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Entreats, one brief request including all.
So pass the peaceful hours. From morn till eve
Pleasures succeeding pleasures fill the day.
When the glad bells up to God's temple call,
With one consent the household join the throng
That tread the hallowed aisles, their hearts the while
Drawn to each other closer, while they rise
Godward in prayer and song, and hear the word
That life eternal tells. Then home returned,
With books and cheerful talk and songs that stir
All pure affections, the loved day they close.
Of sabbaths such as this the memories kept
Among the heart's best riches, shall remain
Till earth's last week shall end and brightly dawns
The endless sabbath, the sweet rest of heaven.

  A time for all things—thus the wise man spake,
And—beautiful in its own time is each.
Not always, Edward, round thy bounteous board
Will greet thee youthful faces wreathed in smiles;
Not always, Mary, will thy quick ear hear