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 ILI^USTRATED BY PHOTO-GRAVURES AFTER ORIGINAI* DESIGNS 
 
 BY 
 
 FREDERICK W. FREER 
 ^'A people near unto him.'''' 
 
 NEW YORK 
 
 Copynighi, lSS~, by 
 
 FREDERICK A. STOKES 
 
 Successor to White, Stokes, & Allbn 
 
 ■ JUL 29 188; -/ 
 
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Irlearer, m\2 OoO, to tbce, 
 Hearer to tbcc. 
 
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 XTbat raisetb mc ; 
 
 Still all my 3om3 5ball be, 
 
 Bearer/ my OoD, to tbee. 
 Bearer to t' 
 
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 ©apligbt all Qonc:' 
 
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 BavHujbt all QonCr 
 * BarF?nc55 comes ovcv me» 
 
 /B^v> vest a stone , 
 JUet in my Dreams f t> be 
 Bearer, mv> Gob, to tbee, 
 Bearer to tbee ! 
 
^*£lngel5 to beckon me 
 IRcarer, mv 6o&, to tbec/' 
 
C OHYKIGHT. 18 8 7 B"2- FhEDERICK J^. StOKES-' 
 
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vTbcrc let tbc \va^ appear 
 Steps unto bcaven ; 
 
 mi tbat tbou 6enC>c5t me 
 •ffn mercv given ; 
 
 Bngels to becl^ou me 
 ^ iRearer, mv> Oo\>, to tbec, 
 
 Bearer to tbee I 
 
kLben, wttb m^ waUitia tbougbts 
 BtiGb^witb tb^ prrasc, 
 
 ©ut ot \xvo Btorvg gxicts 
 ' JSetbcl I'll raise; 
 
 So b^ mi^ woes to be 
 Bearett m^ 6o^, to tbee, 
 'Bearer to tbeet 
 
*Wv, If on io?ful wino, 
 Cleaving tbe 0ft?," 
 
3ir2mGiiT, 18 SZ Sir Fs'esisuhici!: A_. Stokhs. 
 
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Wtf it on lo^tttl wtna, 
 dleaving tbe sI?p, 
 
 Sun, moon, an^ stars torcjot, 
 mpwart) f U^r 
 
 Still all m^ soncj sball be 
 
 flearer, mi? Ood, to tbce, 
 flcarcr to tbec ! 
 
S^rab ^lowec aoamSr tbe autborot '*1ftearec, 
 iftB 000, to Zhcc/' vva6 born in IS05, at t)arlow, 
 Suissex, BnslauD » » Ibcr maiOen name wa3 
 flower » . Sbe wrote several well*knowu 
 bgmns, anO in IS41 sbe publisbeO a Orama entitleO 
 **Diva perpetua" » . ''IRearer, ^s ©oD, to ilbee " 
 first appeared In'^lbBinns anD BntbemSt'UOiteD by 
 laimUam 3^, foi anD publisbeD in tbe same sear 
 as "\Diva iperpetua'' . , Zbc poetess Died in IS43, 
 
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