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Show j INTERPRETERS. H ! . .1 i By Charlotte Decker. B I Within the convent ga.dn, pale and tall, H' The stately lilies broathe a fragrant prayer, ! Tho popples dream but through the broken wall Mt The wistful roses scent the wider air. I So, in our strongholds, far, from toll and mart, j Sheltered from all the world, pale fancies grow, R': , And idyls fair, and dreams that bloom apart j In cherished shrines no alien eye may know. H Yet now and thon, as through tho crumbling stone Hi The braver blossoms thrust their precious dole, HI Some noble deed has barriers o'erthrown HI To waft tho clustered fragrance of thp soul! HP Now York Sun. |