Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1836-04-08

heart, and see the purity, the intensity. the
almost dolatry Of my affection, she might
forget my awkward manner, my unsightly
figure, and my ungracefu gait. But this
cannot be, and yet | will hope;
NV SOUL wait thou with patience
For Grace, and Grace aone
On her dependent all my hopes.
Aud expectation
'Dscemjey 81, 10. think people be
gin to observe the state Of my feelings to,
ward Grace. 1t is quite likely for can
not always control myself. And why should
care if all the world know that my affac.
tons flow out unto one who is all lowell.
ness, do not:
My tongue shall be as quick
Her praises TO indie,
As is the pen Of any scribe
That useti fast to write
Let i, pass from mouth to mouth, from tea
table TO tea table. that Obed Parsons has
had the folly, II they will call it. 50, to love
one far above him, in every good and per-
feet gift But as for thee, dear Grace,
% keep me in thy perfect way,
And bid temptation flee
And let me never, never stray,
From happiness and thee
January 25, 49,. The people laugh
at me, and the youth Of our congregation.
on whom God has showered blessings of
every kind-bean,y, wealth, and all the
comforts OF lite-,hlnk it a matter of spor,
and laughter that one as poor, lowly, and
unblest as am should possess the same
feelings, the same tenderness, and suscepti,
bili'y, az themselves They ieer at me,
ana tell all manner OF lies, to make me ap
pear ridiculous | am a subject Of mrth
and mcrrment with them, and not nnfre.
quently an objec, ofscora and contemptuou,
treatment. Often, too,
'Fors pok by all am I,
Az dead and out of minl
And like shattered vessel lie,
Whose parts can neer be joined
am sorely tried, and sometimes, think
overmuch. My life, hope, has not been
a sinful one nor my thoughts such as should
call down such punishment as this
20 Lord am MT proud OF heart
Nor cast a scornlul eye;
Nor NV aspiring thoughts employ,
ln things for me too high;
With infant Innocence thou knowst,
| have myself demean'd;
Composed TO quie, like babe,
That from the breast is wean'd.'
february 0, 10. Even Grace turns
away from me, and treats me- coIdIy. The
injurious reports which my revilefs have
pni in circulation, have not been without
effect
'Fase witnesses with forged complaints,
Against my peace combined,
And To nv charge such things they laid.
As had ne'er des igned,
The good which 10 them had done,
Will evil they repaid,
And did by malice undeseryed,
My harmless life Invade
i 'FeGruary 90. 10. | have spoken l.
her, and now all is over with me. Ny sus
pense Is ended 10 manner that ought &
have expected, O that | could eXchang
: the certainty Of misery for The hope one
enjoyed, even that hope deferred, whic
make'h the heart sick Yet why shouI
wish that'
, 'Whe | concesl'd the iretns sore,
Nv bones consumed without relief,
A day did with anguish roar,
But no complaint assudged my grief
{ '.Narch 10, l8-. | canno: bear III
, sight of my fellow creatures. do not lk
- to 90 to church any more, and my dutu
y as leader Of the choir, once my pride ar
y delight have become hateful to me;
;. SIM like a pelican become,
That does in deserts mourn,
% Or like an owl that sis all day,
> On barren tree iOrlorn
II In waschngs or in restless moan,
3, The night by me is spent,
n As BY those solitary birds,
Is That lonesome trees frequent
lf March 81, l8-. N
,e heart is broken, and shal soon BE- at res
" in place where the enmity of those W
revle me cannot penetrate, and where the
=, prosecutions cannot reach me.
!, Obed was buried, at his own request,
= church, yard near the outskirts of /
nj city, where the grass can grow and the s
~ shine upon his grave. have erected
= neat little monument to his memory,
which | caused to be cut an lnscrlptic
which for comprehensive and touching siI
picitv equals, ! think, the celebrated o
Of Ny Mother, IN Trinity Church-yaI
,d It is as follows:
n. 'oBED oBIT.
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er HUMILIATiNG APOLOGY.
by A young man in Bradford, Massachuse'
10 lately sent letter TO the editor OF the
, soy RsnnaT puclOsiny an adveTtisem