Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1845-06-26
From the NeU York EUening Mirror.
The WhippOOrwill.

From the Netc York EUening Mirror. 81
The WhippOOrwilI. q
A PARODY on !. rOK's Graves" 81
when the rosy sunlight faded from the plumed and Pahsaded h
Bst where golden banners waved upon the western hil, 81
And the twilight .ofIa and tender, velled n day departed : = snoor' J
Ye'tersven faint and distant, in The woodland dark and ;1il-
naImy breeze., bIthsIy blowing, like cool rivers O,eraSTing'
snSfs %So n my my s ~Rse stealing stealing, laden Win sH @ys,erio@. healing,
VI ih a sweet rsstless feeling, did my throbbing bosom MI r.
With a strange mysterious l@ Ts ssa. ds I %s ' wSisso sS;s% MI
And therefore, from my senses, by a thousand odd Pretenees,
/ did strive in vain to Danish, that strange feeling glowing still, IS
But its presence in me burning, Oft departing and returning, =, v
Hear from out my window gazing to~srd the valley dark and ehii-s
Silent was the whiPPoorwHl. h
Silent was his music only, while from his dominions lonely, r
Then from % my window leaning. through the darkness. inter
Striving to discern hi. meaning, still gazed and wondered still
n Us I'M 's''''s 'sS'G Silent n"y was. The %SiPPooG"iIE
Silent for a moment longer, and my longing waxing stronger,
Filled me with a faint ~fOrebOding. that his song heAeeforth wal.
But nv soul was all aFrirhted, when unbidden, unlimited, +
suddenly the bird aIghted, lighted on my window sill
"whippoOrwiT, Q, whippoorwin.
trembling that I sat 50 near him, holding fast my breath to hear
And my heart did ,hrOb so wildly, that i, seemd each thrOb would
'Motionie.s, I sat. enchanted that my prayer s. soon wa. granted, /
While my soul with in me Panled, all is longing to fulfil
For that sweet mysterious longing, filled my soul with sorrow
Sorrow for the whippOOrwin.
'Sitting motionless before him, with these words I did implore him.
10 forget Thy eeaseless sorrow, and caste cut thine nnost III, 4
c eo%s no sn %q Ssii a ", %SO Ss. aD eSnsSin me- 's SniIs it IN en- shadows %s %fna ns@Si I
And hereafter. songs of laughter, sing upon my window SILL" h
~ Silent was the whippOOrwin.
SILENTLY he sat, behOlding how my arms / was unfolding,
s sat Ssfc = : NM . Ss,sIhn sa s'u ended rG %SsS q he @. .sw fn my SaSd is Offended.
Suddenly he cOmprehended that my words were words Of i'll,
That my words Of mild sn'rs sGlais Ssgf s snsT ss@ G ae H %hi iS poo |
Fitting through my window moaning, all his soul within him.
And HI. little 30 som thrOssing, a. e every ;hrOb would KILL
with an agony like dying, that my soul with grief did hn','
Perehed again the whippOOrwil.
s Then again my words repeating, and more earnestly entrrasing,
But he would not be persuaded, my caresses he evaded,
And in turn my soul uPtraided, bitterly ~uPbEsiding stilb
ms P'''oD 81 saying ig only ! 9swhiPPeor~ih."
kPre.entiy the bird up.tarting, seemed into the night departing,
EAs if laden with his sorrow, he would wander, wander sunj
But he only lowered Ger me, fitting to and fro belore me,
seeming strangely to 'mP''' One %s; % Ssaf' only % : SIPp @'s n%"'-
o'er me. and around he hOyerd tl suddenly discovered,
He was seeking TO entiee m e to the woodlands dark and sIiia
twith the pine leaves musiesIly, and the nights with music FILL
Then into the silent valley to the vale dark and sui.
I my heart that mystic yearning, violently then returning,
81 the %OurnISI bird attended, 70 the wood my way I wendss' ~
I wSere ; the . .oSe%5 Silent sien, .ssse%.. did e a my my . ao5fS ~isS so%P e Sn, emu
Followed l The whiPPOOrwil.
& BIindIy followed I my leader, where the hemlOek and the cedar,
& the 4Ren se a ,H5S.y ISe ,a 1PI SessIe .n %. dismal E.TsT iS ae.SIst Un d a nm: DER u.
-SWhenee arose the sounding chorus Of nights songsters loud ant
Leaving all things and i'FSi FsHS1 ;91 i I ny i %Si r, a1a And Ill
& Fast and faster we proceeded, while entraneed 1 little needed
How l .ci;ed through painless valleys, in the night air wet an
"a Nhbs ouu ohWdfu DOfcm C All my SOUL z oh oeiotC me-
B And no WEAKNESS came DER me though my soul with grief was ill
Followed 4 he wsippoor~ii.
In the wilderness benightcd, 10 at last my guide alighted
SIN his cry Of grief he uttered, and around me wildly auttsred.
Tel me-. tell me, WRippoor~in#
Soon beneath him, as he hover'd by the starlight 1 discovered
"Then, " said 1 she did nmPiore me, in my chamber hirdng oe
Fitting g to and from before me, TO avert some fearful i'll
-, To.ave the dying whiPpOorwili.
sFiied with an unwOnted wonder, full of thought my soul did pOr
How to calm his soul to slumber, and hi, song Of sorrow still
For 1 could not help Pereeiving how hi. heart was sore with grie'
. 1 And l would no, dream Of LEAVING him alone with all his ILL.,
: In the dismal de'0lA'e darkness 3, n; sr fssss. se wsiSs Sa,siIng still
ko'er the Kfeless bird then kneeIing, all his grief within me fee
And my soul within me moving all its longing to fulfil,
: SD%d RsT ssdS s ssi T.le I sss h and i1 beside a ss sSs % rann aa%a; l &ia made he
tod0Fo%; leaves her 'hrOud and Sd, pa low < AND %h hss d1Tss ,1e runn'r
T Then the mcurnfal bird. demeanor. wild and restes. grew serene
And AND s sIon ,p1 sae sh vane sr sr Gr .oT s;~se 10 e %S JOY ss grew Tr1 1Iri, and still
twhere IL dis,anhy was dying, family family on the bill.
Family whispering ''whippoyrwiIl
: sdsTr into Ss N my n h so;S% r. e 1sgl% Peaceful s1,s6 Psrf e . ,,s%e i, keeping
I Snd from q % out the i silent hs ALI which shieh | s eS.eiie d ~1iIg.iiessmy,
Where the winds with music daily, and the cedar shakes the rin,
The fOrsaken whippOorwnL
j 9AsI fastened, lOl the nightly, nOheless, n~umberIess shadows lgh
Like a Tsven'. wing. were lifted from the valley and the hill =
HaIh il, never isifng morrow Of serene oblivion still; - >"
SPeaeefuh pleasant dreams shall haunt thee, only, in thy slunb
n o, forsaken whippOOrwini
: k"oft my heart with grief j. laden for a fair and q9eenly maiden,
\ 4oft when weary ones IN sleeping, when mine eyes are worn wi
hDreams upon my senses creeping fill my soul with beauty still
silent was the whippoor~iI.
HAn day long in silence only, in my chamber dark and lonely,
ESits he brooding on a volume Of old fables, sad and sul;
But at night the shadow: quit ting, nevermore his grief fOrgettn
And his eeaseless song of sorrsw singing on my window SILL
VI w1BpS'r~iT, 0, WlPpssr%iI.