PRAYER.
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They both are noble. Both remember me;
And go their separate ways all silently,
Hiding the lack that ne'er will cease to be.
And go their separate ways all silently,
Hiding the lack that ne'er will cease to be.
Their story is a simple one to tell,—
What is more simple than a funeral knell?
They loved each other, and they both loved well.
What is more simple than a funeral knell?
They loved each other, and they both loved well.
She thought him false; her purse-proud friends helped on
The sad delusion; gold his love had won;
And she was proud, and faith was all undone!
The sad delusion; gold his love had won;
And she was proud, and faith was all undone!
Well, I shall live my life out by her side;
Feeling, with all my bitter grief, some pride
That she will fall not, though she be sore tried.
Feeling, with all my bitter grief, some pride
That she will fall not, though she be sore tried.
PRAYER.
The rosy day is fading out
Along the western sky;
And through the mellow summer air
The white cloud-vessels fly;
A breath of odor faint and sweet
Comes from the meadow's breast,
And all the earth, and heaven, lie
Serene in quiet rest.
Along the western sky;
And through the mellow summer air
The white cloud-vessels fly;
A breath of odor faint and sweet
Comes from the meadow's breast,
And all the earth, and heaven, lie
Serene in quiet rest.
The universe sleeps tranquilly
Beneath the eye of God;
Beneath the eye of God;
