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ot in Pleasure’s round;
?Or even Love’s sweet dream; to lapse content:
Duty and Faith are words of solemn sound;
?And to their echoes must thy soul be bent。
Conscience shall hallow all; grant noble aim;
?And firm resolve the paths of vice to shun;
And haply; in reward; Love’s lambent flame
?Through storms of life shall shine; like Earth’s fair sun!
But a few days: and far across the flood;
?To stranger lands with strangers wilt thou roam;
Yet shall not absence loose the bonds of blood;
?Or still the voices of thy distant home。
So; go thy way; my Child! I love thee well:
?How well; no heart but mother’s heart may know —
Yet One loves better; — more than words can tell; —
?Then trust Him; now and evermore; — and go!
Ella Haggard。
July 16; 1875。
I think them beautiful lines。 Moreover they are typical of the writer。
Duty and Faith are words of solemn sound;
Well; duty and faith were the stars by which she guided her own life。
Of our voyage to Africa there is little to be said except that in those days it was long。 On arriving at Cape Town we went to Government House; where we stayed for about a week with Lady Barkly。
Government House is; or was; a large; quaint old place — I have not seen it from that day to this — which had the reputation of being haunted by a certain Grey Lady who had lived there generations before in the old Dutch days。
Since these chapters were written some letters of mind have been found at Bradenham。 From one of these; dealing with my arrival in South Africa; I e passages:
Government House
Cape Town: August 18; 1875。
My dear Father; — You will see from the heading of my le
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