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ACROSS THE SEA 
 
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 — BY — 
 
 ADA A. SQUIRE. 
 
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 LONDON, ONT. : 
 
 ADVKRTISER PRINTING COMPANY. 
 
 1892. 
 
PREKACE. 
 
 Having one clay (while engaged on a work which 
 I am now compiling) run short of manuscript 
 paper, and being in a place where I was unable to 
 procure more, for a day or so at least, I bethought 
 myself of composing these few lines, which, at the 
 request of some friends, I now offer to the public, 
 trusting at the same time they will not be dealt 
 with too critically. 
 
 THE AUTHOR. 
 
 Lome Ave , London, Ont. 
 
CONTENTS, 
 
 ^rrumnS'of the General - ' 
 
 Evening, - a ' - 
 The Blessed Dead, 
 
 The Sea, " ^ ' • 
 
 The Golden Gate 
 
 Lucerne, 
 
 Memory, ^, . ' ^ 
 Spes Mea Chnstus, 
 
 Spring, - • " . 
 
 True Love, - " 
 
 Crux Mihi Anchora, - 
 
 To ^ - ■ . 
 
 A Vision, 
 
 Niglit, " 
 
 t Tt, Jest Hominum Salvator. 
 
 Autumn, • " 
 
 To Alma, - 
 Words of Cheer, 
 
 Christmas Eve, 
 To Katie, 
 The Dawn, 
 The Ladies' Crig, 
 
 Forget Me Not, 
 Her Death, 
 Our Guide, ■ 
 
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ACROSS THE SEA. 
 
 Dear love of mine ! I'm thinking now of the6, 
 Although weVe parted by the deep blue sea ; 
 And many years have passed since last we met> 
 Still my own darling I can ne'er forget — 
 Your joyous smile in days of long ago, 
 Chasing away my earthly care and woe* 
 
 REFRAIN. 
 
 But my heart is weary and fain would be with thee. 
 
 Once more I hear thy dear voice murmuring low 
 to me ; 
 
 Again in lasting memory I see thy gentle face ; 
 
 Thy form seems still so near me— so full of match- 
 less grace. 
 
 Once more I clasp thy loving little hand, 
 And 'neath the old tree on the lawn we stand ; 
 Little we guessed how soon the time would come 
 When we should parted be, and far from home 
 Across the ocean wide, I had to go. 
 The leaving you was worse than any woe 
 
That could befall me ! Yet it had to be. 
 We said ** good bye " beneath the old oak tree ; 
 Our vows exchanged ; your lustrous eyes so bright 
 To me seemed full of loving, heavenly light ; 
 And in their clear, deep depths, I could divine 
 That I was yours and you were ever mine. 
 
 And so I went. Rut still there comes to me 
 Thy voice, in silver bells of memory ; 
 At times 1 hear it with its sweet refrain — 
 Telling me bravely ** we shall meet again " ; 
 And so we shall ; these words will ever cheer, 
 Until I see her whom I love so dear. 
 
 When I return I know your love for me 
 
 Will be as true as ere it used to be ; 
 
 What though your hair has lost its golden sheen, 
 
 And I more sorrows of this life have seen ; 
 
 Still in our hearts as has been all along, 
 
 Will ring the chimes of love's grand old sweet song. 
 
 And sweeter then, tho' long sad years have passed, 
 Our love will be, because we know at last 
 That to each other we have been so true 
 

 As stars above, that shine in heavenly blue. 
 Ere long 1 11 cross the wide expanse of sea, 
 Sweetheart of mine I I soon shall be with thee. 
 
 LAST REFRAIN. 
 
 I am coming to you, sweetheart dear of mine ! 
 Thou, my heart's own loved one, 1 am ever thine, 
 For unto each other we have be'^n so true 
 My gentle, bright-eyed darling, I'm thinking still 
 of you ! 
 
 THE SURRENDER OF THE GENERAL. 
 
 'Mid the horrid noise of battle and the dreadful 
 
 din of strife, 
 Many men were fighting bravely for their country 
 
 and their life ; 
 And the bullets loudly whistled as upon their way 
 
 they went, 
 Hurling death and dire destruction on the places 
 
 they were sent. 
 
 Now the cannons' awful booming rent the reeking 
 air in twain, 
 
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 t /iviniT who were 
 
 dead as they. 
 
 sow *.c«»»w, with th.i.u„«.«iu.ych«^ 
 
 '« Advance I taking from 
 
 • 1 f ?n their ranks we hurried, taking 
 Then right m tneir 1*1 
 
 them every chance. 
 But our hearts were almost sinking, as a man or 
 ,.j2rltSs-tsteps,anains .raves 
 
 WenotimS--^-in. Onward-. On- 
 
 ward to the 68^. ^^^ ^^,, , 
 
 Burning magazines and tumbrus 
 sea of light. 
 
