Iowa territorial gazette and advertiser. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa Territory [Iowa]) 1840-1846, 1844-05-04

The Lady's Dream.
lrRoM HOOPS MAGAZINE.
The lady lay in her bed,
Her couch so warm and soft. sEs
But her sleep was restless and broken still,
For turning often and oft
From side to side, she muttered and moaned
And toss'd her arms aloft. AZ .
At lastshe started up, s
And gazed on the vacant air.
With a look Of awe, as if she saw
Some dreadful phantom there
And then in the pillow she buried her FACT
From visions III 10 bear.
The very curtain shook 1si
Her terror was so extreme.
And the light that fell on the broider d Gull
Kept tremulous CLEAN:
Z And her voice was hollow. and shook a m.
cried, t IS -
"Oh me! that awful dreaml
"Ihat weary, weary walk,
In the church. YARDS dismal groundI
Anu those horrid 'hings, with shady wings
That came and fitted round,--
Ia every s;sh 1 ana Jo .onaa, ous usa'''
"And OIL those maidens younr.
Who wrought in that dreary room,
with fingers drooPing and speetres thin,
And cheeks without bloom:-
And the voice that cried, sFor the pomp o.
pride,
We haste to an early tombls
"For the pomp and pleasure Of pride,
We toll like Afric slaves,
And only to earn home at lat.
asl. Where Wonder cypress waves;-
And then he pointed-I never saw
81 A ground % full.of gravesl
"And still the collins came,
With their sor,owful trains and slow,
Coffin after coffin still,
A sad and sickening show; So s
From grief exempt, never had dreamt
OF such q World Of Wool
"Ofthe hearts that daily break. s.
Of the tears that hourly fall. M
VI the many, many troubles Of life
That grieve this earthly ball
Disease, and hunger, pain and want,
~"s Nv" AWSduPt VI tucU oui
"For the blind and the cripple were there,
And the babe that p ned for bread,
And the houseless man, and the widow poo
Who hegsed-to bury the dead;
3 HE naked, alas, that might have clad,
The famished might have fed!
"The sorrow might have soothed,
And the unregarded tears;
For many thronging shape was there,
From long forgotten years, ST. -.
Aye, even the poor rejected Moor, ss
Who raised my childish fears!
"Each pleading look, that long ago va
scanned with needless eve, il
Each face was gazing as plainly there, IL
AS when passed it by,.
Woe, woe for me, if the past should BE-
Thus present when die 81 81
ssNo neSd or sulpHTuus axe,
No need Of fiery coal,
But only that crowd of human kind
Who wanted pity and dole N
In everlasting retrospect ,
Will wiring my sinful SOUL
ssAlas! Ihave walked through life
Too needless where trod, 8
Nay, helping to trample my fellow worm,
i !, And fill the burial sod
Forgetting that even the sparrow falls
Not UNMARKED Of Godi
"I drank the richest draughts: aHg
And ate whatever is good
Fish and flesh, and fowl, and fruit,
Supplied with hungry mood; j.
But never remembered the wretched onet
That starve for want Of food!
eT dressed as the nob'e dress,
In cloth Of silver aud gold,
With silk, and satin, and costly furs, Sass
In many an ample fold, 81, s4rs
But Ihever remembered the naked limbs
That froIe with winters cold.
"Tbe wounds I might have healed
The human sorrow and smarll
And yet it never was in my soul
To play so i'll a part; se
But evil IS wrought BY want Of Thought,
As well as want Of Heartp' $50,
She clasp'd her fervant hands,
And the tears began to stream,
Large, and bitter, and fast they fell,
= Remorse was 50 extreme;
And vel, oh yet, that many Dame
Would dream the Lady's Dreaml