THE BURIAL OF MOSES.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 2290, 30 November 1889, Page 2

THE BURIAL OF MOSES.

•'Acd he. 'buried hth m a valley m the land of Moab, over against B.<thpaor, but no mun knoweth of hit pepnlobreunto this day." — Dent. xxxiv6th By Nebo'a lonely monntain, On tola aide Jordan's wave, - In a vale m tbe Land of Moab, ' Th>.re Ilea a lonely grave, . And uo man dug that sepulchre, And no man saw it e'er, ' .'..,*/ Fop the angola of God upturned the sod And laid tin dead m n there. Tb t was .the grandest funeral That cvo. p uaed on earth ; Bi*- ao m*n h ard the tramping, ■/.;■ Or saw the train go forih. Noiselessly ns tbe daylight Comus wben the night ia done, And tho crimson streak on ocean's oheek Grows into tbe great sua-— " Ko's dessly as the sp'lng-fclma Le cowu of verdure weaves, And all the tniea on all the hills Open their thousand leaves — .... '_-■ To, "without sound of mualo •••-■*■ Or v.>l"o of thorn that wept, ■ S Lintly down from the mountain orown The great peocoajion swept. Porchance the bald old e»gle Oa gray Bethpaor's height, .; Oit of his rook; eyrie. Looked on the wondrous eight* Porohance the Hon etalklnsj Still shuns tbat hallowed opot, For boast acd bird hath seen and heard That (vhioh man knoweth not* '■, ' Bak when tbe warrior dleth, His comrades In the war With anna reversed and rauflhd drum Follow the funeral car. They show the banners taken, They toil ti's battles won, And after him lead his masteries, steed WhUo poalß tha minute gun. Amid the noblest of the land rt Men lay the s.ge to rest, And give the bard an honoured placo With ooatly marble dreised. In the great minster transept, Wbere lights like glories fail; And the choir slnga and the organ line* Along the embhsoned wall. Tbis wa. tho brave. t wairloc ■■> That over buckled sword j This tbe moist gified poet > That ever breathed a word ;, And never earth's philosopher.' Tra o-3-l with his golden pea. -. On the deathless page truth h^K so tags As he wrote down for naerj, =:" if V 1 And bad ho not high honour 1 > Tbe billßide for hia p^i . - To He In state while angele wait, Wi.h stars for takers tall ; And great dark pl.aeslike tossing pJamei Over hla ble»! to wave ; " r And God's own hand, m that lonely land To, hy him Ib the grave. 0 lono : y t^mb In Moab's Land, 0 datk Bathpeor'a hill, j Sps«ktq these lonely hearts of. "oars, Avid teaoh them to be etill, God has hia mysteries of grace-— Wayo that we cannot tell ; He hides them deep, like tha seerat stop Of him be loved so well. ~ u KZi Tlt-Blts."