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 Our brave comrades fast were yielding their last 
 
 agonizme- breatli ; 
 But the sight was not unusual, for this was the 
 
 Field of Death. 
 Of ourselves our minds were thinking, asking if 
 
 our turn was next ? 
 But the culverins' loud music made our thoughts 
 
 mad and perplexed. 
 
 On the sea the mortar vessels u<nchored not far 
 
 from the shore, 
 And ihe crash of thundering broadsides at the 
 
 ramparts now did roar. 
 The great steamers, passing slowly, fired their 
 
 mighty cannonade 
 Into batteries which, strongly, our grim enemies 
 
 had made. 
 
 Now the shot and shell were filling all the place 
 
 with flame and smoke, 
 Sky seemed quite alive with rockets, and the earth 
 
 as tho' it shook. 
 The red, roaring conflagration had broke out with. 
 
 i?i the fort, 
 
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 And the towering big steam frigates tried to make 
 the work end short. 
 
 See ! the sun is slowly setting. Sure the strife 
 
 will soon be past. 
 Lo ! upon the shattered ramparts hoists the flag of 
 
 Lruce at last. 
 And the firing ceased instantly ; seemed a low lull 
 
 in the air, 
 As far o*er the sea of waters echoes answered 
 
 everywhere. 
 
 Now the burly white-haired General of our foes 
 
 advanced to see 
 If his white flag was accepted by his hated 
 
 enemy ; 
 And at once he knew it was so ; then far deep 
 
 into the ground, 
 In a token of surrender, he discharged the pistol' 
 
 sound. 
 
 His drawn sword had been held flrmly ; this befor 
 
 his feet he threw, 
 And to them wlio stood around him, said, ** I now 
 
 belong to you." 
 
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 So to him the terms were given. He received them 
 and then sie^ned 
 
 We the same did. and thereafter told him we would 
 Use him kind. 
 
 But at once the veteran leader covered his sad face 
 and wept, 
 
 Saying to us in a whisper. " Would the sleep of 
 death I slept. 
 
 This to me is untold sorrow, covering me with all 
 of shame, 
 
 For of everything I valued, that was best, my own 
 brave name I " 
 
 EVENING. 
 
 Methinks I hear the bieakers 
 
 Upon the shhigly shore ; 
 The screeching of the sea-birds 
 
 Mingles with tlieir roar. 
 Once more beside the ridges 
 
 Of wave worn rocks I stand 
 And view the passing steamers 
 
 Now sailing from the land. 
 
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 Lo '. far across the waters, 
 
 In ruday bars of gold, 
 The sun is slowly sinking. 
 
 Ere night her wings unfold. 
 
 The lantern from the lighthouse 
 
 Its warning radiance lends, 
 Above the mass of huge rocks 
 
 Best of sea faring friends. 
 
 Now Cynthia s orb is re^^g 
 High in the heaven ; and see 
 
 Her attendant star is near her. 
 As in duty bound to be. 
 
 THE BLESSED DEAD. 
 
 •* v*toVt«r--oTrur»"' «- --^^- 
 
 the street of tne city 
 
 When the gloaming softly falleth 
 
 Over quiet land and sea, 
 I can h e'ar the well loved .-oices 
 Of the dead that come to me. 
 
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 Gently to me they are speaking 
 
 Of the days of long ago, 
 When together we were happy ; 
 
 Free from much of care and woe. 
 
 Free from all, we cannot truly 
 Say, in this our present world, 
 
 E'en in lives of seeming brightness 
 Some dark clouds will be unfurled. 
 
 But anon th^ir words are changing 
 To that land of pearl and gold, 
 
 With its emerald walls and jasper, 
 Glories that are yet untold. 
 
 How its amethystine bulwarks 
 Shine in radiance of The Sun. 
 
 How the Saviour in His glory, 
 iMaketh them with Him as one. 
 
 And the amaranthine blossoms, 
 
 Flowers of unfading hue 
 Grow in all its fairest gardens, 
 
 Emblem of God s promise true. 
 
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 Still I listen in the twilig^t- 
 I can hear the distant song 
 
 Of the blessed saints in Heaven. 
 And of all the great white throng. 
 
 Now. alas '. my soul is weary- 
 Yearning for the time to be 
 
 wI::thelingi.allHis« 
 And my loved ones I shall see. 
 
 THE SEA. 
 
 Beautiful sea '. 
 Dreaming of thee 
 My heart never tires. 
 To be on thy breast, 
 Braving each crest, 
 
 Are all my desires ! 
 
