Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1844-11-07
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. From tie .ytw Bedf0rd .3drOeate.
ANSWER TO THE OLD ARM CHAIR.
Wa are indebted to the publisher, CharIe.
III Keith, Of Boston, tor copy OF Song re-
snn,ly published, under this tite--the words
by JoHs H. W,KLASp, Esq. aud music b,
RussELL. IL has very beautiful lithograph
isle page, Illustrative Of the last few lines ot
the Song. IL has been sung with great effect
IN Boston by thnt charniug vocalist, Ms,
SAXAH l.. kSioHr, aud has had a very eN.
trnsivo sale. The words are supposed to be
addressed by the author To lady who has Just
sung those popular words OF Miss Cook,
- 1--we It, love ~. and who .hpil dare
To ehide Eie FOR loving the Oh Arm Char
u wIli be- found an appropriate accompaui
mcni to the "U'd Arm Chair Tie spirit o'
,he words is the same, though the mclod, j.,
dT rent Wih Iho permission Of the pub
h.hrr, We suhjon the words, a. follows
ANSWER To THE OLD ARM CHAIR
On, sa"r'd through lif, b" that relic to thco,
lhe old "aN"n char, with us neInorirs dear
u hath seen toe l"avcs nfth" ancestral tree
One by one '.'m ii' bo"shs fail stricken aud
scar;
o"' shelter 1t KINDLY ia the hqu~rho'd nook,
Ia hrr ,gl, uf love 4 mu'hcr sat there,
And II hath ever dear, familiar took,
'''"' me lace OF friend, bless that old arm
eh"'r'
She is gone, she is gone, bn' it stand. there yet,
They have taken it not from the oil 6,c.side,
t"dI''u'b"d"e it still, in the same nook set,
Let II stand where 1t stood hen thy mother
died
W. 'he l"' 1t, she loved IT, that o'd hoir.loom
And tLongh smiIeth no longer her sweet face
there,
The spirit ofthe loved and the lost shah come,
h'or to bless thee and guard the Old arm
chair
~ " '''' '"'''H 81 al ''''r ''''' "r'I'
i'' ""l around them her presence ih"y feel,
A"d The, seem 'ii'l 10 hear her iaoInr tone.
See 'Ir hltlr ones iurn from the .arscd Book,
hssp,akcrh The father her name IL, l,ls pravcr.
T., her ct,orlic seat l,r ,L,,r. ,,,,L,r'. t,.La
The, shnil see her no mar. ~ ~. old ,r,u
clair
'''' u" ''"' ''''c I" 'h"e'
"''' ''''''' "''" Us "c"o'''s
u''''
Forget moi the day when thou sat's; on her
knee,
And 81 sueetly she smiled Gro snrrow was
ncnr,
It was thorc, II wa, ;hcrc, she rcro.ed her hcoJ
When She Jre,,j,J ,or her Io,.,J oo.. L,,
dy,r,,,,ycr
Tnrn doo,n. thopyl her farm il, tho oo,J .,,u,
bo L,,d
WV w. '''''' ''''' S''''''" '"' "'' ''''
'"''r'
- - ~ T ''s 80 1.=i.'-''r|11-t.
\ DREAN The ipnort,pce NJ ;,l,-
vidual action and ynIue of the n,it can.
shutting lar1n sums. - v,ry C,,lhl,ily and
elooaen,iy ,I,u.,raled ~ tho onnox,.d
dreIn. winch. n u mpct,no IN Ohm far
the prnnutl,n oi me caus. of educate,
De BaecL"r related.
!ir sqli he h,I dream. which l,t.
o'hrr dreams did not wholly e,nln,n H.
..if. aud IN which some Of thc n,,,,,I
onIrcts bad the po,ver nf .,e.ch H..
wh- lravrItng near the .ourccs Of N.
N!ouunrnh.L. and IN nass;,, oy.r :,
rough county, At every snort distance
he met !uule stream which no ccnld
step over ; bnt all of them uo,oy thc
same way. At last hp asked one vhrr.
b" was gninr "Nh,.n recl,od ,ho
l'ule rll, II am gniuu to New ORLEANS
heard the people there wanted a area,
cnpn thousand miles Inno. and 6lican
HUNDRED feet wide, and arm go,ny T.,
helm make it." "And nr,v what ra,
Won do :" 81 don't anow what, can do
bat shall be there" And 50 sa,,ng II