PS 
 
 3503 
 
 E1275 
 
 L5 
 
 1900z 
 
 MAIN 
 
 IRLF 
 
BOUGHT FROM 
 Hearst Fountain 
 
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 Samuel 
 
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 m ? teactjer and friend 
 
 "Eastman 
 
E12--7S L5 
 
 in T>arkness" 
 
 Ol)is poem was inspired bv ait& is dedicated to m? 
 teacher and friend, 3&lss !Jltar? XiPljite "Eastman 
 
 Crouched in a dark and silent tomb, 
 Apart, alone, in gloomy grief 
 
 Affliction clouded life and hope, 
 I know no solace, no relief. 
 
 I saw no light, I heard no sound; 
 
 Despair a spectre ever near. 
 My vitals shrunk in horror clutched 
 
 And I was bound by chains of fear. 
 
 Injustice ruled my mental state, 
 I suffered wrongs I would not own. 
 
 The blight affliction had besiow<M, i ,, 
 Dragged me down with weight of stone. 
 
 I made no move to stem the tfd, 
 But drifted aimless, weak and sad, 
 
 And sore depressed I longed for death 
 And cursed the fate that drove me mad. 
 
Within my world no light of day, 
 No sound of harmony or peace! 
 
 My deadened soul awoke at last 
 Inspired by one who brought release. 
 
 I sensed her light, her warmth, her love 
 Which penetrated through my gloom 
 
 Twas then my shameful self I saw, 
 Creating hell to be my doom. 
 
 My Angel with her pure desires, 
 
 The best within me stirred to growth. 
 
 Her wisdom led me step by step, 
 Through understanding felt by both. 
 
 The cup of sorrow she had drained 
 Thus deep responded unto deep. 
 
 She taught me life was all in thought, 
 How daily sowing we must reap. 
 
 My wounds wore healed, my grief dispelled, 
 1 then found justice in God s plan. 
 
 No more affliction s blight I owned, 
 From f alse ideas I rose a man. 
 
 Resolved to make the best of life, 
 To mould conditions with strong will, 
 
 And not to be the prey of fate, 
 Succumbing to a fleshy ill. 
 
My eyes within now see the light, 
 
 Divinest harmonies I hear. 
 My hopes and joys are not of earth, 
 
 But vibrate in a higher sphere. 
 
 My guiding Angel I adore! 
 
 Her love and wisdom sacred are! 
 No fear of darkness can appall 
 
 She is my light, my guiding star! 
 
 I would be worthy of her love, 
 Which points the way to Truth divine. 
 
 I would to others proffer help 
 And try to let my light far shine. 
 
Photomount 
 Pamphlet 
 
 Binder 
 Gaylord Bros. 
 
 Makers 
 Syracuse, N. Y. 
 
 PAT. JAN 21, 1908 
 
 U. C. BERKELEY LIBRARIES 
 
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