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O the rapture of the vision !
O blue eyes and silken tresses !
W hat to him the world/s distresses,
W hat its laughter and desision ?

Sudden gleams and bursts of glory
Lit the hopeless miserere,
As through midnight dark and dreary
Rolled the passion of his story.

Come away, the pi ace is haunted,
Leave him quietly with his sorrow,
There shall dawn a brighter morrow
When his pleading shall be granted.
M a t t h ia s TSa k r ,

IF W E KNEW.
■ O U L D we but draw back the curtains

That surround each other’s lives,
See the naked heart arid spirit.
Know what spur the action give^
Often we should find it better,
Purer, than we judge we should;
W e should love each other better,
If we only understood.

Could we judge all deeds by motives,
See the good and bad within,
Often we should love the .sinner,
All the while we loathe the sin.
Could we know the powers working
To o'c^.hrow integrity.
W e should judge each others errors
W ith more patient charity.