﻿AIR AND LIFE. 69 



substance of past living organisms will rest and return to eartli -, mortal 

 cold and darkness will reign ; tlie curtain will drop upon tlie tragedy 

 of life, and that which remains will be a frozen and gigantic tomb, 

 rolling silent and desolate through the unfathomable depths of the 

 darkened heavens. 



I will encounter darkness as a bride 

 And hug- it in my arms. , . 



{Measure for Measure.) 



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