Thus ended Fanny Day’s presentiment.


THE PALE THINKER.

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BY “ORAN.”

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I saw him, at the dawn of day, come forth to greet the sun,

With salutation not unlike Electra’s orison;

And, as with sad, though manly voice, he breathed his morning prayer,

I knew that, like Electra’s self, he felt the weight of care.