r's cross, I know,
Was wooden, too.

[A] The river Rufigi rose so high the night he died, none of his own
Battalion could cross it to attend his last honours.

Sorrow

Send Sorrow away,
For Sorrow is dressed in grey,
And her eyes are dim
With a weary rim.
Send Sorrow away.

Send Sorrow away.
Maid of the sombre sway,
Breathing woe
In a murmur low,
And her lips are pale
And her body frail.
Send Sorrow away.

Send Sorrow away,
Foe of the dancing day.
Oh! her cheeks fall in,
And her hands are thin,
But her grip is fast
On the changeless past;
And they sere and clutch
The soul they touch.
Send Sorrow away.

Send Sorrow away,
For she haunts me night and day.
And Sorrow is dressed in grey,
Yes, Sorrow is dressed in grey.
And she looks so old,
So drawn, so cold--
Send Sorrow away.

Alas!

So softly Time trod with me, that I lost
His footsteps pacing mine. I stayed the while
To wrest the luscious fruits from love and life;
He strode on pauselessly, with thin cold smile.

So surely Time trod with me; marred my bloom,
Stole all my roses, spread his cobwebs grey,
Wrung all my tresses in his silvering hand;
So stealthily he lured my youth away
I only learned that I was old--to-day.

I could have borne it bravely, this I know,
Had not the lips of children told me so.

A Sacrament

Tears!--And I brought them to the Lord, and said:
"What are these crystal globes by nations shed?

What is the crimson flood that stains the land?
Where is Thy peace, and where Thy guiding hand?

Why are those thousands daily sacrificed?
Where is Thy might, and where the love of Christ?"

And from the heavens methought I heard a voice--
"Oh son of earth, I bid thee still rejoice!

Those crystal tears by men and nations shed
Water My harvest, sanctify My dead.

That crimson flood which stains the hapless earth
Is but the prelude to a nobler birth.

Those thousands, who for home have gladly died,
Sleep in the hope of Jesus crucified.

Flesh, Blood, and Water, Little Child of Mine,
Veil in their depths a Mystery divine."

I bowed my head, and prayed for faith to see
The inner visions of Calamity!

The Love-shed Tear

Knocked a man at the shining Ga