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At Elberon

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Day
23
Month
February
Year
1883
Copyright
Public Domain
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Prostratc he lay in wan attcnuation, The patiënt sutlerer on hia weary bed, Forwhom the ileep heart-pulses of the nation Still throbbed, 'twixt hope and dread! When the great church bell rom a neighboring stceple Outpoured its solemn musie, elcar and liigh, And to their temple porch the museful peo pie Passed with grave faces by, 'Oh! wife," he said, "what can thls wesk-day ringing Of fi.ibhnth bells. and this eoneourfte be?' "They meet, dear love. tor prayer and saered Whilo both shall rise for thee." Then the truc wife, o'erbornc by passionate it 'iling, Her bravely-tender eyes all molst and dim, Beside her hero's coueh devoutly kneeling, Pourod forth her soul for him. And he, liis hope in heavenward exaltation. Raised from waste levéis of a vague despair, CouM hear sweet tones of holv ministration Float down the noontide air. He heard the organ's deep, harmonieus thunder Roll, like the long swell of a towering wave, Wliile pealing voiees thrilled aud throbbed thereuuder Aud iilled the eehoing nave. Bnt when the organ ceased its last pulsation. Hushed into 6ilence : f rom the lof ty ehoir One voiee uprosc, whose magie modulation Snemed l)orn of (lew and flre. It soared as if to storm tire Heavenly Portal, Aud win, thro' fervors of divino desire, A merciful flat from the reaira immortal,- That voice of dew aud flre. Tül earnest soals, spellbound and melting Hstened, For all worc captured by a strange surprise, While the fair lids of malas and niatrons gMstened O'cr droopiug tear-bright eyes. Andho, for wliom such yearning prayers ascended, brcatli, Feit that bis fate must still bc pure and srlendid, If Life prevalledor Death - Paul Hayne in öooil Cheer. The magniflceiit soprano of Mrs. Childs of Plriladelphia.

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