 Now daintily shimmering, 
 
 Then playfully glimmering, 
 
 Tossing and twirling, 
 
 The great ships whirling. 
 Over the main< 
 
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 Beautiful sea ! 
 It is on thee 
 I would for ever live. 
 Free from the care, 
 Landsmen all share 
 
 When for money their lives tliey will give ! 
 The wild waves are rushing, 
 O'er the ships flushing, 
 Heedless of decks white as snow. 
 Onward ! and onward they go ! 
 With their flaky froth of foam ! 
 
 Fierce, raging sea ! 
 Thou art to me 
 Emblem of man's unrest, 
 Pangs, bitterness 
 Loss, weariness, 
 
 He endures on the world's busy breast. 
 Ever whirling and twirling, 
 In its mad vortex swirling. 
 Till he sinks to his death. 
 
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 THE GOLDEN GATE. 
 
 earth to rest ; ^^^ ly^ and 
 
 A maiden fair was Img ring 
 
 '^***^' A x...iA^ Ver watching each fading 
 I, her lover, stood beside ter.wa 
 
 breath. 
 
 , B,„'*S...a, I »80i»S. "»'«•" '"""'" 
 
 aud^one, nv feel indeed alone ?*' 
 
 You wdl not trouble greatly, or feel in 
 
 T o^rpred » How can I say this, 
 Sadly to her, 1 answered, 
 
 love, , {^ the Heaven 
 
 T «r^qre vou darling, e en i"i 
 How can 1 spare y^^ 
 
 above? ^ , .. ^ g^^all come, 
 
 Ever shall I be waiting, until the tim 
 
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 When 1 will meet my loved one, in liet Eternal 
 Home." 
 
 With a smile she listened to me, her heart was full 
 of joy ; 
 
 She knew I loved her dearly ; I was her own dear 
 boy ! 
 
 And so she made reply to me, " It will not be for 
 aye; 
 
 For soon our earthly darkness, will be eternal day. 
 
 By God's good grace I truly will be waiting for 
 you there. 
 
 When free from mortal suffering you leave tLis 
 world of care." 
 
 Her breath was slowly going, I knew she had not 
 
 long- 
 She bade me sing at once to her, the Grand Redemp. 
 
 tion Song. ^ 
 
 As well as faltering accents and words of mine 
 could do, 
 
 I sang of the Redeemer and of His promise true • 
 How He died to save His people from all sorrow, 
 and all sin, ' 
 
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 to let the wan- 
 
 And opened wide the golden gate 
 
 derers in. - . y^p 
 
 fV, the autumn of tne 
 ^o acrain it. changeth, tne au 
 The scene agaui 
 
 y®*^ , 4. V.ntmv poor heart is ?ere; 
 
 ^^^' . . «v.p riseth once again, 
 
 allpam. » List, ere it be too 
 
 I hear her sweet low whisper. 
 
 ^**®' 1 w till vou reach the Golden 
 
 1 bid you follow closely, tiU you 
 
 Gate. ' 
 
 LUCERNE. 
 
 A Swiss lake ^^^-'-f' 
 As clear as the sunUght, 
 
 Which deepens into shadows- 
 Dark here, and there most bright. 
 
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 Upon its placid bosom 
 ^ Boats with their red awnings. 
 Sail swiftly on their journey, 
 Appear like monstrous wings. 
 
 Looking ahead, the mountains 
 Above the mountains rise ; 
 
 And lingering on the summits 
 Snow meets our wondering eyes. 
 
 Por 'tis the height of summer, 
 
 The lake is very blue, 
 The sky, that now is cloudless. 
 
 Is of that color too. 
 
 Here lie the little villages 
 
 Amidst the walnut trees, 
 Which shelter them from rain-storms 
 
 And every northern breeze. 
 
 The pomegranates flamin^ 
 In their large tubs of green ; 
 
 Before the cottage doorways 
 They always can be seen. 
 
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 MEMOKV. 
 
 And golden V>o- to^^e ^ ^„„g, 
 When We was lil^«^ \7 
 Full of sweet melody. 
 
 I would my parents now were here 
 
 1 life to ta.e tl^^v Part 
 Th-y chased away my o^^^^^^^^^^^ 
 And soothed my acinus 
 
 Mv brother and my sifters fair 
 
 *^ , -vv. mP side by side. 
 Played with me sia y ^^^ ^^^^ 
 
 Now they are scattered la 
 over the ^orld so wide. 
 
 A few years later and I found 
 
 One who was all to me ; 
 
 lP.il 
 
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 Love making life a para lise, 
 Where I would ever be. 
 
