. Home school of American literature: . ses !O men, with wailing in your voices !O delved gold the wallers heap! O strife, O curse, that oer it fall!God strikes a silence through you giveth His beloved sleep. His dews drop mutely on the hill,His cloud above it saileth still. Though on its slope men sow and reap;More softly than the dew is cloud is floated over head. He giveth His beloved sleep. Ay, men may wonder while they scanA living, thinking, feeling man Confirmed in such a rest to keep;But angels say,—and through the wordI think their happy smile is heard,— He giveth His
. Home school of American literature: . ses !O men, with wailing in your voices !O delved gold the wallers heap! O strife, O curse, that oer it fall!God strikes a silence through you giveth His beloved sleep. His dews drop mutely on the hill,His cloud above it saileth still. Though on its slope men sow and reap;More softly than the dew is cloud is floated over head. He giveth His beloved sleep. Ay, men may wonder while they scanA living, thinking, feeling man Confirmed in such a rest to keep;But angels say,—and through the wordI think their happy smile is heard,— He giveth His beloved sleep. For me, my heart that erst did goMost like a tired child at a show. That sees through tears the mummers now its wearied vision child-like on His love repose. Who giveth His beloved sleep. And friends, dear friends, when it shall beThat this low breath is gone from me, And round my bier ye come to one most loving of you allSay, Not a tear must oer her fall ! He giveth His beloved GEORGE ELIOT. THE GREATEST NOVELIST OF THE ANALYTICAL SCHOOL.
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