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Show Across th Hills. Across tho hills nndffar boyond, whero daylight dies nndjyot again is born, There lies a countryjwond'rous fair. Beyond tho purple rlmTJ)f mist that girds the valley dowrijbelow Thero lies a land Ivdrenmed about, a land I longod tgjknow; Tho stars stood sentinel at dusk and beckoned, & i Yet I dared noil go. W Across theso hills n wandering soul camo to a child nnd nsilt grew It sung a promise of-return, Till tho life's great hopSbocamo a chain nnd the spirit knewjjbut bitter pain. For Us tasks undone wpro fetters of lead nnd a weary Hfo seemed all In vain, For tho master passion would not bo still Nor the soul at rest again. It wns out of bounds In a realm unreal, as a summer star In a silver sea Thnt countorfelts its light; Unreal and hopclesa and nfnr, Fato meted met-ed It out nnd gave it mo And bid mo accept this lonoly thing and smllo on life and be free And light of heart nnd hnppy aye For all eternity. And I crlod aloud in my hour of grloi for a comfort In my gloom To frighten death away. Across tho hills stole a kindred soul from tho Infinite long ago And my dream amo true at last In yog . hero In the afterglow, And you led me awny aoross the blue Whither I longed to go. -Poroy F. Montgomery. |