Unto the heart that fainted not nor failed,
But from the hill-tops its salvation hailed.
I looked at him in dread lest I should see,
The anguish of the struggle in his eyes ;
And lo, great peace was there ! Triumphantly
The sunshine crowned him from the sacred skies.
"From strength to strength he goes/' he leaves beneath
The valley of the shadow and of death.
"Thrice blest who passing through that vale of Tears,
Makes it a well," — and draws life - nourishment
From those death-bitter drops. No grief, no fears
Assail him further, he may scorn the event.
For naught hath power to swerve the steadfast soul
Within that valley broken and made whole.
THE BANNER OF THE JEW.
Wake, Israel, wake ! Recall to-day
The glorious Maccabean rage.
The sire heroic, hoary-gray,
His five-fold lion-lineage :
