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The Ruins Of Palenque.
Above the cross is seated a bird with a hieroglyphical head ; to the right , a man is p laced on a graceful leaf-ornament . This personage is not habited in the manner of the great lords of Palenqne ; he represents , without doubt , one of the people , as does the woman on the opposite side ; the latter holds in her hands an offering . Both man and woman have the month open as if speaking . Four rows of Katun ( or magic writing signs ) , on the right ancl left of the group , contain , no doubt the legend as to the worship to whicli the temple was dedicated ancl the epoch of its foundation .
The Flowers Upon The Grave.
THE FLOWERS UPON THE GRAVE .
AS I passed by a rural church , Ancl by its graveyard small , There caught my eyes a bunch of flowers Upon a grassy knoll ; It spoke of Spring—of other days —• Of frosts ancl Autumn ' s fall .
The grave was but a common grave , The flowers decked its head ; No tombstone told the name or sex That lay amongst the dead ; . It brooked , not , name and age and sex Ancl earthl y life were fled .
What brooks it if no tombstone mark , When years have passed away , To an unfeeling eye the spot Where lies in common clay A certain one well-loved ancl prized In a far distant clay . If we have lived a life of love
, Ancl scattered joys around , We need no stone to mark the place Where we lie in the ground ; In those we loved ancl who ns loved Remembrance will be found .
An emblem was that bunch of flowers Of sweet affection ' s tie , Affection that when born to life Shall never , never die , But shall with space , eternity , And endless beauty vie .
W- CORBETT ,
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Ruins Of Palenque.
Above the cross is seated a bird with a hieroglyphical head ; to the right , a man is p laced on a graceful leaf-ornament . This personage is not habited in the manner of the great lords of Palenqne ; he represents , without doubt , one of the people , as does the woman on the opposite side ; the latter holds in her hands an offering . Both man and woman have the month open as if speaking . Four rows of Katun ( or magic writing signs ) , on the right ancl left of the group , contain , no doubt the legend as to the worship to whicli the temple was dedicated ancl the epoch of its foundation .
The Flowers Upon The Grave.
THE FLOWERS UPON THE GRAVE .
AS I passed by a rural church , Ancl by its graveyard small , There caught my eyes a bunch of flowers Upon a grassy knoll ; It spoke of Spring—of other days —• Of frosts ancl Autumn ' s fall .
The grave was but a common grave , The flowers decked its head ; No tombstone told the name or sex That lay amongst the dead ; . It brooked , not , name and age and sex Ancl earthl y life were fled .
What brooks it if no tombstone mark , When years have passed away , To an unfeeling eye the spot Where lies in common clay A certain one well-loved ancl prized In a far distant clay . If we have lived a life of love
, Ancl scattered joys around , We need no stone to mark the place Where we lie in the ground ; In those we loved ancl who ns loved Remembrance will be found .
An emblem was that bunch of flowers Of sweet affection ' s tie , Affection that when born to life Shall never , never die , But shall with space , eternity , And endless beauty vie .
W- CORBETT ,