The Poetical Works of Mrs. Leprohon by Mrs. (Rosanna Eleanor) Leprohon
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In blanket robes, with necklets bright--
Large beads of brilliant dyes. Thou'st seen our city far outgrow The bounds of its ancient walls, In beauty growing and in wealth, And free from early thralls, Till round Mount Royal's queenly heights, That stretch toward the sky, In pomp and splendor, beauteous homes Of luxury closely lie. Within this time-worn portal prayed The sons of differing creeds, And unto God, in various ways, Made known their various needs. Better dwell thus in brotherly love, All seeking one common weal, Than stir the stormy waters of strife Through hasty and misjudged zeal. And for many years the exiles lone, Who landed upon our shore From Erin's green and sunny isle, Did here their God adore; And laid their aching sad hearts bare To His kind, pitying gaze, And prayed to Him in this new strange land For better and brighter days. |
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