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THE POPULAR SCIENCE MONTHLY.

X.

His noble living, for the ends
God set him—duty underlying
Each thought, word, action—naught transcends
In lustre, save his nobler dying.

XI.

Do homage sky, and air, and grass—
All things ho cherished sweet and tender—
As through our gorgeous mountain-pass
We bear him in his sunset splendour!

Lexington, Va. Margaret J. Preston.