...yearned for more light, have longed for the disclosure of the great secret, have shared the wish " Ah, Christ, that it were possible For one short hour...loved, that they might tell us What and where they be." But our impassioned desires are in vain. To the most eager questionings of men, no reply from beyond...

...existence there, or its employments ? Do our departed friends interest themselves in our affairs ? "Oh, CHRIST! that it were possible, For one short hour...loved, that they might tell Us what and where they be." LAZARUS, on his return, told his sisters nothing of his four days' absence ; or, if he did, we have...

...thing on earth. III. A shadow flits before me, Not thou, but like to thr.e ; Ah Christ, that it werf.- possible For one short hour to see The souls we loved, that they might tell us What and where they be. Iv. It leads me forth at evening, It lightly winds and steals In a cold white robe before me, When...

...dream. But stibmission does not come with the blow that smites us. Our first cry is : " O Christ I that it were possible For one short hour to see The souls we love, that they might tell Us what and where they be!" It is only after we have walked with Sorrow,...

...that gave me birth, We stood tranced m long embraces Mixt with kisses sweeter, sweeter Thau anything on earth. A shadow flits before me, Not thou, but...leads me forth at evening. it lightly winds and steals ln a cold white robe before me. When all my spirit reels At the shouts, the leagues of lights, And...

...of Maud, but cannot be recognized for her : A shadow flits before me, Not thou, but like to thce : Ah Christ, that it were possible For one short hour...loved, that they might tell us What and where they be. A period of wilder lunacy succeeds. lie fancies himself dead and buried, and yet, with the contradictory...

...him of Maud, but cannot be recognized for her: A shadow flits before me, Not thou, but like to thce : Ah Christ, that it were possible For one short hour...loved, that they might tell us What and where they be. A period of wilder lunacy succeeds. He fancies himself dead and buried, and yet, with the contradictory...

...phantom, that reminds him of Maud, but cannot be recognised for her : A shadow flits before me, Not t hou but like to thee : Ah Christ, that it were possible For one short hoar to see The souls we loved, that they might tell us What and where they be. A period of wilder...

...town, as well as in Bowling, there will be found persons echoing the words of the poet, and crying — Ah, Christ, that it were possible For one short hour...loved, that they might tell us What and where they be ! May not the desire for " the touch of a vanished hand, and the sound of a voice that is still," be...

...able blindly to accept all ; and Wilfred's heart, as he buried his head in his hands, sighed — " O, that it were possible For one short hour to see The souls we love, that they might tell us What and where they be !" Towards five o'clock that day, the sun shone...