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Poems and Songs by E. H. B. [i.e. E. H. Bickersteth]

Bickersteth, Edward Henry (1825-1906)
 
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ACROSTIC.

Must all thine eloquence persuasive fail
Each heart to soften—o'er each sin prevail?
Love from thy tongue has caught a purer flame,
Vice still more hateful wears a blacker name.
In thy pure breast—a casket richly fraught—
Lie gems which sparkle with immortal thought;
Lo! round thy brow descending angels twine
Each early flower, their glories only thine.
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