THE END
Reading edition
Though man through life so swiftly wends, And o'er its journey runs his race; Though rough, or smooth, or 'round the bends, In distance putting fleetest friend: Alas! there comes a halting place, A place of rest—the journey's end!
Transcriber's Notes
Original variations in spelling, hyphenation, and punctuation have been retained except for the following three changes:
Page 29: A comma was added after banks for consistency. (From the Gulf and the Lakes to the Oceans' banks,—) Page 62: Caucasin was changed to Caucasian (statements which place them with the Caucasian race;) Page 65: Pharaoahs changed to Pharaohs. (Once in great splendor did thy Pharaohs rule)
Page 22: In the line: "There are homes are our natal, and nothing is fatal," the first "are" may be a typo for "our." Left unchanged.