The Soul Page: 2 of 10
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No token conicS I'romn heyonIid the iombh
To tell ii the 50(11 15 there
S Does a falling star portend its doo--
:A flash of night inl the midnight goomn--
Then d rknes--everywhere
1o! No ! 'There is something in us here
Tihat lonis for a higher plane,-
\I inhorn hope [or a hrighiter sphere
Where diSenthralled fronm grie2( 01( har
We may live a l( love aoaiIin.
This ill1orn hope illh141 the waY
When ] i '1 seems too hard to helr:
It Nva.u born with is,-aind will ever stay
Iike the star that heralds the (lawil of day
Tlo keep n., Iromn do:4wi r.
II phis hope deludes-thet life is vain
A!d cursed by an adverse faie !-
Il tile soul (fIl (ever live i1gain
It's a rse 1m01ore dr d (1An the erise or (10n---
And our (od-is n (WH or Ilate.
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The Soul, poem, Date Unknown; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1091593/m1/2/: accessed June 10, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Hardin-Simmons University Library.