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Show Streets of ByeatidBye j H O, shun the tpot, my youthful friends, I urge you to Imwnrc! BrculllnB la the pleasant way, and softly soft-ly breuthcM the nlr; Tet none hne ever pnssed to scenes ennobling, en-nobling, Rrrnt nml IiIkIi, Who on-o beenn to linger In tho street ot lly-iinil-bye, How varied are tho Imnges arUlng to my rlRht. Of thoeo who wished to nhun tho wrong, who loved nnd prized the rlehtt Yet from the xllkcn bonds or sloth they vainly 8trot to fly. Which held them Kently prisoned In the street of Hy-nnd-bye. A youth aspired tn climb tha height of LenrnliiK's lofty hill; What dimmed his firlnlit Intelligence? whnt quelled hts earnest will? Why did tlio object of hlu quest still mock his wistful eye? Too lotiK, nlasl he tarried In the street of Uy-and-byo. "My projects thrive." tho morchnnt said; "when doubled Is my store How freely shall my ready gold bo showered show-ered among tlio poor!" Vast crew his wealth, yet strove he not EH tlio mourner's tear to dry; KaiiH lie never Journeyed onward from the BH street of By-and-byel HH "Forgive thy erring brother, he has wept El nnd Buffered long!" KH 1 snld to ono; who answered "lie hath IH done me grfevous wrong; M Yet will I seek my brother, nnd forgive jH him cro IH Alas! Denth shortly found him In tho IH street of Iiy-and-byc! IH The wetirled wnrdllng muses upon lost jH nnd wasted days, jH Resolved to turn hereafter from the er- HLiH ror of his wnys, HH To lift his groveling thoughts from earth. UsiH and fix them on thu sky; HH Why does he linger fondly In the street IHH of Ily-und-byo? HjiH Then shun the spot, my youthful friends; K'lsiH work on whllo yet you may; ilM Let not old ago o ertako you as you XeH slothfully delay, fijiB Lent you should gnzo around you, and itfLH discover with a sigh, WM You hmo reached tho houso of "Never" KM by the street of "By-nnd-bye!" WM Mrs. Abdy. ajjH |