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244 The Little Brothers, 247 Mr. D. F. Robinson, 249 Mr. Samuel Tudor, 251 Henry Howard Comstock, 254 Rev. Dr. David Smith, 256 Miss Emily B. Parish, 258 Harriet Allen Ely, 260 Miss Catharine Ball, 261 Mrs. Morris Collins, 263 Mrs. Margaret Walbridge, 265 The Brothers Buell, 267 Mr. Phillip Ripley, 269 Richard Ely Collins, 271 Miss Elizabeth Brinley, 273 Mr. John A. Taintor, 275 THE MAN OF UZ. A JOYOUS FESTIVAL.-- The gathering back Of scattered flowrets to the household wreath. Brothers and sisters from their sever'd homes Meeting with ardent smile, to renovate The love that sprang from cradle memories And childhood's sports, and whose perennial stream Still threw fresh crystals o'er the sands of life. --Each bore some treasured picture of the past, Some graphic incident, by mellowing time Made beautiful, while ever and anon, Timbrel and harp broke forth, each pause between. Banquet and wine-cup, and the dance, gave speed To youthful spirits, and prolong'd the joy. * * * * * The patriarch father, with a chasten'd heart Partook his children's mirth, having God's fear Ever before him. Earnestly he brought His offerings and his prayers for every one Of that beloved group, lest in the swell And surging superflux of happiness They might forget the Hand from whence it came, Perchance, displease the Almighty. Many a care Had he that wealth creates. Not such as lurks In heaps metallic, which the rust corrodes, But wealth that fructifies within the earth Whence cometh bread, or o'er its surface roves In peaceful forms of quadrupedal life That thronging round the world's first father came To take their names, 'mid Eden's tranquil shades, Ere sin was born. Obedient to the yoke, Five hundred oxen turn'd the furrow'd glebe Where agriculture hides his buried seed Waiting the harvest hope, whi
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