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LEFT BEHIND.

Not first the bright, and after that the dark,

But first the dark, and after that the bright; First the thick cloud, and then the rainbow's

are,

First the dark grave, then resurrection- light.

" Tis first the night,-stern night of storm and war ,­

Long night of heavy clouds and veiled skies; Then the far sparkle of the Morning- star,

That bids the saints awake and dawn arise.

LEFT BEHIND.

Look at this starbeam! From its place of birth, It has come down to greet us here below; Now it alights unwearied on this earth,

Nor storm nor night have quench'd its heavenly glow.

Unbent before the winter's rugged blast,

Unsoiled by this sad planet's tainted air, It sparkles out from yon unmeasured vast, Bright' mid the brightest,' mid the fairest fair.