. At early candle light and other poems. JOSEPH EYOND the farthest bourne of Dan Oer lands where Heaven has laid its ban,Like a spent snake the caravan Toward Egypt creeps ;And oft the wistful Jewish slaveLooks westward, where the cedars laveWith murmurous shade his moth-ers grave, Where Rachel sleeps,Till his bright eyes, because of not the chain upon his wrist. From out the loftiest linteled pile,That mingled in the mirrored NileThe lotus on its peristyle With that looks again, thro orbs that swimIn tears, where Jacob, old and dimOf sight, comes chanting Israels hymn O

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. At early candle light and other poems. JOSEPH EYOND the farthest bourne of Dan Oer lands where Heaven has laid its ban,Like a spent snake the caravan Toward Egypt creeps ;And oft the wistful Jewish slaveLooks westward, where the cedars laveWith murmurous shade his moth-ers grave, Where Rachel sleeps,Till his bright eyes, because of not the chain upon his wrist. From out the loftiest linteled pile,That mingled in the mirrored NileThe lotus on its peristyle With that looks again, thro orbs that swimIn tears, where Jacob, old and dimOf sight, comes chanting Israels hymn Of God supreme,. JOSEPH And sobs the purple can not checkHeave the bright chain about his neck. Whoeer for God hath iron worn,Jehovahs gold shall yet adorn. 89

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