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Show I The Scnnldo Ctinpcl. I 1 It hns Btood for ri nrs ty tha lircuklna wares i MthncilRcuf IIiohu 1onniiuliitiinl c'J, Ullli 118 cruy allf. Umikfil l,y tho HMttcroJ J irrars. And lti tower ImH Ion In tlm Ivy's ft j, Anil memorr HIIU w Iipii injr ntli-M tnlixl A Hnronfqulrt nml ntlllnrMt rarer. Blips fltiwly 1 ink. Ilkii u wiiiry wind. To tho chuol Imnl tiy thu Uulluir waves. I rnnrmtier tlm BuMintli mornlnif fulr. When lis hells ow, blent with the set lilnl's rrj', The fnxxi fulks tiimmotxil In early prnjer. Anlllsflni srewr out or Ilia in In cluudi Mifli I.lko a solemn flnirer tlint xil(nn ntoft From don lit mill fenrtoreiMirunnd iiice: And tho rniir nf the orifim. which inlimlcil oft After ulghts of florin Willi tho nwrliiK n.a. I remember tlio tirtdaM and i hrlMenlnits, i Ihosmlllim faces ami while attire. And still to my ears loud memory hrlnes T!io innslo sunir liy tho lllmro choir. I rememlicr tho swet I church festluls. Hint were lino feasts tmlv In rt try way, And, iilasl tlm sorrowful luneruls That sometimes djrkencd tho cliuncol gray. And over around It, tlimush waves of tltno And chmnro nnd illtunen between us roll, tfrreuds a eoluinn ulr, as of ancient rhyme, That si eaks of n st to tlm fecred mill: That whisper of quiet, and Hint, and lovo From tho world and Its trouble remote and free, I.Ike it billow Unit dies In sheltered coro Near tho cliajiel old by the soundlnir sea. And If llfo's sharp euros wool 1 allcm, mr feel Would no'cr Join with fanhlun's by clIIT and fhoro fio lonir as iwlnted from yon retreat Tho llinrvr-llkc splro unit the oroun's roar. Xhouuh Its It lea now o'er a ruin twine. And Its licll Is hushed, and It orsiin cold. My kludied worshiped within lu shrine. And tliclrdusllslaldlnlisehurthiaid old. -Nathan I). Uruor |