Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1886-07-14
vALEDrCTORY AT MT. ST. MARY,s
BY MISS MARY rRIKER.

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BY MISS MARY 5 rRIKER.
The paans of triumph, the Joyful, re.
frain,
That blended anon with the low plant
i've strain,
Have hoated away from this bright
feStal throng.
On ssft winged zephyrs, all freighted
with sony;
Now Memory touches the lute string
of love,
Aud silence broods low, as the sweet
mourning dove,
Till the key note of sorrow resound.
ing its kneli
Wakes the sumbsring echoes to sounds
of farewell
The hours of childhood, dear fiowerets
bright,
From lifes slender stem must be sew.
cred tonight.
lmpearled with the glistening dew
drop of tears
To be crushed meath the weight of the
swift coming years.
Yet the fragrance they've gathered from
virtues pure Dedln,
That sheds DER the valley Its soft
golden CLEAN,
Will linger around them, the faded
they lie,
Enclroling sweet mem'ries that never
can die.
The moments are fleeting, ere long
must be heard
In deep mournful cadence, our last
parting word,
Whose sound, like the touch of q
mystical wand,
Ores the fair golden portals of youths
promised Land"
A brightness perennial tinges its
flowers,
And birds MARBLE sweetly, through its
vine covered bowers;
And no drifting cloud dims the clear
azure hue
or the calm summer heaven that Ger.
arches the view.
Should the future, so bright through
the dim mist of years.
But prove mirage, a rainbo " of tears,
Then Mcmory's pinions shall bear US
Alright
To the scenes from which duty rudely
parts MS tonight
All, yes, when the Gathering storm
clouds arise,
And the day beam of hope fatles away
from the skies,
For shelter We'll turn, from griefs that
Cypress,
TO this home of our childhood, this
haven OF rest
Wen seek thee at eve, when its soft
misty light,
Seems silvery link tween the day and
the night,
When slowly the Angeius peals thro'
the mir,
And the Convent is sweet with the
incense Of prayer,
Or when darkness descerds, when all
natures asleep
And soft through the valley the cool
night winds creep,
When nature is weaving a chaplet OF
light,
A star jewelled crown, for the Empress
oi night.
In fancy, how oft On thy beauty we'll
gaze,
As thou art dreaming In peace, meath
The silvcry haze,
That's flooding thy grounds with a
pale crystal tide,
While adowh Thy dim gallcrys the
light zcphyrs glide.
In the deep hush Of midnight, meath
morn's CHANGING ray,
In spirit we'll view thee, the far, far
away,
Where'er we may wander, what'er be
our lot,
Convent home Of our youth, thou shalt
ne'er be forgot.
A hapd.clasp, heartthrob, a fearful
good. bye,
Will The sweet bond of years in a
moment unite,
Ard scenes We have cherished 10
friends warm and true,
Fen now must we whisper our last
fond adieu,
Dear Mother, loved Sisters, the tribute
of love,
Our hearts, not onr vuices may faith.
iullN prove,
Oh! believe tho uusps&en, our graft
tude deep
For the past whose undying remem
orance we keep.
Dear friends, beloved classmates our
childhood is past,
We scatter as leaves in the chill
Autnmp blast
May the future, now tinged with
roseate hue,
Neer darkcn, bot ever loom fairer to
view.
Companions, united in Mary the Pure,
Our love in her heart will remain eer
secure,
Till We in sweet concert the grand
chorus swell,
Where ne'er VIII be- uttered the sad
word farewell
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