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Title: Home school of American literature:
Year: 1897 (1890s)
Authors: Birdsall, William Wilfred, 1854-1909, (from old catalog) comp. and ed Jones, Rufus Matthew, 1863- (from old catalog) joint comp. and ed
Subjects: American literature English literature
Publisher: Philadelphia, Pa., Elliott publishing co
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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0 fallen ! so lost! the light withdrawnWhich once he wore ! . The glory from his gray hairs goneFor evermore! Eevile him not,—the Tempter hath A snare for all!And pitying tears, not scorn and wrath. Befit his fall. Oh ! dumb be passions stormy rage, When he who mightHave hghted up and led his age Falls back in night. Scorn! would the angels laugh to mark A bright soul driven,Kend-goaded, down the endless dark, From hope and heaven ? Let not the land, once proud of him.Insult him now, Nor brand with deeper shame his dimDishonord brow. But let its humbled sons, instead, From sea to lake,A long lament, as for the dead. In sadness make. Of all we loved and honord, noughtSave power remains,— A fallen angels pride of thoughtStill strong in chains. All else ia gone; from those great eyes The soul has fled :When faith is lost, when honor dies, The man is dead ! Then pay the reverence of old days To his dead fame;Walk backward with averted gaze. And hide the shame !
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