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First Line: Yes! All things tell us of a birthright lost
Last Line: With eden-flowers -- one mighty to atone!
Alternate Author Name(s): Browne, Felicia Dorothea
Subject(s): Spring


YES! all things tell us of a birthright lost --
A brightness from our nature passed away!
Wanderers we seem that from an alien coast
Would turn to where their Father's mansion lay;
And but by some lone flower, that 'midst decay
Smiles mournfully, or by some sculptured stone,
Revealing dimly, with gray moss o'ergrown,
The faint, worn impress of its glory's day,
Can trace their once-free heritage, though dreams,
Fraught with its picture, oft in startling gleams
Flash o'er their souls. But One, oh! One alone,
For us the ruined fabric may rebuild,
And bid the wilderness again be filled
With Eden-flowers -- One mighty to atone!





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