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CHURCHYAED MONODIES: By John Gk Smith. i PBECTTDE. 'Tis sweet in silent burial ground When evening's shades are gathering round, To stand and muse alone, * And read the records of our race, Inscribed by their last reeting-place j On monumental stone. 'Tis sweet to shed the heart's hot tears For those we loved in earlier years, When life was in its morn, '■ When all without was fresh and bright, And all within was hope and light, j A " rose without a thorn." 'Tis sweet to penetrate the gloom That overshadoweth the tomb, And mount on wings of faith, To holier, happier climes on high, Where sorrow never clouds the sky, Withouten sin or death. Come away, come away to the green churchyard, 'Tis a sacred book for man • Come away, come away to the old churchyard, Its lessons of wisdom to scan. Come away to the place where the high and the low, The rich and the poor do meet, Where the lordling who mocked at the poor man's woe Sleeps sound at the beggar's feet. Where the old and the weary have sunk to rest, And manhood toils no more — Where the flow*rets bloom on childhood's breast, When childhood's sports are o'er. Come away to the place where the ruined tower Keeps watch 'mid the silent ..dead — Where the verdant sward and the woodland flower Drop tears o'er the coffin lid. Where the sorrows we feel have a mellower tone, And tears have a sweeter flow, When they're shed o'er the bed of the loved ones gone To their long, last sleep below. We will eon the words on the moss-grey Btone Which the hand of affection rears, And evoke from the gloom of the dark, dark tomb The shadows of bygone years. Hoeloway's Phis. — Nothing preserves the health bo well as an occasional alterative in the changes of weather, or when the nerves are unstrung. These Pills act admirably on the stomach, liver, and kidneys, and so thoroughly purify the Hood that they are most efficient in warding off derangements of the stomach, fever, diarrhoea, dysentery, and other maladies, and giving tone and energy \o debilitated constitutions. All who have the natural and laudable desire of maintaining their own and their family's health, cannot do better than trust to Holloway's Pills, which cool, regulate, and strengthen. These purifying Pills are suitable for all ages, seasons, climates, and constitutions, when all other means fail. They are the female's best friend.

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Southland Times, Issue 1208, 11 February 1870, Page 4

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Page 4 Advertisements Column 1 Southland Times, Issue 1208, 11 February 1870, Page 4

Page 4 Advertisements Column 1 Southland Times, Issue 1208, 11 February 1870, Page 4