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NOTHING IS LOST.
If, when thou watchest a silvery star,
    It soon should disappear,
Let not one thought that it hath fled,
    Bring to the eye a tear;
But in thy inmost heart rejoice
    That in the lonely night,
It once again shall bless the earth
    With its sweet, gentle light.
If when we tread the pleasant path
    Of garden walks and bowers,
Weep not that death hath come unto
    The fragrant summer flowers;
But shelter take from thy sad thoughts
    Beneath hope’s sunny wing;
And let thy heart rejoice to think
    They’ll bloom again in spring.
If though hast friends who sleep beneath
    The cold and silent sod,
Mourn not for them, for they have gone 
    To Heaven and to God;
But rather let thy heart rejoice
    That they are free from sin;
That God who gave them unto thee
    Hath called them unto Him.	1864

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[Written on right side]

Mr Jefferson Dowd
[Care?] Capt Conklin	
Comdy, Gen Dodges
Escort, Athens, 
Ala

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TEN CENTS.  Address J. A. HOWELLS, Jefferson, Ashtabuia Co., Ohio.

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