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Detdiar sidj as efterluket wurden.


THE GLOW-WORM.


FROM THE GERMAN OF HELMINE YON CHEZY, GEB. VON KLENKE.

  The blessed John once walked beside
  A limpid stream, and watched its tide.
  Through grass and flowers his pathway lies,
  He marks them well with loving eyes,
  So fresh their bloom, so fair to sight —
  ' Oh, God, this earth of Thine how bright !
  The little floweret smiling still
  While buds and verdure fill the vale !
  There's not a leaf or flower, I ween.
  But hath a sense of life within.
  Each little worm, though meanly dressed,
  Is in its conscious being blessed.
  Where'er a spark of life doth dwell
  The love of God abideth still ! '