 And friends there were ; the very best 
 
 That I have ever seen 
 Throughout the rest of weary years, 
 
 No matter where I've been. 
 
 The dear old friends ; I fain would hear 
 
 Their voices once again ; 
 But some have passed to that far land 
 
 Beyond the unseen main. 
 
 And as the years roll on I see 
 TJiem leave me one by one, 
 To sail out to the silent shore, 
 With a new life begun. 
 
 SPES MEA CHRISTUS. 
 
 (Christ is my Hope.) 
 Job^'^i^'^l^ "' **"> *•"« ^^«y. the Truth and the Life. 
 When my fainting soul is weary 
 Of all earthly cares and strife, 
 
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 Comes to me a holy wliisper — 
 
 '' Seek the Way, the Truth, the Life ' 
 
 Shall I answer to it gladly, 
 
 Or reject the gracious call ? 
 Shall I leave the world's short pleasure^ 
 
 Seeking Jesus ? Leave it all ? 
 
 Yea, my Lord, 1 answer to Thee ; 
 
 To Thy side my soul would go ; 
 But my heart's dark fetters bind me 
 
 In its chain of care and woe. 
 
 Thou to men the Truth, the Life art. 
 And the Way by which at last 
 
 They may find their souls in Heaven, 
 When their work on earth is past. 
 
 Thou the Way ! my soul's salvation, 
 I'each me just how I should do ; 
 
 When sore tempted by my troubles 
 Far from Thee my heart would go, 
 
 Li e of life ! Oh help and save me ; 
 Sever chains that hold me fast, 
 
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 For .lepending on Thy mercy, 
 I would reach Thy throne at Ia«t. 
 
 Blessed Truth ! and holy wisdom, 
 rhat shall guide me from afar ; 
 
 i'll I see the gates of Heaven- 
 Gates that ever stand ajar. 
 
 Olmst, I ask Thee to receive me, 
 
 VV hen death's shadows o'er me fall 
 Ihen at last, I shall know truly. 
 Seeking Thee, I have foun.l all. 
 
 Lord oflovelau-I King of glory, 
 i.isten to my earnest prayer. 
 
 ^Vhen the roll-call for thy servants 
 ^^ounds ; inay I be surely there. 
 
 men the ransomed meet in glory 
 Chanting 'round the crystal sea ;' 
 
 <.ran that I may stand before Thee 
 Unto all eternity. 
 
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 SPRING. 
 
 Spring, balmy Spring, is here now. 
 With clays that very soon 
 
 Will lengthen out their tenure, 
 And sultry be at noon. 
 
 The mavis and the linnet 
 
 Throughout the day doth sing 
 
 Their happy lays, which tell UvS 
 Of the return of Spring. 
 
 Now with the snow of daisies 
 The fields are almost white ; 
 
 The buttercups are near them 
 Clothed in their golden light. 
 
 'Tis now the pale laburnum 
 Sheds forth its perfume sweet. 
 
 The primroses and violets 
 Upon the hedges greet. 
 
 Playfully young lambs gambol 
 Upon the hills of green. 
 
 Spring is the best of seasons, 
 And brightest too, I ween. 
 
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 TRUE LOVE. 
 
 Come sing again to me, dear one. 
 
 The song you used to sing ; 
 Ere storm-clouds o er our pathway broke. 
 
 Or other shadowing. 
 For now my heart is very sore, 
 
 And vainly does regret 
 'J hat I did not then love thee more, 
 
 Or else could thee forget. 
 
 For thou to me wast all along 
 
 So tender, kind and true ; 
 And yet withal, I felt my heart 
 
 I could not give to you. 
 
 The other one I cared for most, 
 
 Was far away fom me ; 
 But still I hoped, ere very long, 
 
 My dear love he would be. 
 
 The days rolled on, sweetly you sang 
 
 1 our pleadmg song again. 
 At times I hear it in my dreams- 
 
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 It is a well-known strain. 
 As it continued then I thought, 
 
 ** My love I'll give to thee, ' 
 And then recurred the love of him 
 
 Who was the world to me. 
 
 Now he has gone to regions far, 
 
 Gone from the earthly band, 
 Beyond the azure, heavenly sky, 
 
 To that bright Morning Land. 
 And thou art waiting still for me, 
 
 And fain would have me say - 
 That unto you my life I'd give, 
 
 For ever, and for aye. 
 
 The years have passed what can I say 
 
 To that true love of thine. 
 That patient waits though kept so long, 
 
 For any hope of mine ? 
 At last I'll give to thee my heart. 
 
 And will to thee belong, 
 Until all time has passed away. 
 
 I've answered to your song. 
 
