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CHILDHooO REcOLLECrIoNs.
.swsss ssss,y. ~sn.i BY shy s.a,i. s.Is.
OF OP tho strSsa q tias Iahs ~ s.ii;
And yisu The faisy hsosts 81 ioag past hours,
hsThd by fsr ErSessT 'bsdss, iss suss'.T aoSsSs-"
How often 10 oar StsrAsF years does
memory steal back into the dim and sha.
doUy past and casting . lingering look at
the bright star Of childhood, leave rs again
amid hfes saaby hours, surrounded by The
loving aud @loved ose ct home" Ia our
sleeping aud waking fanOies the vision is
before rs. 80 bright asa beautiful, that We
mentally exelSim, i would we're boz
again, innocent, guiltisss, uneobtaninated
by coatSet With the vices aud fOllies Of the
world We greet oROe more cid familiar
faces again We are gathered around the
family altar, the heArt-ielt prayer breathing
heaveovard; the fathers Kind reproof, the
nothers gentle Sone, che merry ribKisR
laugh Of . sister, and the bes1iog eoSnte.
nanees Of scores Of ehildhood's associates
come up before as sbd cast aside for q mo.
meat those clouds Of SoTFOU asd gloon With
which, at ,imes. We envelope ourselves
Bat change has come over our day dreams
The night storm is here aud has brought
uith it saddenihg thoughts--Gho ideal has
vanished, the real is before me, I'm uish
the cold, dull world once eore' The mind
wAnders fer aWAy, Asd the forms OF dear
ones, abseat, appear a. 10 times gone By We
saw them, late ideal pFsssscs, Where are
they hou situated what objects pbassom
like are they puraainRi With nany Of
them lifs's Atful fever over they sleep sell
Remsubraeoes Of happy boars. forever Aos.
log aooa back apos The @e@oFy remind.
ing us that our lives borne apoH ths wings
Of time are being carried swiftly away from
our earthly home .s BE- launched upos the
sea Of stsraity RsrsSell has been uttered
20 the many eSdesFed oaes Who are now
scattered up aud down the earth Some
have toiied up the steep and ragged ascent
10 fame. So@s hun blisg sSrmssives At the
sbrinsof Aa0@Ou, are aSvoting their eneF
gies 70 the Iecunulsti0s of wealth behind
the WestsFn hills. where sinks the sumner .
Sun 90 rest Some, aihs lie mouldsriDR
beneath the golden sands which aIlured tbem
frou AoDe, happiasss and friends 70 dis
tant laSd Some have wandered beyond
he precibeis of ear kaOvisdge, snd are. ve
hops, soatssdisg fssFlsssly 10 Ibs battle. asld
Of life While othsss have gone dOua 70
theiF hsEFos homes.
"As ssshs ssaass's ssa To rest.
- disss ss-s aissn ~ sssss.''
slsubsriHg in pssss fEOn the cares sad trials
Of earth
S1innsHs rsigns sup,ems, lie echo FsysF
hsfAtes viihis my sosE The face Of ua,urs
usaFs 9 sweet smils q sadness, andS III
things ere i@Psss,sd With alooa The Aotss
Of The siBgi0g bird Ess borne 20 ny ear. bat
thsy, toS, are isbasd sitk shs spirit Of The
hear, and fall vYoa ~ uakise Visiou as q
I mslsBehoiy stFAiR BaB sbat - ths sogid J
1 "a dresa WIthih dEeaR'-ss ss Rsou
older, saeb step hes 80 isVArd auakssioE
I TIE ysasb asakes.. asd he thiohs fsom ohih
hOod--ihs fall gross usa dsspisss sha Das.
ssits of yoath - visionary --tAs sld asu
iooks uBoa nanhooa as . fevegish dream -
Is dsasa sbs assl slsspF Nc IL is %.
anal asakoRiagF
Thss kops -, Aass sses,
TFss haSs y suiti - 81 visa sssiisv's wiaes
kisas u Bshss uSas. sal assssF essesasss hs.gs
TIE darkest boar is jasi before day. To
nogsosh sua will sh,0s as brightly. asd
tAsgs b % eight bus has hs mosa Lei
@as - viss, and lsaFs noble deeds free
ths nptaiions Il tiuse, adsgs bi8ssh 70 81
eiScumstsBoss bsAF bsaVsly up asdsg al
! vieissitsdss q foFtass, snd sst ssli his part
/ 'thsrs ail tbs hessF lies - Tgav MsRastas
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