Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: MOONLIGHT A RHAPSODY Airily, fairily, silver lights In the shifting shades are lying; Dancingly, glancingly, sylvan sprites With the lithe moonmaids are flying. So o'er my fond dreaming Vague imageries fleet, Mad melody streaming Fantasia sweet. Glintingly, hintingly, shadows frail O'er the moonlit woods are winging; Cooingly, wooingly, waters pale To the shimmering stars are singing. So o'er my weird runing Soft sadnesses fall, Love-memories tuning A dear madrigal. Loomingly, gloomingly, vapours foul On hill and heath are lying; Drearily, eerily, sombre owl In the death-dark woods is crying. Life's vapours are weaving Their sad shrouds for me; Wails the heart all a-grieving A wild threnody. A JUBILEE HYMN Jubilee ! God's Church is breaking From the fetters of man's making, And to Christly freedom waking,— Love and unity! Choeus Swell the rising chorus: Jesus, rule Thou o'er us; Thy word divine, effulgent sign, Shall flame its way before us. Ever may Thy Spirit leading Flash Thy truths to minds unheeding. Make us hear the Saviour pleading,— " May they all be one." Long has fellowship fast slumbered; Long have strife and faction cumbered; Let our evil days be numbered: Sound Thy jubilee! Chobus Bring to pass Thy garden vision ; Save Thy Church from the derision And the shame of her division: Sound Thy jubilee! Chokfs May we, round Thy cross uniting, Strong in comradeship, be fighting Age-long ills that cry for righting: Sound Thy jubilee! Chorus Jubilee! The isles shall hear it! Satan's shrinking hosts shall fear it! Fill the whole earth with Thy Spirit,— Love and unity! Chorus Swell the rising chorus: Jesus, rule Thou o'er us; Thy word divine, effulgent sign, Shall flame its way be... --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.