The Delaware register, or, Farmers', manufacturers' & mechanics' advocate. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1828-1829, 1829-05-09


The parlor was vacant as | was crossing it, ] saw
the door of side room opened | turned towards it
and the of the unwoned silence of the habl-
taon, was before me. On table against the wall of
the room, rested COFFIN. With single step was
at its side looked in it contained the inanimae
form of my little favorite. For a moment turned
away in the agony of disappointment; / looked again
it was too true; and my hopes, childish almost as
those had excited in him, lay bighted. As gazed
upon the cold remains before me- my feelings subsi-
ded, and recovered that tone which the we'll regula
ted mind loses II was but to dvest myself of
those acquired feelings concerning DEATH and the child
that lay before me, lovely and as deserving adj
miration as when alive. The beautiful glossness of
his prominent forehead, set off by the fine silky
hair that stretched in semicrce towards the tenn
pies there transparency in the skin, through
which the blue veins showed with wonderful distinct
ness and the budding whiteness of the teeth was dis
cernable between the slightly opened lips its little
hands crossed below its breast-ther beauty had
not departed But the eyes, l gazed upwards,
cleaned CLASSY between the lids, through their long
dark lashes and as the light fickered tlro the vines
near the window, sometimes thought that life
turning to animate the lovely features which gaz
ed. stopped to press kiss upon the FACET was
cold and the tears that dropped upon it, tricked
off as if they had fallen upon polished marble. As
raised my head from the coffin my eyes met those of
the mother. We gaze upon the dead with regret for
their loss we look upon the nanmate corpse of an
infant, and mourn that it Is soon snatched away
we dwell with fondness upon its features, treasure the
memory of its beauties, and sigh that not lon
ger enjoy them. But when we those whom the
bereavement has left childess standing by us in the
dignity of grief the silent of yet stretched
before them, shrink almost with from their
presence Such for moment were my feelings. |
wished myself absent from the that about to
But the extended hand of the afflicted parent,
satisfied that retreat would have been cruelty
cowardice pressed the hand of the mother in the
ardour of sympathy and tears fell fast upon the
snowy shroud of the outsretched infant. She leaned
forward, and buried her face with his in the narrow
coffin. Fearing the effects of this paroxysm of grief
upon the mother, would have Withdrawn her. " Let
me alone," said she ; :" know by whom have been
afflicted, and in my will not sin neither will
charge God foolishy.' But in my darling's sick
ness, he lay night and day my knees until he died
and the kind ofciousness of neighbours has kept me
from solitary indulgence of grief until now-Iet me
then, they shut him out of my sight forever-le
me feel his face imprintng its features
my neck, though il be cold as death. came to yelc
up, in silence and solitude, my child to him who
gave it-but not without the feelings and griefof mo
Their. have bowed to the chastsement-I have ever
kissed the rod that snote but have not mistaken
stocism forresignatioH nor offered the Lord an uneel
ing for submissive mind. Four times has the hanc
of Heaven visited me in affection, and have not
INJURED and now, when the last lamb of the flock j
taken, have in the hour of prayer and soltude, ex
claimed the Lord giveth and the Lord takeh away
and when the passion of grief shall have subsidized