Supper Flies And Other Pieces a Christmas Booklet of Original Verse
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keystone of lofty arch That springs beneath The hand of Time, And joins the Past, we partly know, To Future, mist-enveloped bow. 'Twas said by mighty Emperor, " That if ' To-day ' Went by unstarred By deed of mercy, it was lost !" A nobler saying lips ne'er crossed. Sometimes a mortal, fairy- touched, Makes golden threads Of bright to-day, And weaves them in a garment fair ; Such texture is the moth's despair. OF LIFE, OF DEATH, AND AFTEK. Majestic king of wave, Cresting towards the shore, As t...hough the earth a slave He loved to lord it o'er ; A beckoning finger seemed to me To make my home upon the sea. 26 I built my hut quite near, And each, day loved to sight The ships that passed, and hear Voices, and look for light ; But, oh ! I longed that I might be A happy sailor on the sea. On land I had my work So I might bread to eat ; The wolf I'd known to lurk, And hard he is to cheat ; But when I loosened from the strain Towards the sea again, again. I swam a little way From off the sandy shore One glorious summer day, Sea said, " Return no more.
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