Charles Gordon Ames to May Wright Sewall

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Charles Gordon Ames to May Wright Sewall

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Doors open wide that once closed hard & fast, And paths are smooth, by bleeding feet o'er-past; So gain is won by loss.

At life's great board, which God has spread for all The women-child, no longer pushed to wall, In welcome made & free

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Then let us grateful crown thy whitening head With wreaths of honor that shall never fade, And love that cannot die.

Already on they pallid, furrowed brow, A mystic hand has set the sacred Tau O victor of the Cross!

But Serving thy Kind, thou well hast served the Lord: Better than human praise is their reward Whose record is on high.

Boston February 10, 1890

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