. Pine needles, or Sonnets and songs. s^ ffl -f ia • Life, solemn riddle of grim sphinx Time. 59 LIFE. Life, solemn riddle of the grim sphinx Time, Thrust on us toiling oer the worlds rough ground,Where can a wandering CEdipus be found,To solve thy eternal mystery sublime ?Deaths key but opes the gate to fairer climeWhere, beatified by angelic sight and sound,Life melts into the Light and Love aroundThe heavenly throne—is changed by deaths rude rhymeNot solved. . But Love, that, like the magic FluteOf old, bears souls safe through temptations fireDespairs deep flood, or like brave Orpheus lute

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. Pine needles, or Sonnets and songs. s^ ffl -f ia • Life, solemn riddle of grim sphinx Time. 59 LIFE. Life, solemn riddle of the grim sphinx Time, Thrust on us toiling oer the worlds rough ground,Where can a wandering CEdipus be found,To solve thy eternal mystery sublime ?Deaths key but opes the gate to fairer climeWhere, beatified by angelic sight and sound,Life melts into the Light and Love aroundThe heavenly throne—is changed by deaths rude rhymeNot solved. . But Love, that, like the magic FluteOf old, bears souls safe through temptations fireDespairs deep flood, or like brave Orpheus luteRedeems from hell of hate; Love may aspireTo be our CEdipus and tell us whyWe live our little life, and how to die! 60 IN TRINITX- TO THE REV. m***** D**. Preacher! thy words fall on the listening crowdsLike rain on thirsty soil—thou sowest seedFor future crop of goodly thought and and wise, as if with power endowedFrom heaven itself, thou standest proven, vowedTruths champion ; daily teaching purest creed

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