. Beautiful gems from American writers and the lives and portraits of our favorite authors . 0 fallen ! so lost! the light withdrawnWhich once he wore !The glory from his gray hairs goneFor evermore! Kevile him not,—the Tempter hath A snare for all!And pitying tears, not scorn and wrath, Befit his fall. Oh ! dumb be passions stormy rage, When he who mightHave lighted up and led his age Falls back in night. Scorn ! would the angels laugh to mark A bright soul driven,Fiend-coaded, down the endless dark. From hope and heaven ? Let not the land, once proud oi him now, Nor brand with deep
. Beautiful gems from American writers and the lives and portraits of our favorite authors . 0 fallen ! so lost! the light withdrawnWhich once he wore !The glory from his gray hairs goneFor evermore! Kevile him not,—the Tempter hath A snare for all!And pitying tears, not scorn and wrath, Befit his fall. Oh ! dumb be passions stormy rage, When he who mightHave lighted up and led his age Falls back in night. Scorn ! would the angels laugh to mark A bright soul driven,Fiend-coaded, down the endless dark. From hope and heaven ? Let not the land, once proud oi him now, Nor brand with deeper shame his dimDishonord brow. But let its humbled sons, instead, From sea to lake,A long lament, as for the dead. In sadness make. Of all we loved and honord, noughtSave power remains,— A fallen angels pride of thoughtStill strong in chains. All else is gone; from those great eyes The soul has fled :When faith is lost, when honor dies, The man is dead ! Then pay the reverence of old days To his dead fame;Walk backward with averted gaze, And hide the shame ! 1!«. \ B\^-^-V\VN_KC^. Cf\yiBRIDGc. MASS ^-<5-»^s-<*^i-^s«*V ^y%
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