The Young Lady's Counsellor by Daniel Wise

THE VOUNG LADY AT HOME. 209
them in their studies and amusemen s. Gently
check any wrong manifestation of character, both m
them and in yourself. By these means, you will
wind cords of enduring affection round their hearts.
They will
love you, and they will also love home for
your sake. And, if your brother should be lured
into the tempestuous seas of passion, your image,
gleaming through
the surrounding mists and vapors,
will revive the strength of his virtue, and mspire him
with the energy to
escape from those foaming breakers
where so many strong men have perished.
Many a brother has fallen for lack of such a vision.
A distasteful home has driven him into sinful
society.
" His father's house
Has unto him become a cheerless den.
His pleasant tales, and sprightly, playful talk.
Which once their social meals were wont to charm,
Now visit them but like a hasty beam
Between the showery clouds."
Parents and sisters lament this sad alienation. Had
they, by mutual affection, made their home a miniature
paradise, — had his sister clothed
U
heiself in the