American watchman and Delaware advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1822-1828, 1823-02-11
FROM THE COMMERCIAL ADVERTISER.

!, FROM THE COMMERCIAL advertiser.
ST.A.NZAS,
i addressed BY the yluthor to hts infant Children.
/ Ye pledges Of my early love,
i That cheer my path with cherub smiles;
Come-et this burthened bosom prove
How much prize your playful wiles,
Albeit, though cross my frowning brow
Joys sickly ray not often fits,
Yet listening to your voices now,
A thousand cares my soul iorgets.
sigh-to think my ntan, hours
Have fled on hasty pnons bright;
And left in Hopes forsaken bowers, =
No rose to yield my soul delight.
Like you, my artess hands filled
With flowers of every varied hue;
Whilst DER my sports parent smiled,
In doatIng pride, and iondness true.
Oft did watch the bud Of spring,
That in the noon beam blushing slept;
Famed by the wild bees downy wing,
And nurs'd with tears that evening wept
Nor knew November's angry storm
Would search the thcket where it bloon1ed
And cast to earth its Dlightcd form,
Midst groves of faded yews entombed
ssh--tc think that time is past
When Peace, sweet nymph was ever found,
With wreaths whose fragrance could not last,
Twining for me her temples round!
For now, mourn that gentle hand,
And wiIching smile, forever gone -
he hath hrol h. las,
And turned her silver Lutte to stone.
sigh->to think those beams have fed,
That rose DER LIES young morning fair
That error oft, too oft, hath led
My feet where Folly spreads her snare.
Those woodland heights seek in vain,
Where passd my childhood's buoyant hour;
know their sweets will live again,
Though me-their shade must charm no more
sigh Ito think the day has been
No grief disturbed my peaceful way;
When, floating proud, my bark was seen,
With slken sail, and sreamers gay.
Alas! too soon its fragile form,
On times conflicting srrees tost,
Approached the shore and in the storm,
My bark was wrecked; my hopes were lost
sigh-to think how dark the road
That through life's frownlng forest leads
Where each sad heart must bear its load,
However beneath the weight it bleeds
Oh may your bosoms never know
Stern dlsappoiniment's cureless wound;
Nor psngs that from remembrance flow,
W htie all seems joy and mrth around.
lsigh--to know the day must come,
When shall rest, by all forgot
Forgot Oh no my grassy tomb
No time will from your memories blot.
Methinks my spirit, lingering near,
VIII listen to your gentle tread;
And watch the frequent 6ial tear,
That consecrates my dreamless bed.
sgh-to think the hour draws nigh
When ye shall meet ground nv pillow:
And with full heart and streaming eye,
Behold me launched on deaths dark bilIow
Then, as my spirit bears away
To realms where pain can reach it never,
Retiring from its bonds of clay,
Twill bless ye, and depart-forever
MONTGARNiER.
Nsw- York, Jvouember, 1922.
bill has been reported to the Senate of Msrv-
and to repeal the act of that state against excessive
snty. 1t provides, that. after the passage of the
ct, where there is no agreement 70: greater or
ess amount, the rate OF interest on loans of money
r merchandise, to be paid in money, shall be six
or cent per annum and for loans 10 be paid in
obacco, eight pounds per annum, for the iorbea-