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<h3>THE JOURNEY OF LIFE.</h3>
<p>Beneath the waning moon I walk at night,<br/>
And muse on human life—for all around<br/>
Are dim uncertain shapes that cheat the sight,<br/>
And pitfalls lurk in shade along the ground,<br/>
And broken gleams of brightness, here and there,<br/>
Glance through, and leave unwarmed the death-like air.<br/><br/>
The trampled earth returns a sound of fear—<br/>
A hollow sound, as if I walked on tombs!<br/>
And lights, that tell of cheerful homes, appear<br/>
Far off, and die like hope amid the glooms.<br/>
A mournful wind across the landscape flies,<br/>
And the wide atmosphere is full of sighs.<br/><br/>
And I, with faltering footsteps, journey on,<br/>
Watching the stars that roll the hours away,<br/>
Till the faint light that guides me now is gone,<br/>
And, like another life, the glorious day<br/>
Shall open o'er me from the empyreal height,<br/>
With warmth, and certainty, and boundless light.</p>
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