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St. Nicholas [serial] (1873)

Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 422

An illustration from St. Nicholas [serial], 1873, leaf 422 — And led him steadily on,Where, far through the frozen distance, The lights of the Hospice shone. And still, as the nights grow colder,And the storm-winds icy breath Blows keen oer the mountains shoulder,A blast from the hills of death, Still upward his footsteps urging, His slow, sad steps of… … TO SEARCH FOR THE OUTCAST STRANGER ALONE IN THE TEMPEST WILD. Safe home to the lighted gateway,Where the monks in wonder cried, He guided his slayer, and straightwayFell down at their feet and died! And still in the Hospice storyOf courage and love sublime, One name hath a crown of gloryThat never…

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