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CHARITY, by                    
First Line: All stainless in the holy white
Last Line: The olive branch, in holy beauty bending.


ALL stainless in the holy white
Of her broad mantle -- lo! the maiden cometh.
Lip, cheek and brow serenely bright
With that calm look of deep delight.
Beautiful, -- on the mountain top she roameth.

"The soft gray of the brooding dove"
With melting radiance in her eye she weareth;
Her heart is full of trust and love;
For an angel mission from above,
In tranquil beauty, o'er the earth she beareth.

The music of Humanity
Flows from her tuneful lips in sweetest numbers:
Of all life's pleasant ministries --
Of universal harmonies --
She sings: no care her mind encumbers.

Glad tidings doth she ever sound;
Good will to man throughout the world is sending;
Blessings and gifts she scatters round;
Peace to her name, with whom is found
The olive branch, in holy beauty bending.





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