Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1838-12-11
POETRY.
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Among tho deaths IA the ,se nj spn.
in tho 18th year Of her She was the sister Of @ "a
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would ay from the city, would fly from ito care,
To nv own natse plantsand my foSI-ts SOLAR,
To tho cool. grassy ,hade and the yivuet bright,
which reflects the pale in its bosom Of hight
Again would vie tho old eonss SO dear ca
would leave this great city. 80 brIIan, and gay,
have friend, whom ilovs, would leave with regret
Blu, the love of my home, oh! his 'enderer yet.
There sister rePoscs Unconscious in death,
Twas there she hrs. drew, aud there yielded her BREATH
A father love away from me now,
OIL could but paint sweet kiss on his brow.
Or smooth the grey locks to my fond hear. so DEAR
Attentive listen to pleasures gay call,
But my happy homc-it is dearer than all.
Her moral faculties were unfolded pema,uy
intellectual She described TO Of the most cons
enous minded and aectona,e Of human beings overflow
ins with the kin lest and most generous synpathies
shade Of melancholy, however, always seemed TO
her mind OF her early fate continually
Her bodily AMI organization extremely de-
produced her the remark
made her tremble and sometimes
the circulation Of her She died OF the
early, and seemed uly pened, both in her
intellectual for the next stage Of being that
world subter larger Knowledge and deeper
The following the last thing she is addessed to her
mother and seems composed prospect
preaching dissolution: ,
To wake the strain thou ov'st TO hear
md breathe each trembling wv born thought
Within thy fondly listening ear,
As W days Of health and gee,
Ny hopes and fancies wandered Tree.
But, mother, shade hath past
Athwart brightest visions here;
A cloud Of darkest gloom hath wrapt
The remnant Of my brief career!
No song, no echo, can l win,
The sparkling fount hath dried within.
The torch o. earthly hope burns dim,
And fancy spreads her wings
And oh. vain and trivial
The pleasures that priced before;
My SOUL with trembling steps and slow,
Is struggling on through doubt and strife;
Oh, may il prove, time rolls on,
The pathway TO eternal life!
Then, when my cares and fears are o'er,
III sing thee, as in "days Of yore."
said that hope had passed from earth,
Twas but to fold her wings in heaven,
To whisper ofthe souls new birth,
or saved and sins forgiven;
When washed in away,
Then shall my spirit swell my lay
When God shall guide my soul above,
BY the soft cords Of heavenly love-.
When the vain Of earh depart,
And tuneful voice. swell my heau-'
Then shalt each word, each note l raise,
Burst forth in peains hymns OF praise,
And ull not offered al His shrine,
Dear mother will place on thine.
Saratoga Springs, November, 1885.