. Beautiful gems from American writers and the lives and portraits of our favorite authors . uponthe great sea of life,—what joys, what op-portunities, what af-fections, are slippingfrom him. But //67i, you arethere. The fire-lightglimmers upon thewalls of your cher-ished home, like theVestal fire of old up-on the figures ofadoring virgins, orHke the flame of Hebrew sacrifice, whose incense bore hearts to heaven. The bigchair of your father is drawn to its wonted corner by the chimney-side; his head,just touched with gray, lies back upon its oaken top. Little Nelly leans upon hisknee, looking
. Beautiful gems from American writers and the lives and portraits of our favorite authors . uponthe great sea of life,—what joys, what op-portunities, what af-fections, are slippingfrom him. But //67i, you arethere. The fire-lightglimmers upon thewalls of your cher-ished home, like theVestal fire of old up-on the figures ofadoring virgins, orHke the flame of Hebrew sacrifice, whose incense bore hearts to heaven. The bigchair of your father is drawn to its wonted corner by the chimney-side; his head,just touched with gray, lies back upon its oaken top. Little Nelly leans upon hisknee, looking up for some reply to her girlish questionings. Opposite, sits yourmother; her figure is thin, her look cheerful, yet subdued;—her arm perhapsresting on your shoulder, as she talks to you in tones of tender admonition, of the days that are to come. The cat is purring on the hearth;the clock is ticking on the great table in the middle of theroom, with its books and work, waitsonly for the lighting of the eveninglamp, to see a return to its stores oiembroidery, and of THE GLIMMERS UPON THE WALLS OF YOUR HOMK
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