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Show BY-AND-BY. BT DAVID BATES. There ie an nnpel ever uear, M'hen tuii and truul'le vex and trv, That bid our fainting heart-Make cheer, And whispers to us, "By-and-by." Vfe hear it at our mother's knee; With tender ?niile and lnvp-lit pvp. She arranv-! some boon on ch;ldish plea. Id theea soft accents l,By-and-by." What vifion crowd the youthful breast Whut holy aspiration' hirh Kerve the ynuns heat to do its bet, And wait the promise 'By-and-by. Thp madden sitt'ns; sad and lone. He-- thniurht hnlf uncedfiv-itli a sigh, Kur'e the arrief Rlie will not own. And dreams bright dreams of ''By-and-by." rihe psile younp wife drie- up her tears, And ti'l her restless :nliints cry, To ratrh the cmninR "top. but hPii, k Iiow sudiy whispered "By-and-by." And mmihiiotl with hi strength and will, To hreit life'- ilU and fate dely, Thnirli f;miojmd fortune be his, still Has plans tlmt lie in '-By-and-by." The de-t:tnte, whoe scanty fare , The we:"y task can seance siiuplv, 1 CInat tl:n icrim v:pap? of Despair. .. With II pe's fair promise "By-and-by." Tlie millions whom r.p'pres-nn wrontiP, Send up to heaven their wa'Iin?? crj-, . And, wnih-nir in t lie tyr-an;'s th-mcs, t-till hope tor freedom "by-and-by." Thus f-ver o'er lifeY nigged wny, - . ' Thi ant:'1!, bending fn.ni the sky, BeLnrlc- our sorrows, dav hv dav, With her sweet whisperings "Py-and-by." |