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174 Ah! now 'tis changed. In conquering sunshine bright

The man of the bold West now comes arrayed:

He of the mystic East is touched with night.

THE BETTER PART.

THE DIVINITY.

", write it in the rock," Saint Bernard said,

"Grave it on brass with adamantine pen!

'Tis God himself becomes apparent, when

God's wisdom and God's goodness are displayed;

For God of these his attributes is made."—

Well spake the impetuous saint, and bore of men

The suffrage captive: now not one in ten

Recalls the obscure opposer he outweighed.9