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OverBY ANNA M. FITCH.Twilight ttl on the brow of night.And shadows grouped fin the vale below;No star looked out from the die tint hight,And the purl of the stream win eochained fin ■now ;And fiercely the night winds roamed abroad,While mifta were gathering fast—and A wanderer threaded the weary road,Which led to the summit and* over the“DataMr path lay long o'er this lonely wild!For the way is dark, and forlorn the night!hared his brow and serenely smiled.And pointed aloft to the ridgy hfight: Footsore I're traversed the dreary waste,In search of the promised healing rill;‘The waters of life will be sweet to the taste, Aid J know 1 shall drink them over the hill*1'it“What do yon know of the long-sought shore,Or the greeting that awaits in that stranger»BFor my.||sds went aid returned no more,,And we hear of them now as s silent hand, A halo of light crowned the traveler's brow,A* he spoke of the tmmtaona he went to fulfill; For the King of that Realm sent a message, and nowEven waited to welcome him over the hill.lie spoke of the day when an angel came,And opened the crate way across the wild, And a wife passed out, and she breathed his name,Aa she hastened away with their only child. And he heard the echo along the moor,Till at length it died in a nameless thrill;And leaving his woes at hm desolate donr,M e r f»mj I j i r i o Is lie sou g I»t a w m y o v e r the h il 1...The summit is wrapped in a snowy cloud,And a river rolls on the other side ;Dr tine vapors the pilgrim’s form enshroud,Ami In* volet is lost in. the booming tide,But still aa I stand In the twilight dim.While the night grow a dmk, and the atriachill,I think of the message that came to him,And 1 know 1, shall follow him over the hill.
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Wilmington Independent
Wilmington, Illinois, US
Wed, Sep 23, 1863
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