Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1829-08-29

no raven of the desert toI bring IL him. Poor
old man,I would have blucked the morsel from
bnpry bear 10 have given thee, rather than
have longer heard thy feeble .wailings tor want;
rather than still have ;beheld Thy sigh less eye
balls rolling in their sockets, and turned low
ards Heaven to implore lis plying neip
VIVA, had to fear from man from man,
who Is my brother! From man, whose heart
should feel for misery Three long Gays and
three miserable nights has my ia'her 'as'eo;
during tina, time has he pinned, inch-mesI, away
in that time has he drank nothing bu' The wa
ter Of the stagnant pool in that time has ne
cursed his existence; during all that time ne
groaned beneath the bony grasp OF DEAN =
Stretched on The bare earth, with no sheier
from the Indictment skies but what the emoow
erinr trees could give him, no pillow Tor ms
head but the green turf, no covering LOT DIS
wasting body but his ia,ered clothes, there he
lies, dJi k, dark, and rsmshed.
Il have shared his hunger l have shared
his watching; have sal by him, and loDged 10
hear his last sigh Every moment expected
it, s. wsuld no leave him. HIS cries Tor i"od
e.aded believing d. a h al hand. shudder
ed al the thought Of engihening wrelchrd
life few sad hours | ID in gloomy despera-
ton, hoping 10 see him exp'rr! hy look on
ne With norror. pantrdI thirsied 10 be
hold that wAs,ed form s'Ietc"rd in the arms Of
dea n; for what is HGs.o ,hr blind, the aged,
tie need y, and the 4iiIns Who that is thus
bowed down with the ufrmiiies of ia ure, ard
oppressed by the tyranny Of man, would arrts
the silent stIidfs Of de attn Do you ahhor he
savage Of the despr, vino leaves his aged pa
rent 10 perish he is more mercItul thsn we
who shut out the grave, even when we are shnl
oul from tie world aud the worlds delights
Fixed was my gloomy purpose, and SAT, IN
horrid silence, by my father, hea,ins In The
tnroes Of death With TIC green mantle oil ne
standing pool | weted his lips as often as me
called for dirk: when he moaned tor food l
was silent as the mole; he knew no, that was
near him. Heat rendi"g was my tasS, and
dreadfuy fulfilled it When the darkness
OF ..ighl encompassed the creation, wien all
was stiffness and solemn gloom lhen have
sa, impatieo,ly listening 20 myfaiher as he gap
ed for iif l he iever's fiery fang had un,
strung his ion,i,, und he could not move
Still as he call, for drink was al hand; but,
when he babe me feed HIN, | answered no. -
Vain hope Each mornings dawn showed him
to me still living but still dying
! srhe ieag # nv trial subdued my Tesou
ton; the energy which despair and misery had
! lent me was Weakened, the IRON purpose of my
! heart gave wey, and when saw my ia:hei I'm
gerng in the pangs Of deaih ye Struggling 20
| live wien INirwed his ma ia;ed fo' m siiii
iriumphng over hunger and te'e's rage; when
, be held him kuawing The yer, rsrtlr on which
ne Law 10 satisfy he rAvfnous Cravings II MS IAN
! isAsd stod,ach, my soul yearned with piiy, and
! ! Jeff HIM his morning with The desperate re-
, solve If procuring food for nim i Whatever
hazard Filled with tbi, Iesolu ion passed
YOUR door; repassrd II | hoped TO interest your
CONFESSION BY my looks bu' you had no com
merce with pity. then seized the loaf and
fed not hastily, or ! might have escaped. l
was brought back. An agonizing 'hough' oil
nv poor fatheI's condition came across my
mind rushed forth again pursued by you and
Others. ] was deceived in The lane thought
i, led to where my father lay. If il had * could
have dropped The bread by his side, would
have turned upon you, and delivered up m'seh
without struggle. But il was otherwise Of
daiaed. and now glut your revenge: here am
poor, fors ken, wretchcd, prosecuted outcast.
You know my crime: you have 1t recorded
would have robbed his man bu, let IL be re-
corded also ! would have robbed him 10 feed
a dying parent! Perhaps by this time, he is
dead Heaven grant it may be SO | am your
prisoner. Only lr, me know my fathers spirit
is released, that it is in another woIl1, and you
NAV command this carcase OF mine 10 wnat
part Of this world il may please you to send H.
| Here he paused, aud never did an Grafton OF
Demoshenes or Cicero produce an equal eHrc
After silence Of some minutes, which was
more expressive than any language could have
been, nine host in a Syamm.ri' 6 voice address
ed his Worship observing that as we were all
christians alike, he thought Tor his part we
ought to behave like Christians one to an other;
and though he might not choose 10 have his
bread taken away by any Jack that had fancy
10 purloin it, yet could he have known at the
time wLal he knew then, all the bread in his
house, and all he meat in his larder, yea, and
all The ale in his cellar. might have KEEP com.
psny with the loaf if they could have carried
comfor; with them TO the poor creature who
had piued with hunger three days and nights"
Ills worship, who when he dignity OF rffice
did not interfere, had really kind and compass
sionae heat in his bosom, looked at mine
host as he spoke with slstening eye, for, he
| OWNED his mraning, and secretly lauded it