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Show THE GOLDEN GATE. By Madoo Morris Wagnorr fQr Down by the side of the Golden Gato The city stands; Ej Grim and solemn and sllont, watt q Tho walls of land a Guarding- Its door as a treasure fond; g And iioiiD may pass to tho oca beyond, q But tlioy Who trust the kmy of fate, a And pa&s through tiib Goldeh Gate. g The ships go ollt through Its rtafroW door 2 WhltO-Ballcd, ailtl Inribri With flruciods H BtOi-b. 9 White-Balled and laden Willi plucloUs Q freight 3 ' 'I'ho ships botlle bal'k through the Golden 9 Oatb. fl I'hb SUil collies ilp O'er the Kasterii crest, 3 fho slin goes down Id tllb gdlcllm West. And tiic East Is Wbst, arid tllb West is a RBSt. g And tho sun rrom his toll or diy released, y Shines buck through the Golden tj Gate. q Down by tho side or the Golden Gate 3 Tho door or life j Arc resting1 our cities, scu-embowcred, q Whlto-walctl and templed and in,'irbV- a towered The end or strire. a Tho ships have sailed rrom the silent O walls, And over their sailing' the darkness rails. U 0, tho sea Is so dark and deep, and wide! j Will the ships come back rrom the rurthcr q side? a ! "Nay; but there Is no rarther side," j A volco Is whispering across tho tide n "Time Itsoir Is a circle vast EJ j Building the future out of the past. q I The now is old, and 'lie old is new, a I Tho true Is false, and the rnlso Is true. g i And the West Is East, and the East is q West, E And tho sun that rose o'er the Eastern crest, B Gone down In the West of Its circling1 g track, g Forever and ever Is shining back E Through the Golden Gato or lire." I r |