Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1845-06-26
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makes her molhers heart tolrap for Joy.
But "lbc. spoller" came, and

InuhfH HtI lI''bt' hN"'N t'l' uH wv ~
Bu, "lhc.s spoller' came, and
They lad her IN her hui. grnv.,
3 Amid The Aowers Of spring.
! Iyl,on iLni gr! ~ ruru began,t0 wave,
: AID ,so e'ad birds lo sing
n And happ, yuices were nroand
When lirrs was sIleut Ms the gronnt'
sweet Laughing child thy nurs'ry d"T
Stand. free td,l open now,
Bat all .lht sunshine gilds no moro
The gladnrss of thy brow
Thy merry step hna passed away,
Thy pleasant 'o'cc Ia hnshed lor aye
Oh when tas pheasant GUNNER m"rh
Shines over wdid and fell,
And iu along the corn fields borne
& heard the village bsil,
when the loud wagen is lad hy.
And wearied beas,s rrst quietly,
Yhey never more shall carry thee
T. l't"H ~ the psafIn
" hIrh @ ertflr mcads and sheep sTcwn i"h
Floits ~ iho summer calm
Their echoes reach their m"th.rs room,
But oh they breathe above thy tomb
Thy mother by the hrcaid- rita
Aud lisicnS for Thy call.
And SLOWLY slowly rs she kntf
Her quist tears down fall,
iIdr isuis htader,ag hirg is gone,
And undistutbed SIZE may work on.
There is something very touching N
the. deaths of Ini,s cbildren, bat many
cnnsoialions grow like sweet flowers
from their graves. H. the Rev. Il. Z.
Ya,erston's essay on hi. subject, he
says with equal truth aud beauty, "lt IL
worthy of,eme mbrance that childIan who
are taken away by death, always renain
in the momory ofthe parents IA chiidrer.
Olher children grow old ; but this one
continues in youth. 1t looks ms we saw
it IN health. The Imagination hears lis
sweet voice and hi step, sees us s'lken
hair. and clear bright eyes, al ] just ds
they were. Ten and twenty years pay
20 by, the child si,lI remains in tie
memory as at first & bright happy child
On little "E,nhy 's''tomb Is Tie follow
;ns verse;
Nor give the heart to vain rrgrri,
'Tls but the c6.kst that lies here,
The gem thai filed it sparklss yet
am great admirer Of simple epItaphs
IN an old churchyard in South Wales,
| once met with one on a simple slone,
which affected me deeply. II told mo,r
about the parents sorawiug COR their
lost infant, than the most labored epiiaph
could possibly have done In the o!j
quaint spelling, Of plain slab, was carr.
ed IN rude et'ers only the word,
"DEERE CHILDEr
What could be more pathetic. except
lng perhaps the following, which | saw
in kensal Green Cemetery, III tho in,-
row Road, london
"To THE MEMORY OF LITTLE KATE.
At the LauroI I'LL Cemetery, Ph,la
delphia, also noticed one Of those
touching inscriptions. A white mi,blo
7luD h'o VII " " o''I'S "'''y
"WILLiE,'
That was aIl-it told plainly enough
Ia thoughtful hearts that bright, golden
haired wee "WrLLIEn in spite Of love
had gone down IN life's young spring,
10 darkness and the worm.
There are many plots of ground Lard
Dut which are as yet untenanted- many
sepulchres built whose portals have not
as ye, opened TO receive tho silent gueSs.
looked into one of those latter, and &c.
iualy shuddered as beheld the br,ck
recesses oil IN readiness to receive thosa
who were now living, healthy, hio.eG-
Toying people. There wass wealthy
looking personngo giving directions =,
bout the structure as calmly as It IT had
been grollo. He entered the gloomy
place, examined the brlek-work, mada
business like romalks upon The mortal,
and aclually measured one o. the coffin
recesses. II was his own family rcccp-
Iacle. The bare idea OF the spot uhce
| may bs deposited after death il horn
bile TO me, and how any one can rrn,c,sr
The cavern Of mortality | csunot ,mag-
me. ! have, aud always have had,
more horror Of The grave than lcrr 80
tha, which VIII compel me to become n-
tenant
Here Us a noticeable monumc NJ 90 MI
elegon, but PLAN oblopc marble rarc"pb
agus, erected, ! am informed, NJ The rN-
pense Of Hon. William Slurg's, OF rhl.
city. There is no laborrd eptdph upon
1t ; no foolish attempt To land the uncon.
scious slceper below Aud u u w'll.
Nothing cxcites my contempt more than
those craven and g,ldrd sentences some.
times 10 be found over ii,h mems gave,
and which make their subject. -s"m nj