Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1839-11-26
For The Ruiland Herald !
The Ared Pendent.

Tos the Ruiland Herald.
The AErd P-nIfent.
saw. c'crwhile, and old. decrepii form,
rslsied with the weigh, Of many years
Asd trembling 'peaih the load Of human voc
whsse unssrung nerve scarce able sccm'd TO bear
III. woc-hegone and shancr'd fregmen, up
The slmon blossom told his many years
N weary pilgrimage and furrowd check
The tablet which misfortune ever claims
On which TO score her dreadful reclining DOWN
Read tales mos, miserable OF bgitcd hopes
The eye--inierpreter OF the secret soul,
It's iustrc lor,, gazed out and things
With the vacant, iis,less, unmea aiming glaze
OF ono whose heart long since had ceas'd to bea,
In unison with other men s--whose soul,
To utter loaihing sick aud GU, Of life,
Had taken everlasting leave Of hope,
And sought IN strange communion with itself
o'erihe deep-piereed, fostering, muir 'drous wounds
HIS fellow man had made. tina, painful case
Which misery seeks to dull its hopeless pains.
To him, the world was one vas, wilderness,
Without one cheering spo, Of vcrdant green
To bless the dismal, desolaied place,
And men bu, monsters, unchain'd fures were,
Sent with immortal woes TO scourgc the earth
He stood, unconscious Of the wntry blast
Which inqusition made Of his poor garb
Or sportcd with his tauered rags, and repf'
Oh, those were tears thrice dy'd in bitterness,
wrung from on, overloaded heart
Vie fol, no, the Sast--the shame he hee1ed not
Memory, wifi her strong undying powers
The winding 6,ail Of life threading back,
And from their sepulchres old relics drew
Of goading wrong-dim shadows of the past,
Long since In deep oblivion inferred,
No more TO wakan unavailing grief
And vainy hoping their eternal sleep;
From their wre,ched charncl-house TO life again
She draggd the CHASTITY ghosts of former years,
To concentrate in one brief point of time
Enormous woe, and suffering complete.
Pity here, In needed charity; nigh, lend
An extra tear for woe profoundly deep;
For ncughs my eye hath seen the features drew
SO perfec, Of poverty and despair.
"Oh God, he cried, is hope forever gone,
No more 70 CLEAN its glad, inspiring rays
Upon my rugged pathway to the grave
Has Heaven boon in mercy TO bestow
On one most abjec, of its supplants-
OfGod forsaken and dcspised Of men
No precious omen of immortal good
To light his to,terng footsteps to the tomb =
To Thee, o God, by dircful need compell'd,
This PROSTATE soul that mercy hath despis'd,
And long the offers Of eternal life refused,
Now humbly prays. In thine Amounted One
Forgivc--in his crimson tide on Calvary pourd
For washing Of regeneration, cleanse
The stains Of sin on this polluted soul"
His prayer scarce brea,hd in broken accents forth
While deep repentance how'd his wi.her'd heart,
Fer mcrcy's angel from the throne of God
Unios'd the bonds that bound his burden on,
And dried the fountain of his sorrows up.
Ilook'd again--No ves,ige ofthe storm REMAND
Blu, signs of peace-unearthly pleasure hlrd,
Pervadcd all, and all was noon-day joy
4 song broke forth--,hat song by angels sung
When the CHAD tidings Of Savior bern
Rang Ger Judeas hills and fild her plains.
ALPHA.
Rutland, 1889.