The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1823-06-24


u that, then. la Your mind
Tow Ia Gospel wisdom. could ride the
Camel,
Yea, leap him nying hro' the Needles eye,
Is easily rs such ranref'd soul
Could pass the narrow gate.
SRA ------------l oar pnrdon, Sir
6nI sure this lack OF Chridinn ehnrity
Looks not like Christian truth.
Tow 10y eur pardon. too, Sir,
II, with this text helov me, should leel
In the preaching mood, But for these barren
ag-trees,
With al their flourish md tloir leaGness,
We hove been Told their destiny aud he
When the axe Is laid unto the root, aud they
Cuniber the earth no longer.
SGn. --A---.------A.ll "A. his Mcnif1
stord iraudully The spoil 81 orphsnswrong'd,
And WidoWsn hohnd none 10 blend tieifrht
Tow All bonost, oren, honorable gums,
Fair iegnl interest, bonds aud mortgages,
Ships 10 the East and West.
sur Why judge you, then,
So hardly OF the dead
Tow. ------.------fur wlnl he lef
undo0n--ior sins not one OF which is men.
tiond
In the Ten Commandments. He, warrant him
Belirt Il no ether gods thnnfhO of the Creed
Swure no false oalIls---eXcem al the custom
house;
Sept the sabbath idle hniit n monument
10 honor Iiis dead lallIcr did ~ murder;
Nm too old-thsdond Tor adultery
Never pick'd pockflsi never bore false wit
HISS
And never with TINT commanding wealth,
ighbof housu, nor ON nor ass
Srn. You know him then, IL seems
Tow. -----..--------As oil men know
The virtues >. Your hundred thonsanders;
lhcy never hidethe'r lights beneath husltcl
STu. Nay, nay, unchariinhIe Sir for oil
Doth bounty, iiLe slrcumlri, How unseen,
frcs'ning AID i,i,ng lar along It's SOURCE
low Wv TRACK tho sIreamlel by The bright
ef meea
And liycicr erowill 1t gives but ms for this
This was pool that stagna,cd aud sunk
The rain of lIeaV'n cugendcrd nothing in il
But slime md foul corruption
Sfa. ------s.a-----i ct even these
Are reservoirs, whence public CHARITY
Still keeps her channels nll
T3w -------Now, Sir, you touch
tpon tho point This man Of hnf a million
Had all these public virtues which youprai.e J,
But tie poor man rlng never nj his door,
Aud the old brggar AT the public gate,
Who, all the summer loue stands hat in hand
iit FhfN DOW WIN " WIS 10 litI IN
10 that bard face Vet he was always found
Among yonr tennndi wenty pound Subscribers,
Your btHetaclors IN the scwsInpersl
His aims were npney pat 10 inirc
In The other world donations 10 keen open
\ running charity account with Heaven
Rcinining fres against the last nssitcs,
When, for The trusted talents, strict account
Shall he repaired from alt, aud the old arch
lawyer
Plead his Own cause n plnintif
SIR. ----------i must needs
BrlifYe you, Sir. these are Your witnesses
These mntrners here, who ir0m1heir carriages
Cape at the gaping crowd. a good March
wind
Where 10 be pray'd for now, 10 lend their
eyes
Some decent rheum. The very hircling mute
Bear. not face blankcr Of all emotion
! Than The old servant Of the family
| How can this man have liyd, that thus hi
death
{ ost not the 7oiing one white handkerchief !!
Tow. Who should lament for him, Sir, IN
whose heart
Love had no place, nor natural charity
| The parIonr spane, when she heard his step,
| Rose slowly from the hearth aud stole aside
With creeping pnce: she never rnis'd her owes
| 10 WOO kind words from him, nor laid herhead
I pfhIs upon MS knee, WIN iOndllHg whine.
How could i be bnt tImss Arithmetic
| Was the sole silence he was ever taught;
| The MgtirlicH,on.iabc was bis Creed,
! lis Paicrhosler and his Decaloguc
When yet he was boy, aud should hive
breath'd
/ ihe open air aud sunshine Of the field,
4 10 give his blood lis natural spring and play,
! He, in 4. close aud dusl,y countiug-honse,
/ Smoke-dried and scar'd and sriyelfd IN his
heart
so, from the way IN which he was train'd up,
! His feet drpancd not he toiPd aud TOLD,
Poor ninck-worm tlTo his tlirce.score years
and ton,
And when the earth shah aolg be shovel d on
him,
! II that which srry' d him for n soul wore still
Within fts hisk, 'tFnnldstill be dirt 10 dirt.
STR, Yet your neAt Newspaper will blazon
him
! = or industry and honorable wealth
A bright example.
Tow. ------ Ev'n half million
Gets him no other praise. But come this wav
some twelve months hence, aud you will find
/ his virtues
FIRMLY sci forth in lapidary lines,
Faith with her torch beside, aud little Cupid,
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