That swept her heaviness away, and filled her world with praise?
Her son was saved,—is alive,—is near!—O did she stop to question?
No, rushing in the force of faith, she met him at the door!
OF HONESTY.
All is vanity that is not honesty;—thus is it graven on the tomb:
And there is no wisdom but in piety;—so the dead man preacheth:
For, in a simple village church, among those classic shades