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POEMS.
Banish anxious care and fear,
Check the murmur, dry the tear,
Be thy watchwords hope and cheer.
Check the murmur, dry the tear,
Be thy watchwords hope and cheer.
Brood not o'er the cold, dead past,
In the bright beyond thou hast
Summer that shall always last.
In the bright beyond thou hast
Summer that shall always last.
Earth-built nests will fill with snow,
God's time is the best to go;
And the whispering angels know.
God's time is the best to go;
And the whispering angels know.
Time brings to all cares, sorrows, fears,
And private griefs, and secret tears;
But God's heart pities, his ear hears,
And each life-bark the haven nears!
And private griefs, and secret tears;
But God's heart pities, his ear hears,
And each life-bark the haven nears!
