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Beneath the surface of a shallow lake	A
Where grasses rank and mammoth rushes grow	B
And playful fish their bright fins nimbly shake	A
Or madly chase each other to and fro	B
The larva of the dragon fly submerged	C
In family large had taken their abode	D
And tho' the waves around them daily surged	C
Upon the bending grass they safely rode	D
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Content were they with life as there enjoyed	E
To brighter world they never had aspired	F
Had they not felt unfilled an aching void	E
And heard a whisper of a life attired	F
In sapphire robes 'midst gleams of golden light	G
Above their present world so dank and chill	H
Where all day long they wing their happy flight	G
From roses sweet to lovely daffodil	H
	-
But some essayed to doubt if it were so	B
Who ever had returned to make it known	I
One volunteered that he would upward go	B
To bring report but he was not full grown	I
And fainted when he reached the surface air	J
And falling round a reed his form he curled	K
Then cried Delusion I have been up there	J
And could not find a trace of brighter world	K
	-
Yet others could not still the voice within	L
Nor disregard tradition's hopeful tale	M
They called a council but it caused some din	L
And all their efforts seemed at first to fail	M
Till one wise head suggested this compact	N
Expressed no doubt in dragon larva lore	O
That if that brighter life were actual fact	N
And all who rose in golden sunshine soar	O
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Each must return to tell the joyful tale	M
And o'er the waters shake his sapphire wings	P
So all may see and their bright comrade hail	M
And talk about the tidings which he brings	P
Now each returns clad in his bright array	Q
Skims o'er the grassy lake with gauze like wings	P
Attracts their notice by his plumage gay	Q
And they collect to hear the news he brings	P
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Then holding fast he buzzes out his song	R
And seeks to woo them to a brighter world	K
And he succeeds for see the larva strong	R
Climb up the grass and soon in light enfurled	K
They wait the growth of wings then burst their shells	S
Shake loose the gauzy folds and soar away	Q
But soon come back again their joy to tell	T
And help their brothers to a brighter day	Q
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Perhaps our loved ones do not always stay	Q
In far off heaven and leave their comrades lone	I
Tho' yet unseen may hover round our way	Q
And see our toil and hear our daily moan	I
And tho' we cannot see their lovely forms	U
Nor hear full well the whispers of their voice	V
May shield us oft in life's tempestuous storms	U
And when we victories gain with us rejoice	V
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They whisper thoughts perhaps if not word sounds	W
And help to waken longings for our rest	K
And thus allure our hearts beyond earth's bounds	W
To joy and home upon our Saviour's breast	K
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O may I heed the whispers which they bring	X
And seek the grace which will my heart prepare	J
To climb from earth and take on angel wing	X
Then soar aloft to find my home up there	J

Joseph Horatio Chant

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