By the Sea, and Other Verses

<h2><SPAN name="JESSICA" id="JESSICA">JESSICA</SPAN></h2> <div class="blockquot"><p>A gentleman once wrote of Elizabeth Fry: "Her name has long been a word of beauty in our household."</p> </div> <div class="poem"><div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">Make thy name a word of beauty,<br/></span> <span class="i2">Like the lily pure and fair,<br/></span> <span class="i0">From its perfumed cup exhaling<br/></span> <span class="i2">Sweetest fragrance on the air.<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">Make thy name a word of beauty<br/></span> <span class="i2">Lustrous as the ocean pearl;<br/></span> <span class="i0">Constant in life's loving service,<br/></span> <span class="i2">Guileless through youth's mazy whirl.<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">Make thy name a word of beauty,<br/></span> <span class="i2">Radiant, steadfast, like a star;<br/></span> <span class="i0">Shedding from a glowing center<br/></span> <span class="i2">Love's effulgence near and far.<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">Aye, we greet thee, rare-sweet maiden,<br/></span> <span class="i2">(Make it evermore thy right),<br/></span> <span class="i0">Jessica&mdash;our word of beauty,<br/></span> <span class="i2">Lily, pearl, and star of light.<br/></span></div> </div> <hr class="chap" /> <div style="break-after:column;"></div><br />