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Again it comes�察�and oftener�察�Linked�察�as it now must be�察�With all the
joy or sorrow That Life may bring to me。
So all the restyou know it�此�Now shut the clasp again�察�And put aside
the record Of bygone hours of pain。
The dust shall gather on it�察�I will not read it more�此�Give me your hand´
´what was it We were talking of before�拭�
I know not whybut tell me Of something gay and bright。 It is
strangemy heart is heavy�察�And my eyes are dim to´night。
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VERSE�此 �A CHAIN
The bond that links our souls together�察 �Will it last through stormy
weather�拭�Will it moulder and decay As the long hours pass away�拭�Will it
stretch if Fate divide us�察�When dark and weary hours have tried us�拭�Oh�察�if
it look too poor and slight Let us break the links to´night� �
It was not forged by mortal hands�察 �Or clasped with golden bars and
bands�察�Save thine and mine�察�no other eyes The slender link can recognise�此�
In the bright light it seems to fade ´ And it is hidden in the shade�察�While
Heaven nor Earth have never heard�察�Or solemn vow�察�or plighted word。
Yet what no mortal hand could make�察�No mortal power can ever break�此�
What words or vows could never do�察�No words or vows can make untrue�察�
And if to other hearts unknown The dearer and the more our own�察�Because
too sacred and divine For other eyes�察�save thine and mine。
And see�察�though slender�察�it is made Of Love and Trust�察�and can they
fade�拭�While�察�if too slight it seem�察�to bear The breathings of the summer air�察�
We know that it could bear the weight Of a most heavy heart of late�察�And
as each day and hour flew The stronger for its burthen grew。
And�察�too�察�we know and feel again It has been sanctified by pain�察�For
what God deigns to try with sorrow He means not to decay to´morrow�察�
But through that fiery trial last When earthly ties and bonds are past�察�What
slighter things dare not endure Will make our Love more safe and pure。
Love shall be purified by Pain�察�And Pain be soothed by Love again�此�So
let us now take heart and go Cheerfully on�察 �through joy and woe�察 �No
change the summer sun can bring�察�Or the inconstant skies of spring�察�Or the
bleak winter's stormy weather�察�For we shall meet them�察�Love�察�together� �
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VERSE�此 �THE PILGRIMS
The way is long and dreary�察�The path is bleak and bare�察�Our feet are
worn and weary�察�But we will not despair。 More heavy was Thy burthen�察�
More desolate Thy way�察 � Oh Lamb of God who takest The sin of the
world away�察�Have mercy on us。
The snows lie thick around us In the dark and gloomy night�察�And the
tempest wails above us�察�And the stars have hid their light�察�But blacker was
the darkness Round Calvary's Cross that day�察 � Oh Lamb of God who
takest The sin of the world away�察�Have mercy on us。
Our hearts are faint with sorrow�察�Heavy and hard to bear�察�For we dread
the bitter morrow�察�But we will not despair�此�Thou knowest all our anguish�察�
And Thou wilt bid it cease�察 � Oh Lamb of God who takest The sin of the
world away�察�Give us Thy Peace� �
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VERSE�此 �INCOMPLETENESS
Nothing resting in its own completeness Can have worth or beauty�此�
but alone Because it leads and tends to farther sweetness�察�Fuller�察�higher�察�
deeper than its own。
Spring's real glory dwells not in the meaning�察�Gracious though it be�察�of
her blue hours�察�But is hidden in her tender leaning To the Summer's richer
wealth of flowers。
Dawn is fair�察�because the mists fade slowly Into Day�察�which floods the
world with light�察�Twilight's mystery is so sweet and holy Just because it
ends in starry Night。
Childhood's smiles unconscious graces borrow From Strife�察 �that in a
far´off future lies�察�And angel glances ��veiled now by Life's sorrow�� Draw
our hearts to some beloved eyes。
Life is only bright when it proceedeth Towards a truer�察 �deeper Life
above�察 �Human Love is sweetest when it leadeth To a more divine and
perfect Love。
Learn the mystery of Progression duly�此 �Do not call each glorious
change�察�Decay�察�But know we only hold our treasures truly�察�When it seems
as if they passed away。
Nor dare to blame God's gifts for incompleteness�察 �In that want their
beauty lies�此 �they roll Towards some infinite depth of love and sweetness�察�
Bearing onward man's reluctant soul。
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VERSE�此 �A LEGEND OF
BREGENZ
Girt round with rugged mountains The fair Lake Constance lies�察�In her
blue heart reflected Shine back the starry skies�察�And�察�watching each white
cloudlet Float silently and slow�察�You think a piece of Heaven Lies on our
earth below� �
Midnight is there�此 �and Silence�察 �Enthroned in Heaven�察 �looks down
Upon her own calm mirror�察 �Upon a sleeping town�此 �For Bregenz�察 �that
quaint city Upon the Tyrol shore�察 �Has stood above Lake Constance�察 �A
thousand years and more。
Her battlements and towers�察�From off their rocky steep�察�Have cast their
trembling shadow For ages on the deep�此�Mountain�察�and lake�察�and valley�察�A
sacred legend know�察 �Of how the town was saved�察 �one night�察 �Three
hundred years ago。
Far from her home and kindred�察�A Tyrol maid had fled�察�To serve in the
Swiss valleys�察�And toil for daily bread�察�And every year that fleeted So
silently and fast�察�Seemed to bear farther from her The memory of the Past。
She served kind�察 �gentle masters�察 �Nor asked for rest or change�察 �Her
friends seemed no more new ones�察�Their speech seemed no more strange�察�
And when she led her cattle To pasture every day�察�She ceased to look and
wonder On which side Bregenz lay。
She spoke no more of Bregenz�察�With longing and with tears�此�Her Tyrol
home seemed faded In a deep mist of years�察�She heeded not the rumours
Of Austrian war and strife�察�Each day she rose contented�察�To the calm toils
of life。
Yet�察�when her master's children Would clustering round her stand�察�She
sang them ancient ballads Of her own native land�察�And when at morn and
evening She knelt before God's throne�察�The accents of her childhood Rose
to her lips alone。
And so she dwelt�此 �the valley More peaceful year by year�察 �When
suddenly strange portents�察 �Of some great deed seemed near。 The golden
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corn was bending Upon its fragile stalk�察�While farmers�察�heedless of their
fields�察�Paced up and down in talk。
The men seemed stern and altered�察 �With looks cast on the ground�察�
With anxious faces�察�one by one�察�The women gathered round�察�All talk of
flax�察�or spinning�察�Or work�察�was put away�察�The very children seemed afraid
To go alone to play。
One day�察 �out