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POEMS.
Passing away! Why here should we stay
Another world brightens with eternal day:
Lighting the pathway beaming and bright,
And leading us onward to eternal light.
Another world brightens with eternal day:
Lighting the pathway beaming and bright,
And leading us onward to eternal light.
Passing away! Why linger we here,
Amid all earth's trials with nothing to cheer,
And live dreary lives till at our God's call
Death at last throws a kind mantle o'er all.
Amid all earth's trials with nothing to cheer,
And live dreary lives till at our God's call
Death at last throws a kind mantle o'er all.
TO BROTHER ALBERT.
Do not lightly cast aside
This simple little rhyme;
But read it over carefully,
When you have a little time.
'Tis written you so earnestly,—
Best wishes of my heart;
I would to you, if possible,
Some little good impart.
Best wishes of my heart;
I would to you, if possible,
Some little good impart.
Brother, my only brother,
A temper you must confess:
Old Satan, how he troubleth,
And robs us of our rest.
A temper you must confess:
Old Satan, how he troubleth,
And robs us of our rest.
