Songs of a Life-Time (Paperback)

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. 1888 Excerpt: ...sign and no word--Not a watchman was startled, no aspen leaf stirred; Not a shadow was thrown on the moonlighted wall As he passed up the stairway and flitted through hall; But alone, to the meek, holy sleeper, was given The summons which opened the portals of heaven. Where, ah where was the priest who, on ocean, o'er wild, Had tracked his least steps with the awe of a child; And what spell had the night, when a deacon so true Felt no chill in the air as the death-arrow flew Where the young, who all loved him with that deep emotion, Which is half of affection and half of devotion; For they caught in the sanctified grace of his mien The soft gleam of a nimbus no meekness could screen I Sudden But Not Unprovided. go Where the old he instructed, the wise who revered, Where the poor he had succored, the sick he had cheered, Where the homeless he sheltered, and tell me, O where Were the strayed lambs, now safe in the fold by his care?4 For the morning dawned blankly upon that still face So benignant in goodness, effulgent in grace; And the hand, ever lifted in benison, lay Pulseless, lifeless, a sorrowful relic of clay Cease thy questioning sigh, cease thy subtle complaint, And adore the hushed wonders of God in His saint; Hidden life, hidden death --hidden crown now adorns The mild brow which but asked for a circlet of thoms; For the angels took place of poor mortals beside His peaceful death-bed and gave praise as he died; And the ages will seal what with tears we record Of the might of his prayer and the fruit of his word. July S, 1SS3. 200 A Family Motto. A FAMILY MOTTO. INSCRIBED TO PROFESSOR GEORGE ALLEN, LL. D. PON a gravely fashioned shield, V- In gold upon a sahle field A plain, crusader's cross: Words scarce can tell at what a loss The w...