Wherefore that which you bid me fulfil is more bitter to me than death.

OLD JEWISH PROPHECY DECLARED FULFILLED IN THE BIRTH OF A GREAT PRINCE.

Who doth the captive's prayer fulfil, Making His creatures work His will By means not understood.

yet, dismiss I further care; To the high Gods' decree be everything referred, Who evermore fulfil, what they in thought conceive; It may, in sooth, by men, as evil or as good Be counted, it by us, poor mortals, must be borne.

But so active a man must needs 'fulfil himself in many ways.'

"And, by-the-way," she said, at last, after a long pause, "you have heard how this same Master Hugo proposes to himself to escape from the prison-house of this city, for a season to exercise himself in arms, and so in roving adventure fulfil that which is not granted to a maid, his 'wandering years.'

To Thee, O Lord, I would present My life, and health, and talent, now; Let nothing mar the pure intent And purpose of my solemn vow; But now the covenant blood apply, My feeble act to ratify. Come, sway the sceptre in my soul, Its secret springs adjust and move; Model each word, each thought control, And fill me with the light of love; So shall I do Thy perfect will, As angels, who Thy word fulfil.

It would have been decidedly difficult to live up to such a contract, andas it wereto fulfil every one of the implied specifications!"