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DREAMS OF LIFE: 7, by                    
First Line: Yes; on the future life we build
Last Line: By kindred ties, each as each free!


Yes; on the Future Life we build,
Rear crumbling monuments to fame,
When Death's remorseless clasp has stilled
The currents of the mortal frame!

Man's labors here are all in vain,
Are scattered on the cyclone blast --
Scattered afar like tiny seed,
Upon a barren desert cast,

If Duty and Justice be not
The objects of his care and zeal;
Or in the granary will rot,
As time eats up the blade of steel!

The universal law ordains,
Nor can we change the just decree,
That man to man, as man, remains,
By kindred ties, each as each free!





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