. Book of the Royal blue . THE B.\I,TIM0UK * OniO |!;)KC.\FE C.\RS IX USE OX !. UK ilih ».6TKM The Traveler By ESTHER JACKSON WIRGMAN Night falls and {rom the quiet heightsI see the twinkHng village lights,As one by one in turn they show,Dear and familiar, far below. This one, doth a poor widow light,Who hard must toil both day and , by a bed of pain, doth showHow love and mercy brightly glow. Yonder, a booklover late doth read;Another, dancing feet must ! listen! look! against the nightShines out a strange, more brilliant light. For as the moon

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. Book of the Royal blue . THE B.\I,TIM0UK * OniO |!;)KC.\FE C.\RS IX USE OX !. UK ilih ».6TKM The Traveler By ESTHER JACKSON WIRGMAN Night falls and {rom the quiet heightsI see the twinkHng village lights,As one by one in turn they show,Dear and familiar, far below. This one, doth a poor widow light,Who hard must toil both day and , by a bed of pain, doth showHow love and mercy brightly glow. Yonder, a booklover late doth read;Another, dancing feet must ! listen! look! against the nightShines out a strange, more brilliant light. For as the moon bedims the headlight, with its fiery the old familiar lightsWith all its lure of distant sights. And while my eyes with mists are wetOf longing, restless, vague regretWith that bright traveler forth to roam. I H ow near a nd d ear is nome; *l r. KS AT DEAL BE Am

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