The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1875-12-19

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1ssss chrsss sssS9 DS%no g1s Gansn9u' snsn,
Hic slbi tandem sit,ds sM,ds,s dsScE1% SaTn5nn
Ne tibi. vero, Pa,er ct PAirone,
slmup graft, tateamur nitro
Hic preces veetras valnisse plane
sine Patii lsudss. pa,ilique Pror,
Flamini eanoto Paceant Sdem,
Umne per ovum. Amen
Aubrey de vere's contribution consists of the
following f We sounets:
THE PAST.
Not vain the faith and patieIo % of the saints!
Not yas. sad Isle Thy any am, oepsarisd @ ;.s woes!
Is spis1dor; and t6e Shs.tered forest's piaints
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Recedes like some long tract left waste by war,
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In nS ruined lined csanoei sas T ana on rainy moor:
BEHOLD the great reward i. come! Arise, -,
Throne tie new rites-the creed and worship old!
THE PRESENT AND THE FUTURE.
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oer if tee .hsnSsts FSl the yspoT. .oud: d..
plass the .s sSyas bloSf
Sole throned upon her adamant.ne Rock.
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Tay GOD thee
Isle of the Saints, Thy task iS thine once more;-
THE NOBLE REVENGE.
| The nations stood around thee. frowning some.
Some ooldly plying WI when en- thy Thy head lay low
When Babel mourns, and Salem hath Q oercomef
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When anareh Peoples, hurled from wealth to woe.
when from the mother night his penal prison,
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(No God predicted. but Q Ffend new.risenl
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RELIGIONS GIFT TO THE NATIONS.
Irelandi the iawless child thy lawlessness:-
sIenstbenpg Gods Law ts throne to
lGsay ,Sn.
G,1 With spirtaai I lsh1 the that gloom
BEHOLD ths Ns,iHnss asH live I've y TrPta Gl.
T5s 'Sai Sais % eiroisS o9tss Msynoesh
En- Soass ts Rsnns With Sss endure
The creed unchanged ;-the hesl tsiok ations'
THE FOUNDATION STONE.
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Descend. we'll pleased. into the eternal night;
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For God . covenant upon thee doth write:
HE ho!s By
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THE dsy dsy hsF Rnst Wss
/ And these are Father FarreIi's lines:
DAYS that Az lODged for sometimes never dawn
Days that are grsyod for seldom sS fail fail 70 come;
ouE long night through which saints
Their vision, weary waiting for the dawn.
1t comes, . whito day rising on q Church
MisSs sSsS ali i'6 be soid on anse:s q one hand.
6r4 ss SS Win Win s sss'' chalk
e. Gd Sp SDss in dust
A white stone chiselsd for the place II FITS,
The stTokes that made 1t ready for this day
A atone on which the consecrating hands
OF Prelates rest, who not alone bear up
Ths stained SOries of the past
shSss Be-
nd meantime m n besmear the Church of God
} In hope to draw the gnats that sting to death.
Stone. drawn to thy place by prayerful hearts.
Fixed il thy P PiHeo of for vIsSy %1ny Gn aGS S to be
such zeal As loves to lavish an its store
that which burn within the hearts that raised
Their shrines, of old, within the hidden cavs:-
Yet not 60 hidden but that sometimes resch'd
he frightened tho tramp of armed men
/, Yet not so hidden but that sometimes reaoh'd
The that prayd the sword that seepd the pray
In lne-bood guTgung DER the startled lips
D Stone, deacea ad into thy destin'd homo
\ And keep The memories ever green that folm
. | The heirlooms Of the eoattered Irish race.
| Ay scatter'd-For If others recognize
| Al Church trium phant suffering militant
. ireland boast, beside an Exile Church.
! That in dark days hed westward from the grasp
! OF tyranny and bigot insolence,
. And. calling toward the set raisd the Cross
, In the lone regions Of the unPeopled West
, Raia'd, too, o people, who. with us. shall bless
God that We live TO see day like this
) That Exile Church will join its Mother Church
To greet this day that hIDgs upon our hopes
4 The blood red light that flames from out past
OF precious memories whence our hopes are born
! A soattered race-Sor not alone we claim
| A kinship with our brotbors beyond seas.
But kindred with that Irish race that sits
Beyond the stars about the feet OF God,
And hIngs its crowns in rapture at His feet,
Because this day has come to those 1t loves.
, | o Ireland men have hnrShy dealt with thee,
And and looks thee through and th ougt
And dipo its pen in blood to write thy life.
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