EPILOGUE 



all-encircling Heart, that holds and restores 

 all that is good and beautiful and true. 



That gentle life bore its sweet mission 

 well. It taught all whose path it crossed 

 that love, and love alone, is invincible; for 



by love alone it opened all hearts to itself; 

 it was all it had, all it needed, to offer. 



In those days of pain and suffering, who 

 can ever forget that brave example of pa- 

 tience, and perfect trust, and obedience; 

 how, in dying, the love-light shone forth 

 undimmed from those beautiful eyes, to the 

 last little fluttering sigh ? Who can ponder 



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