...them. Not one thing speaks of death, but that meekly closed eye and that motionless form ! " Who that hath bent him o'er the dead. Ere the first day of death hath fled, The first dark day of nothingness, The last of danger and distress, Before decay's effacing...

...they assail'd, And, fixed on heavenly thrones, should dwell The freed inheritors of hell ; So sofi the scene, so form'd for joy, So curst the tyrants...death is fled, The first dark day of nothingness, The last of danger and distress, (Before Decay's effacing fingers Have swept the lines where beauty...

...pardon for all my faults;" —then placed the children safely in the boat, and plunged into Eternity. He who hath bent him o'er the dead, Ere the first...death is fled; — The first dark day of nothingness — The last of danger and distress; — (Before decay's effacing fingers Have swept the lines where...

...thrones, should dwell The freed inheritors of hell; So soft the scene, so formed for joy, So cursed the tyrants that destroy ! He who hath bent him o'er the dead Ere the first day of death is fled. Before Decay's effacing fingers Have swept the lines where beauty lingers, And marked the mild angelic...

...seraphs they assail'd, And fixed, on heavenly thrones, should dwell The freed inheritors of hell — So soft the scene, so form'd for joy, So curst the...death is fled ; The first dark day of nothingness, The last of danger and distress ; (Before Decay's effacing fingers Have swept the lines where beauty...

...of the first day of death, and she almost unconsciously repeated in a half audihle voice the lines : He who hath bent him o'er the dead Ere the first day...death is fled ; The first dark day of nothingness — The last of danger and distress ; Before decay's effacing fingers Have swept the lines where beauty...

...comparison of the same country to the human frame bereft of life :— [Picture o/ Modern Greece.'} lie nd he saw him thrown Into the deep without a tear...groan. The other father had a weaklier child, Of a so The last of danger and distress — Before decay's effacing fingers Have swept the lines where beauty...

...thrones, should dwell The freed inheritors of hell ; So soft the scene, so formed for joy, So cursed the tyrants that destroy! He who hath bent him o'er the dead Ere the first day of death is fled, Before Decay's effacing fingers Have swept the lines where beauty lingers, And marked the mild angelic...

...of the same country to the human frame bereft of life:— [Picture of Modern Greece.] lie who bath in his own walk, been excelled. That walk, however, was limited : fust dark day of nothingness, The l;it of danger and distress — Before decay's effacing fingers Hare...

...themselves, whether for personal, domestic, sabbathschool, or congregational use. BEAUTY IN DEATH. HE who hath bent him o'er the dead Ere the first day of death has fled, Before decay's effacing fingers Have swept the lines where beauty lingers, And mark'd the...