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 CRUX MIHI ANCHORA. 
 
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 (The Cross is my Anchor.) 
 
 Until the day shall break, 
 And the shadows flee away, 
 
 Jesus my song sliall ever be — 
 Crux mihi anchora. 
 
 Let this my watchword be, 
 
 When fain my soul would stray, 
 
 Until I reach eternity — 
 Crux mihi anchora 
 
 For it to me has been 
 
 A tranquil, cheering ray ; 
 The sweetest of my life, I ween, 
 
 Crux mihi anchora. 
 
 Jesus ! all Lord of Lords, 
 Teach me Thy holy way, 
 
 And help me by these gracious words- 
 Crux mihi anchora. 
 
 * Pronounce '• anchora " as '* anchoray.' 
 
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 My weary eyes would see 
 
 Light of eternal day ; 
 But till that time my prayer must be^ 
 
 Crux mihi anchora. 
 
 Until the bells of heaven 
 
 Unto my ear shall pLiy, 
 This chime lo me will still be given, 
 
 Crux mihi anchora. 
 
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 * On connait I'ami an besoin. 
 (A flier d is known in the time of netd.")' 
 
 When first I saw thy face, 
 I knew I'd found a friend ; 
 
 For in its likeness I con Id trace 
 Faithfulness to the end. 
 
 'Tis years since first I heard 
 
 Thy dear and well known voice ; 
 
 And still, tho' time has passed away,. 
 It makes my heart rejoice. 
 
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 Within thine hazel eyes 
 
 I read at once that thou 
 Would'st help and cheer me on my way, 
 
 So it has been. And now 
 
 Tho' cold and sad I seem, 
 
 It is not really so ; 
 My heart with gratitude doth beam, 
 
 And fain would have thee know 
 
 How much I prize thy care, 
 Thy friendship true, for me. 
 
 God bless thee now, and everywhere 
 Thy steps may choose to be. 
 
 My grateful thanks accept ; 
 
 'Tis all 1 have to give. 
 And my full heart will ne'er forget 
 
 Thy goodness while I live. 
 
 A VISION. 
 
 Beside the dying emlers a mother sat one night. 
 The snow outside was lying, and calm shone the 
 moonlight. 
 
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 Once more in fancy's vis on the days of long ago 
 Rose bright and clear before her, so nearly free 
 from woe. 
 
 Her life had seen one sorrow, bjfore her child liad 
 
 died. 
 Again, just near his bedside, she laid her down 
 
 and cried — 
 " Oh God, why should it be so? Why should 1 
 
 lose my boy ?' 
 A small weak voice made answer, ** Mother, I'l^ 
 
 ;:oing to joy — 
 
 I know that you will follow, altliough the years be 
 
 long ; 
 And then your tears and sighing will turned be to 
 
 song. 
 And when heavens own bright angel will bear my 
 
 soul away. 
 Unto the fairer regions they call Eternal Day, 
 
 You know I shall be happy, when near the Crystal 
 Sea, 
 
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 In the land of gold and jasper and pearly gates^ 
 
 that be." 
 His voice was very weary, and hurried grew his 
 
 breath ; 
 A little feeble struggling, and the mother knew 
 
 'twas death. 
 
 "(iod give me strength to bear it," she said in^ 
 
 faltering tone, 
 '* My love has gone before me, and now I'm left 
 
 alone ; 
 A year ago my husband went to that Better Land,, 
 And now my child has followed I fain would clasp 
 ' his hand." 
 
 NIGHT. 
 
 A peaceful stillness rtigneih, and the stars 
 Shed their soft light 
 
 Over the tired world. No sound now mars^ 
 The calm of night. 
 
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 High in the heavens the moon doth show 
 
 Her radiant rays ; 
 Shedding her glory bright o'er earth 
 
 And its dark ways. 
 
 The birds are hushed in song ; their quiet rest 
 
 They now do take. 
 And not the slightest breeze is heard among 
 
 The leaves to shake. 
 
 A sense of gentle slumber seems to reign 
 
 On land and sea ; 
 l^ight folds her wings around the whole of life 
 
 And its agony. 
 
 Night holds the key that opes the gate of day, 
 
 Life that is mine ! 
 Hope thou, thy dark night will at last unlock 
 
 The Gate Divine. 
 
 Sweet peace ! Oh, perfect peace ! My soul would be 
 
 Like unto thee, 
 When o'er my weary heart the storm doth lise 
 
 Of untold misery. 
 
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 A BUNCH OF ROSES. 
 
 Koses ! fragrant roses ! 
 
 Your perfume now is here, 
 Bringing to my memory 
 
 Days that once were dear. 
 
