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Title: Now Close The Book
Author: John S. Adams [ More Titles by Adams]
NOW close the book. Each page hath done its part, Each thought hath left its impress on the heart. O, may it be that naught hath here been traced That after years may wish to have effaced! O, may it be Humanity hath won Some slight bestowment by the task now done! If struggling Right hath found one cheering word, If Hope hath in desponding heart been stirred, If Sorrow hath from one lone soul been driven By one kind word of Sympathy here given, Then in my soul a living joy shall dwell, Brighter than art can paint or language tell. Yes, close the book: the story and the song Have each been said, and sung. I see the throng Of gentle ministrants who've led my pen Withdraw their aid. I hear the word, Amen. And now to you, who have been with me through The "Town and Country," I must bid adieu.
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