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So to the ark she fled,
With weary, drooping head,
        To seek for rest;
Christ is thy ark, my love,
Thou art the timid dove,—
        Fly to his breast.





Love to Brothers and Sisters.


I had a little friend,
    And every day he crept
In sadness to his brother's tomb,
    And laid him down and wept.

And when I ask'd him why
    He mourn'd so long and sore;
He answer'd through his tears, "because
    I did not love him more.

"Sometimes I was not kind,
    And cross or coldly spake;"
And then he turn'd away, and sobb'd
    As though his heart would break.