IMPULSE AND PRINCIPLE.
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BY ALFRED B. STREET.
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Two youths approached a torrent in their path;
One soft and fair, one eagle-eyed and strong;
Thoughtful the last, the first all mirth and song.
They saw two bridges o’er the torrent’s wrath;
One a rough tree-trunk from a rugged ledge,
Rugged to reach, uneven to the tread;