19 December

Born in 1804—Fitz Henry Lane, American painter.

Above: Babson and Ellery Houses, circa 1863

Also, born in 1808, Scottish churchman and poet Horatius Bonar.

Beyond the smiling and the weeping,

I shall be soon;

Beyond the waking and the sleeping,

Beyond the sowing and the reaping,

I shall be soon!

Love, rest, and home--

Sweet hope! Lord, tarry not, but come!

Previously on December 19, Fikret Otyam & Mary Livermore.