This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1853 Excerpt: ...Still wave the star-flower and the fern O'er the soft outline of the hill; While, far aloft, where pine trees throw Their shade athwart the sunset glow, Thin vapors cloud the illumined air And parting daylight lingers there. But ah, no longer thou art near, This varied loveliness to see; And I, though fondly lingering ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1853 Excerpt: ...Still wave the star-flower and the fern O'er the soft outline of the hill; While, far aloft, where pine trees throw Their shade athwart the sunset glow, Thin vapors cloud the illumined air And parting daylight lingers there. But ah, no longer thou art near, This varied loveliness to see; And I, though fondly lingering here, To-night, can only think on thee; The flowers thy gentle hand carressed, Still lie unwithered on my breast; And still thy footsteps print the shore, Where thou and I may rove no more. Again I hear the murmuring fall Of water from some distant dell, The beetle's hum, the cricket's call, And, far away, that evening bell; Again, again, those sounds I hear; But oh, how desolate and drear They seem to-night; how like a knell The music of that evening bell. Again the new moon in the west, Scarce seen upon yon golden sky, Hangs o'er the mountain's purple crest With one, pale planet trembling nigh; And beautiful her pearly light As when we blessed its beams last night; But thou art on the far blue sea, And I can only think on thee. THE GARDEN SEPULCHRE. WRITTEN FOR THE CONSECRATION OS THE CEMETEHT AT SWAN POINT. In the faith of Him who saw The eternal morning rise, ' Through the open gates of pearl, On the hills of Paradise; Looking to the promised land, Saw the verdant palms, that ware In the calm and lustrous air, Through the shadows of the grave: In His name, whose deathless love With a glory all divine, Filled the garden-sepulchre, Far away in Palestine; We would consecrate-a place Where our loved ones may repose, When the storms of life are past, And the weary eyelids close;--Fairer than a festal hall Wreath the chambers of their rest;--Sacred to the tears that fall O'er the slumbers of the blest: --Sacred to the hopes that rise Heavenward fr...
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