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Floreen or the Story of Mitchell

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  • X. "But listen; for much is revealed to me, Of the wonderful things that are yet to be; Your labors shall crown you with honor and lame, And this great mountain shall bear your name; And men shall come, with uncovered brow, To honor the spot where you re standing now; And, this glorious, health-giving 'Land of the Sky', Shall be loved more and more as the years go by". XI. So sailing, she faded away into air, Leaving him lost in amazement there; But he saw as a Seer in a trance may see, The glory of things that are yet to be; For rising in beauty before his eyes, There spread a bright vision of Paradise! But while he was standing in rapture there, A Heavenly Convoy -was cleaving the air, And the Chariot that bore Good Elijah away, Was coming for him at the close of the day!
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