...peaceable fruits of righteousness ; and therefore he can sing what the poet felt and well expressed, " These severe afflictions Not from the ground arise,...disguise. " We see but dimly through the mists and vapors, Amid these earthly damps ; What seems to us but sad funereal tapers May be heaven's distant...

...dying, And mournings for the dead ; The heart of Rachel for her children crying, Will not be comforted ! Let us be patient ! These severe afflictions Not from...benedictions Assume this dark disguise. We see but dimly thro' the mists and vapors ; Amid these earthly damps What seem to us but sad, funeral tapers May be...

...the midst of them. Such is another page of the blessed life ! CHAPTER X. THE NOBLE ARMY OF MARTYRS. " These severe afflictions Not from the ground arise...disguise. " We see but dimly through the mists and vapors, Amid these earthly damps ; What seem to us but sad funereal tapers May be heaven's distant...

...must number her with her dear father, as a saint in glory ! " AN UNWELCOME CALL. 85 CHAPTER XVIII. " Let us be patient, these severe afflictions Not from...celestial benedictions Assume this dark disguise. " We will be patient, and assuage the feeling We may not wholly stay ; By silence sanctifying, not concealing,...

...And mournings for the dead ; The heart of Rachel, for her children crying, Will not be comforted ! Let us be patient ! These severe afflictions Not from...celestial benedictions Assume this dark disguise. i We see but dimly through the mists and vapon Amid these earthly damps What seem to us but sad, funereal...

...her children ciying, Will not be comforted ! Let us be patient! These severe afflictions Not frora the ground arise, But oftentimes celestial benedictions Assume this dark disguise. We see bu t dimly throu gh the m ists and vapours Ainiil these earthly damps, What seem to us but sad funeral...

...dying, And mournings for the dead ; The heart of Rachacl for her children crying Will not »e comforted! Let us be patient! these severe afflictions Not from the ground arise. But of i "in r celestial benedictions Assume this dark disguise. We see but dimly through the mists and...

...involuntarily muttered to myself some lines of Longfellow's, only to find they had lost their significance : 1 Let us be patient ; these 'severe afflictions Not from the ground arise ; For oftentimes celestial benedictions Assume this -dark disguise.' " But to return to El Carmen....

...dying, And mournings for the dead ; The heart of Rachel, for her children crying, Will not be comforted! Let us be patient ! These severe afflictions Not from...earthly damps, What seem to us but sad, funereal tapers, There is no Death ! What seems so is transition ; This life of mortal breath Is but a suburb of the...

...And mournings for the dead : The heart of Rachel, for her children crying, Will not he comforted ! Let us be patient! These severe afflictions Not from...benedictions Assume this dark disguise. We see but dinsty through the mists and vapors Amid these earthly damps, What seem to us but sad funereal taoers,...