...lift again Its hand against a brother, on its forehead Would wear for evermore the curse of Cain ! Down the dark future, through long generations, The...of the immortals, The holy melodies of love arise. WH LONGFELLOW. EARTH'S ANGELS. WHY come not spirits from the realms of glory To visit earth, as in...

...the Violet, sing for the Violet, Under the shadiness of the green bough I A VISION OP OLD FAMES. " Down the dark future, through long generations, The...I hear once more the voice of Christ say, ' Peace !' " I had a vision in the years gone by— A vision of a vast sepulchral hall, LONGFELLOW. Reared...

...and his " Occultation of Orion," he shadows forth the " coming of the milder day," when there is " Peace! and no longer from its brazen portals The blast...of the immortals, The holy melodies of love arise." And both in " Hyperion" and " Evangeline," the agency of sorrow, in purging the eye, subduing the senses,...

..."Arsenal," and his "Occultation of Orion," he shadows forth the "coming of the milder day," when there is " Peace ! and no longer from its brazen portals The...of the immortals, The holy melodies of love arise." And both in " Hyperion " and " Evangeline," the agency of sorrow, in purging the eye, subduing the...

...lift again Its hand against a brother, on its forehead Would wear for ever more the curse of Cain! Down the dark future, through long generations, The...; And like a bell, with solemn, sweet vibrations, Peace! and no longer from its brazen portals The blast of War's great organ shakes the skies! But,...

...lift again Its hand against a brother, on its forehead Would wear for evermore the curse of Cain ! Down the dark future, through long generations, The...; And like a bell, with solemn, sweet vibrations, Peace ! and no longer from its brazen portals The blast of War's great organ shakes the skies ! But...

...on in one broad stream to the ocean — carrying health and fertility, inspiring peace and love. ' Down the dark future, through long generations, The...echoing sounds grow fainter, and then cease ; And like a silver bell, with solemn, sweet vibrations, I hear, once more, the voice of Christ say, " Peace !"...

...lift again Its hand against a brother, on its forehead Would wear for evermore the curse of Cain ! Down the dark future, through long generations, The...of the immortals, The holy melodies of love arise. NUREMBERG. IN the valley of the Pegnitz, where across broad meadow lands Rise the blue Franconian mountains,...

...lift again Its hand against a brother, on its forehead Would wear for evermore the curse of Cain ! Down the dark future, through long generations, The...But beautiful as songs of the immortals, The holy melodiea of love arise. THE SKELETON IN ARMOUR. "SPEAK! speak! thou fearful guest! Who, with thy hollow...

...Cain. Down the dark future, through long generations, War's echoing sounds grow fainter, and they cease Like a bell, with solemn sweet vibrations ; I hear...once more the voice of Christ say, " Peace," Peace ! No longer from its brazen portals The blast of war's great organ shakes the skies, But beautiful...