THE TRYST OF NATIONS.

Tremendous dawn! that turns its back upon a fumbling

past, and then, in radiant ecstasy, sweeps up the heavens,

down the spaces of the wind, revealing, healing, seeking

out the darkest places of the world.

Night, still crimsoned by the blood of sacrifice, has sung its

Sorrow-Song; we must forget, and pray for those who

day by day must grow more intimate with pain, or some

unspoken loneliness.

O Dawn of Love’s completion, though earth still trembles