The Prairie Path

Upon the brown and frozen sod The wlnd'a wet Bngen shake the rain; ïhe bnre shrabs shiver in tho blast Ajralnst the drippinsr wlndow-pane. Insirió, rtnuura süariow haunt tho room, Th6 Btokenng lin-Hhts rise and fall Anti I kiiow nol whnt st raufie nape.9 L'pon the palo RTay parlor whH. Ife'll)ut do nol see these things - My soul sfaBdft Ouder otber a Tbero is i wondrous radlanoe cornos Betweei iny eyellds aiui my cyoa. I Beem t-, pull down :it mj teel Goil's (ïontitin MowM'i's, u on I prtss ■J'hr-,i(rii :i green prairie .still aui.iweot With blowiiiK vine ani biotrinpr trrass. And thcu - uh' whoiioooan hehavocome? - I feel a smaU hiirul mucliiiiK' mine; Our vuiura ti r.-it are llko the hrcutb That aways the graas and soentod vine. But olearer frow tbe obUdisb Tords Of Kfript nuil of Hindostán; An'l Arobie's teUlng me agaln XVhcre hi' will p wheu he's a man. TIjo Bmoll of pino is strainfoly Went With indat-wood and broken spioe And oorei r oalamus; the Howers (ni'w into ffema ot wondnjus prico. Waait down ín the gram and dröam; ITis face f''"ws Btrangely lright andtalr: I think it is the amber rlcam Of suiisut in his pali fruM liair. Hm while I look Isee 11 pnth Aoross the prairie tn tho ligbt; And Arobie with his sinall 1 tre fee! Has almost passed Dayond tn.r iht. CpoD my beart there t suiilc, upon my ears asofi adlouí lace Ihe glory in taoo, Andknuwi dreams have all cometrue. Sotne day i shi!i k henoe and hotne Wt Bhali ti henee, I mean to Bay( Andas wc pass nhoals of Time, " .My brother," I shall, pluadlng, say, 'Thor was apon the prairie wido A spot so dearto thre and me, I fain wou ld seo tt ero wr walk The lields ot Immortulitv."