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   Mr. John A. Taintor,275 

 Mr. John A. Taintor

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  THE MAN OF UZ.  

  A joyous festival.— 

 A joyous festival

 The gathering back 

 Of scattered flowrets to the household wreath. 

 Brothers and sisters from their sever'd homes 

 Meeting with ardent smile, to renovate 

 The love that sprang from cradle memories 

 And childhood's sports, and whose perennial stream 

 Still threw fresh crystals o'er the sands of life. 

 —Each bore some treasured picture of the past, 

 Some graphic incident, by mellowing time 

 Made beautiful, while ever and anon, 

 Timbrel and harp broke forth, each pause between. 

 Banquet and wine-cup, and the dance, gave speed 

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