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IN THE AIR

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Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Jun 12, 1900

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 77, No. 24.

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IN THE AIR.

By Lucy Larcom

The scent of a blossom from Eden! The flower was not given to me. But it freshened my spirit forever As it passed on its way to thee.
In my soul there is lingering music: The song was not meant for me, But I listen, and listen, and wonder To whom it can lovelier be.
The sounds and the scents that float by us— They can not tell whither they go; Yet, however it fails of its errand, Love makes the world sweeter I know.
I know that love never is wasted, Nor truth, nor the breath of a prayer; And the thought that goes forth as a blessing Must live as a joy in the air.
— Lucy Larcom.