By the Sea, and Other Verses

<h2><SPAN name="A_LIFE_WORK" id="A_LIFE_WORK">A LIFE WORK</SPAN></h2> <p class="title">IN MEMORY OF DANIEL HILL</p> <div class="poem"><div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">He heard the cry of man enslaved<br/></span> <span class="i2">In bonds and servile toil;<br/></span> <span class="i0">And gave his voice for freedom till<br/></span> <span class="i2">The "Freedman" tilled "free-soil."<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">He saw his weaker brother reel,<br/></span> <span class="i2">Pierced by Drink's poisoned dart,<br/></span> <span class="i0">And wrought and wrote with fervent zeal<br/></span> <span class="i2">To stay the Tempter's art.<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">He heard the clash of sword and gun<br/></span> <span class="i2">In deadly battle-strife;<br/></span> <span class="i0">And pleaded till his day was done<br/></span> <span class="i2">For Love's sweet rule in life.<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">He rests in peace. Who now shall wear<br/></span> <span class="i2">The mantle he let fall?<br/></span> <span class="i0">Who teach as he the Father-love,<br/></span> <span class="i2">The brotherhood of all?<br/></span></div> </div> <hr class="chap" /> <div style="break-after:column;"></div><br />