Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1842-10-14

With his ben,nnn' smile the soft fair lines
Breathing of hope, were still all eloquent
Like life well Knocked IN marble. That the voice,
Gone from those pallid lips was heard in IIeavn,
Toned with unearIhly swcenessihat the light
Qucnched IN the closing Of those s;irlcss lids,
Was yelling before God us tmii fire.
New-'t and Frightening Ike a star at eve
That Lazarus her brother, was in bliss
No, with The cod cay scepng-NIary knew.
Her hcaviness of heart was not for him
But close had been the tie by Death divided
The INTERVIEWING locks Of that bright hair
That wiped the feet of Jesus--ihe fair hands
Ola ped IN her GREATNESS wonder while He taught
Scarce 10 one pulse thrilled more N unison,
Than with one soul this sister and her brother
Had locked their lives together. In this love,
Hallowcd from stain, the woman heart Of Mary
Was, with its rich affections all bound up.
Ot an unblemshed beauty, a became
An office by nrchangaIs filled ill now,
She walked with a celestial halo clad;
And while, to the APOSTLE eyes, it seemed
She but fulfilled her errani ont OF Heaven
Sharing her low roof with the son Of God
She was a woman fond and mortal still;
And the de iGrvor, lost 10 pass on's tire,
Breathed through the sisters tenderness In vain
Knew Mary gazing on that face Of clay
Ihatt was her brother H was there
Swathed in that linen vGs'ure for the grave
The same loved one n all his comcnc s.
And with him to the grave her heart must 20.
What though he talked Of her to angels? Nay
Hovered in spirit near her 1T was that arm
Pasied in death, whose ford care, she knew.
II was tina lip OF marble with whose kiss,
Morning and eve, love hcmmed the snce, day in.
This was the form by the Judean mails
Praised FORTS palm-l'.e stature, as he walked
With her by Ketron in ,heeypntile-
The dead was Lazarus!
Tho burial was over, and the night
Fell upon Be,hany-anl mDrn--and noon.
And comfOrters and mOurncrs wcnttheig way
But Death stayed on. They had been oft alone,
When Lazarus had 70 lowed Christ to hear
His teachings in Jerusalem, hu, this
Was more than solitude. The silence nov
Was VOID IF expectation. Sonnet hing,
Always before and loved without Eanc,-
Joy from the air, hope from the opening dor,
Welcome and life fom oil the very walls
Seemed gone-an1 N the chamber where holay
There was fearful lni Undertaking. hush
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Sa, in the house. She knew the honr was nigh
When he world 70 again, rs lie had said,
Into his ,h,r. and she fo't that He.
Who loved her brother Lnz1rasin life,
Had chosen the hour 10 brinu him homethro' Deaf,
In nounkind iorcetniluess Al,nc--
"Tbv will bcdone. O Godr'-bpt,h hat dear hro.he
Had filed the cup and beo'ie the bread for Christ,
And ever :, tbcmorn when she baIknc,t
And washed ,bose b,lv G,c, came Ioz,rns
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