The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1837-09-22

a ,.,,s,s,si beneath ias isafs shade
n x,aa.OrFsss,'s deepest glade.
j. ding womaa lay;
A.. li,,le children round her s,ns1,
.,I,hsrs vent up from the greenwood
awslul wall that day.
90 naasf.' ans the mingled cry,
+. u maiher, mother, do not die.
,sa 'savs Us ell alone"
svs bles.sl babss'' she tired 70 say,
q, ,as faint scrsa.s died away
n a los sObbiag moan.
AL thea life struggled hard with death.
AL ias, and strong she drew her breath,
.aa W she raised her head
Al ,asnag throash tle deep wood maze
VT long, sharpas sarihly gaze,
ashl he not eoe4ll,' she said.
D.. thru. the Psrsiag boaghs between,
atu,s maids hgsl fgsm vas seen.
A. sfeathless with her speed; -
All, ,w,aR close. man came on,
"a sa:s mia To oak uponl
uva "a paa'iae sissd.
~ a~e,s the lit,'e ms ~l.a curd,
Or ~ sse 1acasI the wvtnaa SIDE,
A3}Asa+4: aer clay cold cheek
II 49, ao, died in the tosn.
BIZ ~. - w,a1e~a, up and doWa,
The nlalster L. - K.
Tiny I'D n here -thsy told ne there
ilamk lhay mnesed me evsfy where's
Al whea found his homr.
Al sssed him ~ nav beaded kasc
70 anae Als book aad cam VITA ne,
Mother, he would not come.
tod him how you dy,ae lay.
A. saaId no, 90 III Peace away
without the M isteri
Ibsa.'d him, fsr dear ch'st, bis sake,
Ba 81 nv heart was 81 to hreak--
Mother! he would not stir
"a trough my tears were binding me.
iua back, hs, a. fast could be,
10 come istin TO you;
Asi asfe, close by, this squire I met,
Wao asked Ia mid wha, made me fret;
And wsea told him true
81 s,i 20 with ,ou, child he sad,
God sends me 10 this dying bed
Mother, he's here, hard by"
Tatle thus the little maiden spoke,
The aaa, biz back against an oak.
ioosd on with RlIs'eniag eye.
fie birdie On he neck filac Zee,
With qn'enas aaak AID trembling knee,
Press'd close has bonny bay;
s'aIeiIer man, q s,atehe' stsed
Ne's' On gresnswari pace. tcde.
faaa those stood there thai day,
-, while the little maiden spoke,
The nia, his.back agains, an oak,
Looked on with glistenIng eye
Ind folded arms and IN mis- look,
70 ns' ing that, like sermoa book,
Preached, IAN IS vanity
BIT when the dying womans face
fa'asi toward him with q wishlui gaze,
Tie s'ePp'd 10 where she Icy;
aat sneslInE do~n, bent over her,
'Nns, IL am minister;
w sister! let rs pray"
iad well. without cen book or stole,
1'd's words were pri1tei on bic sOul,)
Into the dying ear
DC e'ea'hed, as 'Iwere an aagel's strain,
''' m'hgs that unto iie pertain,
Aad death's dark shadows clear.
Ne spoke Of sinners lost estate,
Ia 'hf'st renewed. receneratc;
V'Gods must blest decree,
nat aot sinele spal should die
""o turns 'epcntant, with the cry
Be tasre'fdl to me-"
T. spike Of trouble, pain. and toll,
Iadufsd but Cor little while
% patience, faith, aud love,
s''', IA GUS own good time, to be
"' ''nsei for an eternity
VI happiness ahnve.
'aen. as the spirit ct,b'd away, =
Wv 'a'sed his hands ana eyes, to pray
That peaceful i, migh, pass;
and then, the orphans sobs alone
were heard. as they knelt every one
N'''ed round on the green grass.
''' was the sight their wondering eyes
@as'd' 10 heart struck, mute surprise.
mo ren'd their coursets back,
~ p'' as they found the long astray,
'"o IN the heat of chase that day.
"'a WANDERED from their track,
each man reln'd his paving steed,
"' "g'ted down, as il agreed,
Ia silence a, his side;
). "' "ere, uncovered all. they stood,
w vas wholesome sigh, aud good,
That day for mortal pride.