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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1880 Excerpt:...thy holy name, That thou didst loving woman kindly frame To share our pleasures and our care remove, By the soft hand of sweet attentive love; She by our side, a guardian angel bright, With us confronts life's storms without affright. And when our courage fails, she whispers low, Her tender words and is so prompt to show Her gentle sympathy and faith sincere, That manhood lives anew and defies fear, And every fiber is a glistening blade To ward off evil and the world persuade To give us justice, and enough procure To banish want and happiness secure. For her our blest companion who imparts Such consolation to our care-worn hearts. Heaven bless her for the joys she ever gives And help her liear the trials she receives; And scatter sunshine through her hard career, And lie her help in sorrows dark and drear; And when life's over may she peaceful die Ami shine the brightest angel in the sky. Hut man contending with earth's cares and toils Needs stern support to fight and win the spoils. 'Tis sweet at home to hear kind woman's voice Tn gentle accents bidding us rejoice; Hut in the conflicts which the world extends We also need our lellowmen vis friends, To lend a helping hand amid distress And share the burdens which would each depress. Sprung from one side and with one mother too, The're framed alike and common aims pursue; With instincts, passions, virtues frailties ettch, We can each other's trouble feel and teach Each other how to conquer in the strife Which all must enter in the field of life. All men are brothers, so the scriptures say, And all are doomed from earth to pass away; Here on probation to improve the time Bv getting ready for a better clime. True some have gift whose lustre far outshines, The meager talents of inferior minds; While rank and fo...