 When the soft June gloaming 
 
 Fell upon the land, 
 Then my love and I walked 
 
 Together, hand in hand, 
 
 Down the shady lane. 
 Where briar roses grew. 
 
 There my dear one told me 
 Of his love so true. 
 
 And the while I listened. 
 
 So it seemed to me, 
 The whole place was filled with 
 
 Joyous melody. 
 
 Down the shady pathways, 
 The hedges cool and green, 
 
 Hid the many wild flowers. 
 Fairest that are seen. 
 
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 P'or in whate'er country 
 We may chance to be, 
 
 England bears the best of 
 Wild flowers that we see. 
 
 There the fair anemone, 
 And blue violet sweet ; 
 
 Also yellow primrose 
 
 With the Spring doth greet. 
 
 There in early summer, 
 In the month of May, 
 
 Is the red-white hawthorn, 
 And sweet smelling hay. 
 
 Well do 1 remember 
 
 Our trysting place so dear ; 
 W^ith its rustic bridge and 
 
 Limpid waters clear. 
 
 While we waited, listening, 
 
 Many a glad time, 
 We could hear the old bells 
 
 Of the village chime. 
 
still as there we lingered, 
 
 Far across the lea, 
 We heard the low murmur 
 
 Of the distant sea. 
 
 As we passed the cottages, 
 Roses still were there, 
 
 With the sweetest fragrance 
 Filling all the air. 
 
 I. H. S. 
 
 Jtsus Hominum Sal va tor. 
 (Jesus the Saviour of men ) 
 Jesus ! my Saviour ! row I come to Thee, 
 Seeking the pardon that Thou givest free'; 
 And while I linger on Thy threshold dear,' 
 Unto my pleading, wilt Thou lend thine ear 
 
 World -worn and weary; laden with my fears 
 Wilt Thou receive me after these lon^ years? 
 After my wandering far away from Thee, 
 Wilt Thou forgive, and pardon even me ?' 
 
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 Fain would I hear Thy loving voice divine, 
 Telling me gently that my soul is Thine. 
 I give myself for evermore to Thee, 
 Jesu ! Redeemer ! Thine would I now be. 
 
 Years have I given, best of all my life, 
 To this world's pleasure, weariness and strife- 
 Yet Thou hast called me ; but 1 heeded not ; 
 Now, now at last ! I plead to Thee my lot. 
 
 By Thy blest cross ! upon which Thou didst die, 
 Jesus, I venture now to draw me nigh, 
 And on mine ear Thy gracious voice doth fall— 
 '* My erring child, I have forgiven all.'' 
 
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 AUTUMN. 
 
 The foliage is turning 
 To brown, gold and red. 
 
 The flowers that were lovely 
 Are fading, or dead. 
 
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 A sharp broeze doth whistle 
 Across the lone moor ; 
 
 And carries its wailing, 
 Far down to the shore. 
 
 The shot of the sportsman 
 Is heard very near ; 
 
 And echoes reverberate 
 O'er plains that are drear. 
 
 The sea by its fury 
 Is lashed into foam, 
 
 Come dear, let iis hasten, 
 The best place is home. 
 
 TO ALMA. 
 
 Dear little Alma ! 
 
 Love of my heart ; 
 May you and I never 
 
 In coming years part 
 
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 Sweet loving sister ! 
 
 Thou art to me 
 Dearer than others 
 
 Ever can be. 
 
 Clear rosy cheeks, 
 
 Brown eyes so bright ; 
 Making our homestead, 
 
 A place of delight. 
 Constantly cheering, 
 
 My lone dreary way, 
 Rendering it brighter 
 
 Day after day. 
 
 Soon will another, 
 
 1 fear, claim thy heart ; 
 How shall I suffer it. 
 
 How with thee part ? 
 Yet then my dearest 
 
 If so it must be, 
 I wish thee all happiness 
 
 When leaving me. 
 
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 WORDS OF CHEER. 
 
 nJr^c?yii^^'SeHhi^^^^^^^ '^either sorrow 
 
 Rev. xxi., 4. ^^®^® ^® ^'^y inore pain."- 
 
 No more dark sorrow-no more death ! 
 
 Oh blessed words of cheer ! 
 That while we draw this mortal breath, 
 
 To us will be so dear. 
 
 To compensate for every pain, 
 
 In trouble's darkest hour, 
 We turn unto these words again, 
 
 And in them find sweet power. 
 
 To gladden each worn, aching heart. 
 
 With healing from on high. 
 In that blest land friends never part- 
 
 Or nevermore shall cry. 
 
