above it Heaven opened itself, as of old before Stephen; there saw they Radiant in glory the Father, and on his right hand the Redeemer. Under them hear they the clang of harp-strings, and angels from gold clouds Beckon to them like brothers, and fan with their pinions of purple. Closed was the Teacher's task, and with heaven in their hearts and their faces, Up rose the children all, and each bowed him, weeping full sorely, Downward to kiss that reverend hand, but all of them pressed he Moved to his bosom, and laid, with a prayer, his hands full of blessings, Now on the holy breast, and now on the innocent tresses. A: The Feast of the Tabernacles; in Swedish _Lˆfkyddohˆgtiden_, the Leaf-huts'-high-tide. B: The peasant-painter of Sweden. He is known chiefly by his altar-pieces in the village churches. C: A distinguished pulpit-orator and poet. He is particularly remarkable for the beauty and sublimity of his psalms. Transcriber's Notes Inconsistent hyphenation is retained from original. Page 14 Moulded it into into a pipe-head, One 'into' removed. Page 60, 240 The pigeon is referred to as Omeme or Omemee. No change. Page 100, 185 The war-club is referred to as Pugamaugun and Puggawaugun. No change. Page 187, line 124 Like the eyes of wolves glared at him Punctuation missing. Added period. Page 198, line 105 Black his moccassins and leggins, 'leggins' is a possible typo for 'leggings'. Unchanged. Note: The following poems were added by the publisher, but were not shown in the Table of Contents. The page numbering makes these poems appear to be out of place. The Skeleton in the Armor Page 149 Inconsistent indentation retained. Page 150 To hear my story, Comma retained from scan. Page 151 Death! was the helmsmans hail Semicolon added--not visible in scan of original. Page 153, footnote 'orthographpy' changed to 'orthography'. Page 160 Then mutters at last like the thunders fall, Added apostrophe: thunders becomes thunder's. Page 160 Kling! klang!--with a harder blow than all 'all' missing from scan. Added. The Elected Knight Page 161 In athoms shall fall this earthly ball 'athoms' is likely a typo for 'atoms'. Unchanged. Page 163 Thou shallt not yield the yet; 'shallt' unchanged from original. The Children of the Lord's Supper Page 166 While all around at his feet, and eternity slumbered in quite. Changed to: While all around at his feet, an eternity slumbered in quiet. Page 169 Gleams in the human soul, even now, from they day of creation) 'they day' changed to 'the day'. Page 169 'Father he hight' Unchanged. An old form meaning 'Father was he called'. Page 171 Even as the geen-growing bud is unfolded when Spring-tide approaches 'geen-growing' changed to 'green-growing'.