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THE ANGEL OF GOOD DEEDS, with closed book. / God sent his messenger the rain, / And said unto the mountain brook, / "Rise up, and from thy caverns look / And leap, with naked, snow-white feet, / From the cool hills into the heat / Of the broad, arid plain.
God sent his messenger of faith, / And whispered in the maiden's heart, / "Rise up and look from where thou art, / And scatter with unselfish hands / Thy freshness on the barren sands / And solitudes of Death."