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The Master's Call.

RISE," said the Master, "come unto the feast." She heard the call, and came with willing feet; But thinking it not otherwise than meet,

For such a bidding, to put on her best,

She is gone

from us for a few short hours

Into her bridal-closet, there to wait

For the unfolding of the palace-gate,

That gives her entrance to the blissful bowers. We have not seen her yet, though we have been Full often to her chamber-door, and oft

Have listened underneath the postern green,

And laid fresh flowers, and whispered short and

soft;

But she hath made no answer, and the day
From the clear west is fading fast away.

H. ALFORD.

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