The mud-king's daughter : and other tales . organ; thepsalms that were written in the old book underthe dead ones head. The moon shone downupon the grave; but the dead one was nothere: every child could go safely, even at night, 152 GKANDMOTHER. and pluck a rose there by the churchyard wallA dead person knows more than all we livingones. The dead know what a terror wouldcome upon us, if the strange thing were to hajvpen that they appeared among ns: the dea<iare better than we all; the dead return nomore. The earth has been heaped over thecoffin, and it is earth that lies in the coffin;and t
The mud-king's daughter : and other tales . organ; thepsalms that were written in the old book underthe dead ones head. The moon shone downupon the grave; but the dead one was nothere: every child could go safely, even at night, 152 GKANDMOTHER. and pluck a rose there by the churchyard wallA dead person knows more than all we livingones. The dead know what a terror wouldcome upon us, if the strange thing were to hajvpen that they appeared among ns: the dea<iare better than we all; the dead return nomore. The earth has been heaped over thecoffin, and it is earth that lies in the coffin;and the leaves of the hymn-book are dust, andthe rose with all its recollections has returnedto dust likewise. Bnt above, there bloom freshroses; the nightingale sings and the orgausounds, and the remembrance Kves of the oldgrandmother, with the mild eyes that alwayslooked young. Eyes can ne^ver die! Ourswill once behold grandmother again, youngand beautiful, as w^hen for the first time shekissed the fresh red rose that is now dust in FIVE OUT OP ONE SHELL.
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