 The bitterness of death will be 
 
 I^'orgotten evermore ! 
 We'll meet beside the crystal sea 
 
 Our suffenngs all o'er. 
 
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 CHRISTMAS EVE. 
 
 Upon the earth the snow is glistening, 
 And brightly shines the moon. 
 
 To merry chimes we now are listening. 
 It will be Christmas soon. 
 
 REFRAIN. 
 
 The bells, we hear them as they ring 
 Their sweetest, holiest, brightest chime. 
 
 Our hearts with joy incline to sing, 
 For the morning will be Christmas time. 
 
 The little ones are safe in dreamland, 
 
 Waiting for Santa Claus ; 
 Their voices we are faintly hearing, 
 
 With now and then a pause. 
 
 Dear little ones ! Day will be bringing 
 
 To each a present rare ; 
 Your hearts with joy will be abounding, 
 
 Which we trust we may sh^-r^, 
 
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 1 he yule log throws a ruddy flicker 
 
 About the dear home-room. 
 Our parents smile their sweetest welcome, 
 
 For Christmas now doth loom. 
 
 The nuts are cracke 1, the sweets are eaten, 
 
 And some doth sing a song ; 
 And very few of us are beaten 
 
 At tales that now are long. 
 
 Dear Christmas ! Best of all the seasons 
 
 Which unto man doth come ; 
 For then wit, mirth, happy unreason 
 
 Reigneth with all at home. 
 
 REFRAIN FOR 6tH VERSE. 
 
 Then let us all, dear people here. 
 Join hands at once and swell the chime. 
 
 This Christmas Eve we'll neer forget, 
 For we are here for Auld Lang Syne. 
 
 The bells have ceased ; now we are listening 
 
 1 o that sweet, holy song 
 Of Bethlehem's Babe ; which waits are singiuL^ 
 
 As they do march along. 
 
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 REFRATX. 
 
 Good will on earth, to all men peace ; 
 
 His love to us for aye He brings. 
 And so to Thee, our hearts reply, 
 
 We give our homage. King of Kings 
 
 TO K r' E. 
 
 Dear friend of mine ! Thou art 
 A help and comfort true ; 
 
 And ever hast been since I formed 
 Eternal love for you. 
 
 My sorrows and my joys, 
 Both to thee I have shown ; 
 
 And kinder thou hast been to me 
 Than any I have known. 
 
 Thy gentle sympathy 
 Has been my guiding star. 
 
 May strangers prove as good to thee, 
 If thou should 'st roam afar. 
 
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 To a new land I came, 
 
 Then found in thee a friend ; 
 And may our friendship ever be 
 
 Lasting unto the end. 
 
 THE DAWN. 
 
 It is the Dawn. Lo ! now behold 
 
 Across the sky faint streaks of gold, 
 
 Purple and red, their hues display. 
 
 The twinkling stars do fade away. 
 
 In Eastern light the sun doth rise. 
 
 Chasing the night far from our eyes. 
 
 His golden rays slowly creeps o'er 
 
 The heavens, which lighten more and more. 
 
 And so another day now dawns 
 
 er sea, the fields, pastures and lawns. 
 
 THE LADIES' CRAG. 
 
 Come list, dear friend, and you shall hear 
 
 A story that is true, 
 And sit ye by the ingleside, 
 
 The while I tell it you. 
 
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 It was a bright and sunny day, 
 Two young girls who were fair 
 
 Thought they would take a holiday- 
 Enjoy the keen sea air. 
 
 The place where they did choose to go, 
 
 Was some two miles away. 
 A sea-side place, which now was quiet, 
 
 For 'twas the month of May. 
 
 Perfect the day ; so the friends walked, 
 
 Each had her favorite book, 
 The father bade them leave these home ; 
 
 With many an anxious look 
 
 "For I'm afraid, you will forget, 
 When you your stories read ; 
 
 And with your thoughts on these intent 
 Of danger take no heed " 
 
 ''Oh no. Papa ! don't be alarmed," 
 
 One happy girl did say ; 
 For one can watch, and the other read. 
 
 Now that is just our way." 
 
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 " Good-bye, Papa !" ** Good-bye my loves !'* 
 
 Words said, and answer given, 
 The father wished they had not gone ; 
 
 His breast with fears was riven. 
 
 The girls, ere long, did reach the shore, 
 
 With spirits full of glee. 
 Little they thought ere that day closed 
 
 They'd see eternity. 
 
 Standing not far out from the shore. 
 
 The top of which was flat, 
 Stood a huge rock, with wooden seats ; 
 
 Up this they went ; then sat 
 
 And read, which both of them 
 
 Ought never to have done ; 
 Far better 'twould have been if each 
 
 Had watched or read alone. 
 
