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RACHEL. 163
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XX.—LIGHT AND DAEK.
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Gently the sunset shades are slanting O'...
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then from she a long fell sleep back . dozing She . conversed At length tranquill , about y midni with g those ht , she who awoke surrounded calm , as her if
dictating bed , and wi the shed letter to wherein write , to her her fathe last wishes r , but had are contained not streng . th She . She was began unable then to
you finish so it well , and know fell back . From overp time owered to in time that they state tried of prostration to make and her pain take which some nourishmentand only succeeded with infinite trouble ; the functions of the
stomach were , entirely weakened . At eleven o ' clock , being a little relieved , Rachel wished to resume the letter to her father : she dictated it to the end ,
re-read it entirely , and then cried out , ' Ah ! my Eebecca , my dear sister , I letter am going signed to see it you and again appeared ; how to happy sleep ; I this am ! state ' She lasted added some a few hours words . Up to the to
this moment , Sarah , had hesitated to call in the aid of religion , but seeing this Nice spring who of Rachel sent immediatel towards heaven y ten persons , she wrote , male , by and telegrap female h , . to They the arrived synagogue about at
eight , o'clock , but were requested to wait , in the fear that their presence might was that cause the of an the last emotion morning : the doctors fatal declared to affirmed Rachel itsel . it f , . At and Then last alarmed , at they ten al the o lowed 'clock whole , the a house crisis priests similar to enter to It .
sing Two ing women the prayers and an in old Hebrew man . approached Rachel turned the d to ying them Rachel calml ' s y , bed her , eyes and raised began to heaven , her face lighted up with a heavenly ray , pressed her sister Sarah's
found hand , and every died bod wi y penetrated th a smile on with her the lips si . gnal When of I hel arrived p given some by Providence hours later , to I Rachel . I was not present , my dear friend , but I cannot doubt that Rachel
died in the hope of a better life to come ! " . In bidding farewell to this great actress and illustrious woman ,
now returned to dust , we can find no words more appropriate than those of our own immortal
Shakespeare—- " Out , out , brief candle ! L That ife ' struts but a w and alking frets shadow his hour upon poor the player stage ,
And then is heard no more ! "
Rachel. 163
RACHEL . 163
Xx.—Light And Daek.
XX . —LIGHT AND DAEK . _*>
Gently The Sunset Shades Are Slanting O'...
Gently the sunset shades are slanting O ' er peaceful English homes ;
Softly the breezes hymns are chanting To the moon , who slowly comes , And looks athwart the poplar crests
Thro' windows curtained warm and white , Where hush'd throughout the shining night Babes sleep on sleeping mothers' breasts !
Oh ! wake not , babes , nor mothers wake , Dream not of your kindred ' s life-blood shed
In that fatal land where the sunsets take Red hues from the heaps of the murdered dead ! N 2
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), May 1, 1858, page 163, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01051858/page/19/
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