 | The poems of Mrs. Emma Catherine Embury |  |
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ON SEEING A SEAL WITH THE MOTTO “SEMPRE LO STESSO.”
Sempre lo stesso,” always the same,—Such be the motto affixed to thy name;
“Sempre lo stesso,” always the same,—
Thy thoughts mounting up like the heaven-pointing flame;
“Sempre lo stesso,” when duty's lone star
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“Sempre lo stesso,” when troubles arise,
Looking still upward for help from the skies;
“Sempre lo stesso,” when joy shineth bright,
Remembering the day comes, and also the night;
“Sempre lo stesso,” when grief's frequent cloud
Threatens thy young hopes in darkness to shroud;
“Sempre lo stesso,” when fails thy last breath,
True to thyself, to thy God, to thy faith;
“Sempre lo stesso,” in life and in death.
| The poems of Mrs. Emma Catherine Embury | |