Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1844-10-22

unmarried, save by the affective hand of Heaven
that ever and anon had removed loved and valued
ones from the family circle. First, upon one stem
TWO tiny buds were nipped by the untimeIy frost o
disease, and borne from earth to bloom amid the
sweets OF heaven. Again, the ruthless hand o
death severed the fond ties, and one fell lust in III,
prime of manhood.
''Dire fevers fire
Burned mid the ice OF death upon his brow,
CrIspng his heart strings. Lingering was the
strife,
And sharp the pang that pierced him.
Yet, unearthly joy
Quelled the last agony. and the freed soul
Lett heavens own smile upon the brea,hles.
clay"
All grieved, all mourned. vet none could res
tore the precious caSket where were garnered the
cherished hopes of fond parents of loved and low
ing brothers ard sisters; their fond anticipat on
were thus blighted, and by one bitter stroke Gu
off. Yet still more deeply was that aged grand
sire called 10 mourn the chosen OF his YOUTH the
partner OF his joys and sorrows. was summoned Il
her rest. All felt deeply yet who, amid the mourn
tul group that gazed upon her placid countenanct
and remembered that years-tull three-score anc
ten-she had borne the lilo of che kered, wear
some life, would have called her from her haven o.
restf
But keen again was the "scythe of fate: a
blooming maiden felt its power she was torn from
among cherishing friends ere her youth was vast
ed, her beauty bl GIFTED bv the whitening breath oil
age Z" Sister seraphs" seemed 10 breathe in ac
cents sweet, "come home," and she obeyed the
summons, but moi unmeet is 1t that
50 In a brighter, purer sphere,
Beyond the sunes. tomb,
The blossoms that have charmed us here,
La faceless life shall bloom
1t seems ira gedy, yet death, as If impartial
hose beaueous babe for his next victim the
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the pang that wruag the hearts of those fond pa
rents II thoughts OF parting but Oh! he tie scas
Serered, shes gone yet
"Gone to God;
o hash fond hearts, what could mothers PRAYER,
In all the fondest ecstacy of hope,
Ask for its darling like the bliss of Heavenl'
A matron, too, just as llfes hopes and duties
clustered close around her heart, was called from
earth away. But few weeks before she had wit
messed The bridal OF a beloved daughter, and al
such an hour a mother was summoned. Then, il
ever did hearts repne and charge the Most High
with unklndness, thus to sever the toudest ties oil
earth-thCse of mother, wife, and riend-but she
died full of hope, and conscious that mortas erl
they bowed to the stoke nor questioned the wis
dom that inflicted it.
And is there yet another? Yes anather-a
youthful woman-and, although among relatives,
almost a stranger, scarce short year before a
bStde, with youthful hopes enshriued within hel
heart and glowing upon her cheek. Yet, she was
marked for the insatlate grave, and that too when
a beloved father, resident for few weeks with
her, was seemingly on the verge of eternity But
how blind IS human fores ght hopes were crushed
as soon as cherished-he survived she faded and
died.
But here we pause-meetings earth but
another name for partings. II ls beyond probabi-
lily that this group will ever assemble together
again, save in heaven: but there is home Tor ALL
where all
May breathe the 'oelcomo of the sky,
M more 10 part, no more to die,
Co-Eeirs OF immortality"