THE PASSING OF THE STORM
AND OTHER POEMS
"The mountains lay in calm repose
Slumbering 'neath their robes of white."
See page 17
The Passing of the Storm
AND OTHER POEMS
BY
ALFRED CASTNER KING
New YorkChicagoToronto
Fleming H. Revell Company
London and Edinburgh
Copyright, 1907, by
FLEMING H. REVELL COMPANY
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