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Within his manger you shall find
Of such he is a lover.

Commingling with a warm soft bed
Of straw and hay together,
For where on earth shall mortal find
Another Floating Feather?


THE ORCHARD OF PALMS. "By the lake of sweet waters, under the palms of the Orchard of Palms."—"Ben-Hur."
THE garden land of Antioch,
  Beyond compare,
Is beautiful with trailing vines
    In clusters fair,

Which yield a shade to passer-by
    And grateful rest
From gleaming sun and noon-day heat
    On tired breast.

Past melon-patches, fig-tree groves
    And scented lime;
Where oranges and lemons thrive
    In that soft clime.

The cedars of sweet Lebanon
    Their boughs droop down,
The traveller can their heads discern
    O'er hill and town.