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Show The Birth of Cain. All day Ioiir Eve wearied fnr the k-ardon. Not for her the comfort Adam knew Ah Iip wnlched the vvlio.it enrs ylovvly hnrdrn. Ah the plaited roof nbove him Brew. 'Tor the sake of nil my lilies, pardon, God." she prayed, "rIvo back my violets vio-lets blue." Adatn, sovvlnic, untchlnc. Inter renplnp. Wrestling with the enrth and life and fa to. Knew no drenms fur vve.irlnenH in sleep-Ins. sleep-Ins. Knew no Brief. Hut curly Mill nnd late Eve In dreams beheld the iiiikcI keeping Watch benldc tno ever-hidden Kate, Till to Adam came a wondrous calling. Sleeping hope like Hume began to burn. " "l'ls God'H mesnenger," hu thought, "recalling, "re-calling, Eden gain sjands wide nnd we return." Thin he knew whose voice, all song foro-stalling. foro-stalling. Held all Juy and sadness turn In turn. "My beloved sings," lie said; "no other. She would cheat my heart and hide her pain." So went In, undreaming of another. In the shndovvrd place where she had lain, lladlant nnd trnnsllgurcd. Eve, the mother. Leaning on her elbow, sang to Cain. Living Age. |