The Northern star, and farmers' and mechanics' advocate. [volume] (Warren, R.I.) 1830-1834, 1830-04-17
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To touch Their hcartss wnom Chsnce,
Or wondering, mnon eyed Curiosity,
Or lis'lcss, lack oftLougr,
Hath hher led. they know not what to SEQ
To hear they not MIA,
Thee Temperance. ] sing o may 1t seem.
Even while launch ioy sati at thy foes;
That ] 80 feel tho Influence Of my theme.
As hut 10 scoar.e their J0uifs--not mock their
bitter rc0es
Daughter Of lieav n with earth's best bless
ings roani thee
Where THY no ne: where mays, thou choose
to dwell
on with the great, the sfl.uent, ! have found
thee.
At times, retired within the hermi,'s cell.
Thy homeIy meal w..o would not rather share
it,,
Than the volup'nsrt > hot r,goits
His 10 der ven son, and hslong-c0rk claref,
Midst ftDinginep' 0fests in his reject shoes
o nigh, Lc dip his spoon into thy Lowl
Tas'e that 10 which thy blooming cnarns in
viie
Bat that were vain, unless nc couil control
The msa'iate cravings Of h > appetite
(FoI Temperance, friends, consists not altcgeth
In The selection Of good OF wholesome stuff.
Her special pr vince, it's to notice whether
He know, our.elvcs, when we haye had C.
aomgh y
Indulgence is u pesilencc that burr'es
More than the pague-more than consump
tiOn fell;
n" walks in darkness, and At MONDAY" hur
The I" dust to dust" soul-ah wSo cor
tell
To what mysterious bowrn the poor soul goes,
Enfranchis'd ,om that execr.blc shell
Redcenny Grace, even at lfc's .aspng close.
May snatch The spirit from The jaws OF he'll
Where tho neat cettuge decks the s!oping las,.
.and granar.es groan with oil tkat they Cal,
bear;
1'hcre Oft, lie fail rcsornds at cnry dawn.
We know, Gil well, that Temperance dwels
ahcre. tp
Wherc broken pancs are stuffed with hats and
rags,
.dnd half clad children are f. reyor ys;iine;
The stock halfsf arved, the fences all in iares /;
We know az we'll, that that is not her dwell
ing.
The man we always find with busy hands,
And cloth'd according as tho weather chance
Who answers promptly, AS he understands,
NO know 10 be the son o. Temperance.
he who is loitcring round dram shop door,
WIKI elbows out, telling his ~ stretch;
find whea he speaks, wLose bsea,h-Isay no
more !
Herolet me dIop tho miserable wretch.
In the proud palace, or the lonely cot,
Whcrcrer cheerfuncss or love ab des
Though plenty, competence or want their i,h,
That Is the place where Temperance resides
Where al thswoes that Infamy can bring,
Van all that wretchcdncss aud guilt enhance
Whcre ono, once lovely, now sits whitening,
That, that's the DIV elling Of In -tempers rsnce
All !wictched moth OF wretched brood
How vain are ~ OF fancy g fnosi tiopcs,
To paint her bssoui's cheerless solitude
Broodng in silence DER her blasted hopes
But he that fills the measure Of her woes,
With burning eye, and h0rrid, gorgon glare,
Behods unmov'd, her bosom's buryiing ihrocs
Where work the lnsatiaie vulturcs Of despair
Unmov'd he sees her smothered sorrow
Sees her b'anch'd and hollow cheek;
Marks the smile SIZE strives to borrc W,
When, poor thing. she cannot speak,"
Excessive drinking works a two.fold curse
At cramps the body and corrodes the mind;
Tends, our orst passions. still, 10 render worse.
And makes them furious, a. il m.kos them
blind.
Tho tranquil eye Of Temperate. surveys
Surrounding objects as they really sie;
PASSIONS dis'cmpe, d fcvered visual rays,
TO hideous shapes disorl cen what is fair
The temperate mind Is like a srea N that flows
Serene and iure, through cultivated GLADE 8!
Passion o fnrb!d torrent, foamng Aces
Ger rifted rocks, in laundering cascades.
These passions fannd into blaze,
What magic can control
When anger's quivering lip betrays
The whflwind Of the soul.
Be il our sim TO drive those passions hence,
And chcrish Temperance in hs broydest sense
Now. whilcour oDa hills s,ng 10 other lands,
And all our trees rejo,:e aud clap their .nds;
Anu, whist where grew the thorn and brier we
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