The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-02-14

....f b.nro iac doorway OF their rude
..1 boon lost. labor and WEAKNESS
..r. ot. children had been given unto
,.r. Na wears had dropped sWilliy into the
rs-t Ileirstlll beautiful laCcs-Onf G
.rt perfect from the masters chisei-
r.N vri over with the ured lines Of
The heaped-Up burden OF their days
.,.r heavier upon their bending forms.
Steps. once light and swift iu Eden,
..e.ish now and painful. The almond
dropping many blossoms upon their
rrel their ewes unto each other, and,
teF spoke not, they msuncuNely
r-.r h8t their thoughts had, hand in manu.
. .raIluI the scli-same cherries way
t.r flor CaZed out toward The autumn
..r woods. and they b0tn grew pa.e' as
"a spectre bad stood before them. rear.
trr. eyes sought each other again, ana
nuant flush of life returned unlo lnelI
..- mutual love OF those AI7l TWO heaIts
el iu their tondera and mInehng giances,
...I last bright flare Of % dying name. Inc
... .l0w of the clear shutdown for
.- Illuminated their faces, then the
...... lowing twilight fell softly about them.
.s from 0ut the dusky wilderness
.r. Dy them. and lightly shook ine any
t... their feet. and their hands, en-
..rl each others grew cold; their heads
.,. I'D r.r shYorng silence each one knew
.... had seen fhe chastity face and felt
...mmF hand of Death.
.. tne linus they sat: then they rose
rrr and sought The couches of their
rI.r.rr children. They slept so softly, IL
.-t seemed as II they dld not breathe
M ..rt .l -lundly, 10 seemed as if they
t u...l awake. our parents stopped
and -s.i the twin sister Of Death, as
messed fIe lips of each dear son and
tar Then silently they sought their
.. There. kneehng, they prayed That
Death should lead them from the face
.f.. and earth. their children might not
eto.e0.-at them. Then sleep came upon
terF.s-oge, already dim with the mist of
ftas.
Nnfu ming pake the man:
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r.ra-. Iu the during stone, that our chill
f.nU.r look upon BE- when we are gone; for
to blood crows sluggish in our veins, and
f0.t..a- us forever
I'D tho woman.
.H ue stopped and wrinhled and gray.
Il...llt carve the figure of age; but let MS
. into tle minor of memory, and copy ihe
creature, of Eden, ere we were driven
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II us tine truth. so we viii heW the
ending forms from Oat the rock; but ln the
s tnerlO. we viii carve immortal hop
love. our bodies may bend and break
a die, bat love and hope are of him that
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n..t an everlasting hope and an eternal
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