The Northern star, and farmers' and mechanics' advocate. [volume] (Warren, R.I.) 1830-1834, 1830-06-26
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Prey. M Drinkhsrder, how do sou DO 80
wbaris pssdisisa' the matter With yon y
How did you come by that broise on the bead
why ore your eyes 90 infcrnsily rod n' ''s
WIN do yoa n,uasr thar infdsl hymn ~
Why oyos trembs issvsry limb'
Who has done. .-4c. the reason bo known
And Ie, the oGendsr bepeI,Cd with stone,
And the dram .drinker said II You listen to me
You shall hear what you hear-snd see what
al had fathcr--thc grave is his bod
had mother. she sIecps with the dead lt
Freely wopt wicn they Ieh ,me alone.
Bu, shed AL my tears on their grave and the
stone
! plonted a willow. ] planted ycw,
And left them TO slep til tue last trumpet
Fortune wasmine md mounted her car,
Pleasure from virtue haa beckonsd me far;
Onward went ike On avalanche down,
and ,e sunshine Of pleasure was changed 10
howD. --
"Foaune lwss gone, and Itook 10 my side
A young and q lovely and beautiful BRIDE. :
Her Isntres,sd with coldne,s and scorp, e.
Tarryjpg back tiil the bIesk Of ths~morn.
Sighting her kindness and mocking her tears,
Throwing bl,gh, on her ,enderest years.
Sick and neglected. and weary l lei. her,
Sorrow and care Of her reason bersft her,
T n, like a star when it falls from its pride,
She f. |! on the bosom Of misery and died.
= had child, and It grew like vins'
0s as the ioss Of Damascus was IN ne;
Fair. and ! watched Ger her innocent youth
As nm angel Of heaven would watch over truth,
She grew like her mother in saturs and form,
Her blue eyes were lsngaid, her cheek. wal. TOO
warm;
SeveUccn summers had shone on he brow,
The seventeenth winter bsheld her lad low;
Yonder they sl.ep in tie grave side BY side.
A faths,--a lnother--s daughter = bride.
None oi my name or my kindred were known II
Sorrow before me, and foiipne dsPsr,ed, 5I
Sad and dsspondent and nddesolaie-hsared. 4
Feeling no kindness for ssght that was human,
Hated By ran and dstested BY woman.
Bankrupt in fortune. and ruined in name, i
Onward kept in the pathway Of shame; ~
and til this hour since my fathef went down,
.ay brow has but known q continual flown.
- Go TO your children and tell them the tale,
Tell them his CHECKS. too. were lividl, psls---
Tell them his sys-bsIs we're blOodshot and
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Tell them his purse was stranger 10 gold
Tel! them he passed through the world They
The victim Of passion, and misery, and sin
Tell ,hsp thOt. seeking FOR pleas re and fame. |
Fortune deereed him bun sorrow and shame;
Tell them religion and virtue will bring
Joy that might sake the desires Of king"
Thus said tho dram drinker. Slowly the sun
Moved like a ball Of gold changing the dun
Changing 10 crimson the white clouds the
while, sftg
And nan,ling the woods with his loveliest smile;
On rolled the streams, and the sweet sumn eI
brsszs .eU
c me like an incense to sleep on tho seas;
Forest and field with the birds were in tune, Il
sandNaturc stood forth in the grsenness Of June !;
This was the season, and this wss the hour,
When death showed 'be earth new sign Of
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