rider, he was the acknowledged 'catch' of the matrimonial market of Ireland, and many a very aristocratic house was opened hospitably to the favourite son of the millionaire.

BELLA WILFER, a lovely, wilful, lively spoilt darling.

Chime, ye dappled darlings, Through the sleet and snow.

Sweet mistress, grant to poor Tenacity The keeping of this golden darling money: Chill vow to thee, so long as life shall dure, Under strong lock and key chill keep him vast and sure. VAN.

This is a day long to be remembered in my domestic annals, as it carried to the tomb the gem of a once happy circle, the cherished darling of it, in the person of a beloved, beautiful, intellectually promising, and only son.

A sad end to such a joyous youth as hers had been, you would have said; but, in truth, her new work was soothing to her: her heart was simply in harmony with suffering, with death and desolation, and by degrees she found that comfort from her double sorrows in doing her best to bring comfort to others which it may be she could never have found had she been the pampered darling of some wealthy house.

II suppose I let her think," said Sarah, leaning her head against Lady Mary's knee, "that some dayif he is still idiotic enough to wish itand if you don't mind" "My pretty Sarahmy darling!"

Chime, ye dappled darlings, Through the sleet and snow.

" "Oh, you true woman-hearted darling

"The spoon was at her lips, the dear little helpless darling!"

If you feel, and have feeling, then I know I shall be able this very day to say with a tranquil mind: My Constanze is the virtuous, honourable, discreet, and faithful darling of her honest and kindly disposed, "MOZART.

I wrote to Mr. Daly and said: "You've got a girl in your company who is the most lovely, humorous darling I have ever seen on the stage."

Kitty is a darling, an immense sense of humour, perfectly indifferent about dress, and as lanky and unshaped a figure as any sporting Englishwoman; when she comes to stay with us at Valmond she only brings two frocks for even a big party!

To Hester and the old squire at Folking the incarceration of that injured darling was the one thing in all the world which now required attention.

I am sure I should feel keenly hurt if it was ever said that my poor innocent darling haunted the place.

He was so far influenced by the earnest entreaties of his disconsolate wife, that it was determined in three days he should with a strong cavalcade accompany his darling invalid to the charmed waters of Bamee[=a]n.