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by Unknown

The old man’s heart is glad again,

And a joy lights up his eye.”

Enough, enough, thou homily brook!

I’ll treasure thy teachings well,

And I will yield a heartfelt tear

Thy crystal drops to swell;

Will bear like thee a kindly love

For the lowly things of earth,

Remembering still that high and pure

Is the home of the spirit’s birth.