 Day slowly waned, both so intent, 
 
 They did not hear or see 
 The lapping of the cruel waves. 
 
 As they crept stealthily. 
 
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 In here, out there, and everywhere 
 Around the rock they went ; 
 
 Until at last the foamy froth 
 Near the girls' seat was sent. 
 
 A cry of terror roused them now ; 
 
 Screams rent the evening air ; 
 But all in vain, no human form 
 
 Could they see anywhere. 
 
 And not a sail was there in sight, 
 
 Or any help was nigh ; 
 The only sound that caught their ear, 
 
 Was the bold sea-birds' cry. 
 
 With ruddy glow the sun did set 
 
 Beyond the western main. 
 Yet must they die ? when all was peace 
 
 They moaned ; and screamed again. 
 
 Refreshingly the ozone blew 
 
 From up the briny sea, 
 The new moon rose ; still they were left 
 
 Alone in agony. 
 
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 Oh, it was hard ! that these young lives, 
 Should die in this wild way ; 
 
 Would that they both had never come 
 Here on this fatal day. 
 
 Slowly, but surely, now the waves, 
 
 Around the two did swirl ; 
 In all the separate fissures there, 
 
 Their hideous waters twirl. 
 
 As loud as mortal terror would 
 
 Enable them to cry, 
 They called aloud. The mocking scream 
 
 Of sea-birds made reply. 
 
 Within the girls' own happy home, 
 
 Faces were waiting there 
 To welcome both the wanderers back 
 
 The evening meal to share. 
 
 The waters now had reached their waists, 
 
 They gave up every hope ; 
 Knowing that now it useless was 
 
 With fate, to try and cope. 
 
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 And so they stood there, side by side, 
 
 Clasping each other's hand, 
 And prayed that He who rules the sea 
 
 Would take them to His land— 
 
 And comfort their bereaved friends 
 
 In their most awful sorrow. 
 And now to them the thought did come, 
 
 Where would they be to-morrow ? 
 
 A numbing feeling came to them, 
 
 And one of lone misery. 
 Then sinking down by waves o'erpowered, 
 
 Were carried out to sea. 
 
 So perished both these dear young girla ; 
 
 One just had come to stay 
 With her best friend, when leaving school, 
 
 For a short holiday. 
 
 The rock hereafter this was named 
 
 ** The fatal Ladies' Crag." 
 It is a place which all doth shun ; 
 
 Where none doth ever lag. 
 
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 FORGET ME NOT. 
 
 Forget thee ? Forget thee ? Never, ah no ! 
 What though the weary years may come and go, 
 
 I am for ever thine, 
 
 And thou art always mine. 
 
 i love thee ; 
 
 Thou wilt love me 
 
 While stars do shine. 
 Forget thee ? Ah never ! It could not be so ! 
 
 Forget thee ? Forget thee ? What though the sea 
 
 doth roll 
 Between our lives, and sever soul from soul. 
 
 Yet this we both shall know, 
 
 We love each other so ; 
 
 Nothing will part 
 
 Each loving heart. 
 Or take away the whole 
 
 Of our trust, 
 
 Or that I must 
 Forget thee ? Ah no ! J^'ever so • 
 
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 HER DEATH. 
 
 The sun was setting o'er the land, 
 They brought the news just as I stood 
 
 Watching its rays of red and gold, 
 Just sinking 'neath the hills and wood. 
 
 The music of my banjo sweet 
 The feelings of my heart did tell ; 
 
 The thoughts that just then were with me, 
 Was oh ! I loved my darling well. 
 
 Her form rose up before my eyes, 
 Again she once before me stood ; 
 
 Fairer than all the world besides, 
 For oh ! my loved one was so good. 
 
 And shall I never see thee more 
 
 My little sweetheart ? bright Kathleen ! 
 Never until the Heavenly shore 
 
 And gates of Paradise are seen. 
 
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 OUR GUIDE. 
 
 "For Thy name's sake lead me and guide me.''— 
 Psalm xxxi., 3. 
 
 He leads us on ! when sunshine hovers o'er us, 
 And pastures green beneath our feet doth spring ; 
 
 He leads us gently near the still sweet waters ; 
 And keeps us safe beneath His shadowing wing. 
 
 He leads us on I when passion storms are threat- 
 ening 
 
 Their tempest fierce to roll upon our soul ; 
 Yet if we trust Him, He will lead us safely 
 
 Out of the strife unto the promised goal. 
 
 He leads us on ! what tho' the distant haven 
 Seems far away unto our darkened sight ; 
 
 Our eyes are dim, and aching, sorrow laden — 
 Still He will lead us and will guide us right. 
 
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