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1、FatherRyan'sPoemsFatherRyan'sPoemsByAbramJ.RyanPoems:Patriotic,Religious,Miscellaneous.1FatherRyan'sPoemsSongoftheMysticIwalkdowntheValleyofSilence--Downthedim,voicelessvalley--alone!AndIhearnotthefallofafootstepAroundme,saveGod'sandmyown;AndthehushofmyheartisasholyAshoverswhereangelshaveflown!Long
2、agowasIwearyofvoicesWhosemusicmyheartcouldnotwin;LongagowasIwearyofnoisesThatfrettedmysoulwiththeirdin;LongagowasIwearyofplacesWhereImetbutthehuman--andsin.Iwalkedintheworldwiththeworldly;Icravedwhattheworldnevergave;AndIsaid:"IntheworldeachIdeal,Thatshineslikeastaronlife'swave,Iswreckedontheshores
3、oftheReal,Andsleepslikeadreaminagrave."AndstilldidIpineforthePerfect,AndstillfoundtheFalsewiththeTrue;Isought'midtheHumanforHeaven,ButcaughtamereglimpseofitsBlue:AndIweptwhenthecloudsoftheMortalVeiledeventhatglimpsefrommyview.AndItoiledon,heart-tired,oftheHuman,AndImoaned'midthemazesofmen,TillIknel
4、t,longago,atanaltarAndIheardavoicecallme.SincethenIwalkdowntheValleyofSilenceThatliesfarbeyondmortalken.DoyouaskwhatIfoundintheValley?'TismyTrystingPlacewiththeDivine.AndIfellatthefeetoftheHoly,Andabovemeavoicesaid:"Bemine."AndtherearosefromthedepthsofmyspiritAnecho--"MyheartshallbeThine."Doyouaskh
5、owIliveintheValley?Iweep--andIdream--andIpray.ButmytearsareassweetasthedewdropsThatfallontherosesinMay;Andmyprayer,likeaperfumefromcensers,AscendethtoGodnightandday.InthehushoftheValleyofSilenceIdreamallthesongsthatIsing;AndthemusicfloatsdownthedimValley,Tilleachfindsawordforawing,Thattohearts,like
6、theDoveoftheDeluge,AmessageofPeacetheymaybring.2FatherRyan'sPoemsButfaronthedeeptherearebillowsThatnevershallbreakonthebeach;AndIhaveheardsongsintheSilenceThatnevershallfloatintospeech;AndIhavehaddreamsintheValleyTooloftyforlanguagetoreach.AndIhaveseenThoughtsintheValley--Ah!me,howmyspiritwasstirre
7、d!Andtheywearholyveilsontheirfaces,Theirfootstepscanscarcelybeheard;TheypassthroughtheValleylikevirgins,Toopureforthetouchofaword!DoyouaskmetheplaceoftheValley,YeheartsthatareharrowedbyCare?Itliethafarbetwe
