Protect whoe'er for mercy craves, Wherever him you find; The creed of Spanish Guzman's braves, Suits tigers, not mankind. Speed onward, bend the sturdy bow, The victory is yours; For God with death to all your foes, Ills awful wrath assures. In daily tasks His help ye need, Your hosts should fear His arm, His mighty voice the tempests heed, He speaks: the sea is calm. Trust Him! thyself forever keep, Beneath His chastening rod! Prom Zenith unto Nadir sweep The realms of most high God. rrom friends and kindred ye must ride To battle in His name: With God, protector, saviour, guide, Return for victor's fame. Ye come! a glad exultant strain, Resounds both far and near: Father with joy meets son again, And wife her husband dear. e, Pa., Jan. 7,1899 ~,e oe 01 EXCHANGE VERSE SONNET t have I heard, upon the crowded ways, Dissatisfaction with the things that are; Fears that the present tends to spoil and mar, ihappy pinings for the " good old days." ch civic pessimist, with saddened gate, .ighs for a Franklin or a Washington; I ach croaking rhymster, blind to glory won nobler mates, extols the ancient lays. I. L. r.
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