MEMORY—THE GLEANER.

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BY ANSON G. CHESTER, A. B.

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The harvest-field of Boaz. Like a host

Drawn up for battle stands its yellow grain,

Rustling its own sweet music. Brawny men

Are there to steal its beauty—and the noise

Of the keen sickle blends with random songs.

Close on their track the agile binders haste