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Title: Sun dials and roses of yesterday; garden delights which are here displayed in every truth and are moreover regarded as emblems
Year: 1902 (1900s)
Authors: Earle, Alice Morse, 1851-1911
Subjects: Sundials Roses Rosicrucians
Publisher: New York London : Macmillan & co., ltd.
Contributing Library: Boston College Libraries
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conse-crated to God could in his maturity wish to givethat life to the daughter of an unbeliever, and anaggressive, loud-voiced unbeliever, too, such a oneas a century earlier would have been stood on Sab-bath days upon a block or in a cage, and labelledlarge that all might read and abhor, A WANTONGOSPELLER, or perhaps even whipped withmany stripes. Their only reason for gratitude wasthat he had never spoken to the girl of love — butshe knew. He had walked home with her from sing-ing-school ; and they had gone Maying together,driven out to gather the sweet Trailing Arbutus,and that was an open act of keeping company, anhereditary transmission from the old world of May-day customs. His father and mother spoke to himbut once, and then besought him not to proceedfurther in his love-making; and though he made nopromise, nor did he cease to walk home with herfrom singing-school and prayer-meeting, still theyknew he spoke no direct word of love to her. 416 Sun-dials and Roses of Yesterday
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Dragon Gnomon. Even after the death of both minister and infidel,the widow of Dr. Holmes, simply through herhorror of an infidel and a suicide, could keep herson silent as to his love for the daughter of such aone, though he loved the girl far too well ever toheed thought of another sweetheart during all thoseyears. The twain had had one long and untram-melled talk after ten years of silence ; it could scarcebe called a lovers scene, though he told her that heloved her and would never marry another. Thereserved girl in an agony of plain speech whichseemed to her fairly immodest, implored with himfor her happiness; she told of her infinite patience,

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