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Show 'H& aiilf-BiokcTiio noUo-iet me'die qutet- parturols dt jiandf,carth l8 fading from I its;!isTioif Timo.'- Ii)'gliding -sfrontij'itsl prcncelIIdpcsjthat cluster,, around j ydttngjifc';. that-'swclC in, the bosqn'i'iof mahhodd,' fiiiyo'falle'n:? romf nrouiid.it. 'fik'o.i the'forest leavesivhbnUio frostepfauturah'! haVo chilled theni unto death; Ambitidn with Its Jjojldyf :prpmlse and; pride,,witli ' Its lpftyjpdk,'.haye,! -Vanished 'ayay7 Tho i woridVwitU itdeccjffulncssj-'plea itS;glded tempta'tidns,drdgoue'a itn'utter "dostructidu-pf all that1 titn'o promised, prom-ised, ?it;mpst start; dnjtssolbmn journey across the 'valley of tho ;sliadow of death I. ";;ilakb no noiscl'? "Ccthp tuinult pf.lifp cbasdi' 'Lbt '"no sdund' breat -the soul's communion wlth'Itscif, cro St starts Onits retnrnless, flight; Trouble it not with, accents ac-cents .'of sorrow. Let the tear stand still on.thp cheek of nflcctippt and let npt tho wailjng of grief break the solemn! silence Puttie- death, scene. Let'il cathcr! the aCcdnta that como from within the dark shadow' of ctcrnltyr saying to it.comp home. Afar oir the music camp, floating to it in tho air'. Tis tlie $pund of licayen-lybarps licayen-lybarps touched by yiewlesVfingers. Mar-not Mar-not the harmony by the discord, pf earth. ''Let-md' die qtiietlyT' Tho cOmmottou's, of ifiVh(j:strife.uud warrfng.with bumaa : Uesriuyriro,pvcrYcaltbJ acctulatea inust bpscattercd -:bdhdrs l wdn:iriusVbo' TCs1gh't'and4aU Uio-irinutphaha gdmd .witliin .thoiTange'bf humaii- achievements must-be thrownawdv riip pastj with its traIsi.itstransessious: accumulated csppusiblillUea its "jcHrtgtujcoKiits yanisljcd. hop1es,is jeudcxiug tip iq Ihd future:accdunt disturb' iipt "tho jrif6t;.of ttawfurreckbning. .'"SpcaKndt of fading memories,5' '".Pf f affections wliosd " dbjects perish, ih-their jpvclinesrliIco tho , flowers of siiring,dr'!3vJ!th'crJ, ina slW ccay Talk notpf nVdarly hpino vwhcrO lovid dues liuger,wherd ' rt Seat' will goon be "Vacant a clierislicd'totcehuslied for ever, or of tho. desolation that; will seat itself y tho hearthstone. T,hp,soul is at peace witk 0dJdj let it pass calmly awuy, , Heaven is opening upon, its' vision, Tho bright turretsi tho fall spires, the holy domes of- tlio Eternal City are emerging front the. spectral darkness, and the glory of the JMps.t-Highi? dawning around them. The white throue is irlisteninfir in the dis tance, and tho white-robed angels are bcqkoning the weary spirit to its everlasting everlast-ing homo. What i3 life that it should ,be cluug to longer? "What are the joys of tho world that they should bo regretted?. "What bas earth to place before the upfrlt of a man to tempi, Its stay or turn it from its eternal rest? lifgisier. |