FAREWELL.
(From a poem read by the late Dr. Holmes at a breakfast given in Boston in celebration of his 70th birthday.) If word of mine ano' her’s gloom has brightened, Through my dumb lips the Heaven-sent message came; If hand of mine another’s task has lightened. It felt the guidance that it does not claim But oh, my gentle sisters, oh, my brothers, These thick-sown snowflakes hint of toil’s release; These feebler pulses bid me leave to others The tasks once welcome : evening asks for peace. Time claims his tribute; .silence now is, golden ; Let me not vex the too long suffering lyre; Though to your love untiring still beholden, The curfew tells me—cover up the fire. And now with grateful smile and accents cheerful, And warmer heart than word or look can tell, In simplest phrase—these traitorous eyes are tearful— Thanks, brothers, sisters —children, and farewell.
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Southern Cross, Volume 2, Issue 36, 1 December 1894, Page 12
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148FAREWELL. Southern Cross, Volume 2, Issue 36, 1 December 1894, Page 12
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