Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1842-05-21

Blu, none Of kindred race was near,
OF all his lengthen-d age held dear,
Save only she, whose silent woe
Forbade the pensive tear to flow.
Wild was her gaze, heedlessly
She view'd sad faces passing by;
Pale was her cheek, her lips comprest,
Her iair hands cIasped upo, her breast;
Grief sat upon her forehead far
And tyointed 10 her hearts despair
E,e,taee approached, with silent tread,
Aod stood beside the dying bed;
Compassion fixed his ardent breast
Ard faIrring words his grief exprest.
Old Caiet gazed upon his face,
"A if his limos, thought to trace,
His proffer'd hand then feebly prest,
And ,bas the afflicted youth address'd:
s.E,ataee. know thy noble worth;
And not thy hapless humble birth,
Nor all the undeserved scorn
Which thou 50 patiently hast borne
Can dim thy manly, gen'rous mind,
By Natures art alone rehn'd:
Thou aec's, the remnant Of my life,
T. wastlpg in this mortal strife;
Nor would ! heed the neeting pain
Which hunts me while these hours remain'
Nor dread the awful glooms that lie
On formleas blank fulurity,
0'tru, wnrrn IfP---wnIcu rear,
Would make mo wish 10 Ii.,~~- -
NV child. my lov'd and only child!
leave thee in a desert Wild:
On. who " i'll be thy guard and guide,
Amid LIES snares on every side.
To thee, my honot'd, youthful friend,
NV latest dy ing charge lend;
ON! by tire pIighted of youth,
Hallov'd by Innocence and Truth,
BY thy departed fathers name,
Oh, shield my child from woe and shame.
ssFul well know your mutual love;
May righteous iieav'n the tie improve.
May never fortunes hckle smile
Torment your minds. your hearts beguile,
And Oh. should Wealth Ger bless your stoFes
Or gilded Honor haunt your door;
Should ey'ry grft which Folly Graves,
From ont earth's dark uatrodden caves,
Or far beyond the crested waves
Be heap'd upon your peaceful hearth,
An, still be mindful Of your birth.
BE Just to modest Merits claims,
And foster Virtues peaceful aims;
Give heed TO poor Misforiune's tale,
And let colt PHYS Sigh prevail;
Let hopeless Perjury arI Woe,
The fruit of all your blessings know
''But If uutoward fate should mark
Your pathway with its impress dark;
Shrink not beneath the fancied shame,
Which haunts .Tistorttue's humble Name;
Be ever to fIonor's laws,
And faithful still, to Virtues cause:
What tho ligh, foIIy's vo,aries
Your humble name and rank despise!
What tho the curst and envious horde
That darkly gropc at Mammon's board,
Deuounce, as their most fatal bane,
That merit ;hey ne'er obiain'
Tho humbly poor, DC nobly great!
Graft pride upon your low estate
The pride, the scora which virtue owes
In humble life, to naughty foes
Dislain TO do a deed of shame
To win lile's dishonest fame:
Let tinsel wcalth-false friends, depart
Trust bu, to HIM who knows the heart.
ssMy Children, nay my blessing rest
Thro' life IN ench confding breast.
Forever here close my cares
The miseries Of my lengthen'd years:
But Oh! life's clouds but sweep away
To usher in eternal dayH
The spirit fled, and in that room
There dwot the silence of the tomb.
The evening Of another day
Again made wood and mountain gay,
Again woke joli,y and mirth
To revel DER the fairy enrth;--
But rs the Suns declining beam
Gilded that lonely vale and stream,
a fun'ral train went moving slow.
With chas!en'd looks, and notes Of woe,
And on the evenings gentle breath,
Slowly arose the Dirge Of Death.