Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1840-12-15
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uc green oak, by mn-tempeStS Snakeu,
proo,ed, PROSTATE falls, while in its prime,
as the fragrant rose by rude hands taken
om its fair bud, wiiheis before its time:
while LIES vernal wreath was twined a.
round thee,
DIST thou, Philander, fade and droop and die;
% icy letters of the tomb have bound thee,
d low in dus, thy mouldring relics lie.
by name, endeared, recalls each recollection
childhood's hours, when life knew not a
tear,
low bright and shining still in retrospection,
msinory's faithful mirror they appear.
knew and loved thee well, ere pain and sor-
row
|ealth's blooming freshness from thy cheek
hath swept
Ter lowering clouds hung heavy DER thy
morrow,
DER thee wan disease its vigils kept.
right ms the gems the arch Of night adjoining,
as the untarnished lusire of thy mind,
nd thou vast lovely as the tints of morning,
hen nature sheds hei beauties DER the land:
? respondent summers sun unclouded,
ives ample promise OF glorious day,
did thy morn, by no dark clouds enshrouded,
Unrest hues and loneliness display.
>! ali. the spoiler came, though long conceal
ing
10 dark intentions and his fell design,
gre in his aim, and by degrees revealing
ns shafts, LIES strong holds to undermine;
bile hope, the syren Of thy frail existence,
|nn often cLanted its deceitful lays,
and pointing to the futures seeming distance,
hnpered OF years prolonged and happier days.
eiusis ~drsaas. thy sisieksa form still wasted,
Ind death, insataie, marked thee for his prey;
kot from hisir0n grasp couldst thou be wrested
no kind and weeping friends besough, thy
stay.
ct, tho affiiciion's heavy pail hung DER thee,
nd months Of pain and WEAKNESS were thine,
light from heaven illum'd thy path before
thee,
snh pure celestial radience divine.
e whom in heaven thy solemn vow recorded,
Ter sickness laid its hand upon thy brow;
boss mercy then with peace that vow re-
~ warded,
pid not forget thee or forsake thee now.
hy God and Savior came, on thee bestow ing
he brightest beams OF his unchanging love,
Md gave fore,aste of the bliss o'ertlowing
Which fills the courts where seraphs sing a.
bove.
For thee, death had no s,ing--no clouds OBJ
scuring
Dimm'd the immortal hopes which fill'd thy
breast,
Hopes which, mid natures dying throes, en-
during.
Could pass the ordeal and meet the final test
AZ calmly as the setting sun declining
With golden splendors To the distant west,
Thy fansomed soul with heavenly lusire beam
ing,
Entered the peaceful mansions of the bles,
Then why should weeping friends, Thy loss de-
ploring
he sad. low-wai!ing streams OF grief prolong,
since thy pure spirit even now is soaring,
Mid The full glories of the ransomed ihrong
Where faith in sigh, is lost, and full possession;
Where no eotroding care can ere come nigh ;
And where thy Savior shall in kind compass
sion,
6ipc every tear and every -sen, ssppiy-
Farewell, though thy decayiug dus, may per-
ish,
Thy memory in our hearts shall still remain:
Long will we thy we'll known virtues cherish
And long OF thee membranes retain.
Though here below we may no longer meet
thee,
May we unite on the eternal shore,
And there with JOY and glowing rsp,ures gree
thee,
where weeping farewelis shall be known nc
more
1T.
Esser N. ", Nov. 1910.