The Mississippi Creole. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1841-1851, 1846-03-21
ORIGINAL POETRY.

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Y PAD TAsSY.-A sketch.
VA Va lar, ina on her cheek,
ross. bue, ii eye 50 meek,
s'Ssd re' doys.ike ii II sure hue,
I Rle0 rsss BIZ / iyps u heavens blue.
ansy cast N Fanny was 90 mild withal,
NalsOcH nm Eyes pure soul, before the fall,
Sn'aoou argsl tuR, il joy, or love, da.
as9sscG ,sAsdihs thought, like stars aboveI
OA'AVa taooped asight o. aothefsills,
asgces, tHatthe dew drop fills,
DAANtl tFSnhy grew like flower rare,i
slkS %nouatsin nook, secluded there. .5a
FusPsnde oSnely She, no brother dear,
Osasa aasf kind, her love to share
a%notaloHe, for all things round,
4 Alpaca i mountain peak, the meadow ground,
Cotton, auses, The flowers, each Hill, each dell,
brooks, and where the cascade fell,
N, nMm were, companions tooj
re d. 81 b these, her fancy pictures drew
hlandcaI IEhi all joy, allhope.. all love,
k oil cid ~ht6ours caught from heaven above.
Do aIdrtured in her mountain nook,
rgsOf knowledge, natures book,
time fed on, and change q last,
N 1917 will nottrace them az they passedD
~ nsO'er the spirit Of her dreamy IS
ider flower you could not deem,
FVg@ planted from tt Snative air
KIP d. new soil, new scenes to share;
es me gyety, and pleasure came,
nch KID lhshion, the wild rose to tame;
skins ns ihttery followed in their train,
lies, % lie hearts truth could scaItoe remain:
was true, for the proud heart,
60 land h earliest feelings, will not part;
fine Coil a&s had learned to think, and feel,
NJ Wild school she loved SO well.
hearts, pure wish, her only will,
ms; Bred H'efpeen her guides and still F.,
dressing compass through that billowy sea-
Do, need Nae she was no guide had she,
PUSHES pJ pHents eye her course to scan,
coat, do 'yn wild will her only plan.
articles 1--we atlast avotary came,
n W. IN isatto rule, her thoughts to claim.
H ~ him she loved, to her he seemed,
MY ther widest fancy dreamed,
Elm & G Nh, and worth, and virtue rare,
button earth hcrloye to share.
- fed upace; you might look back
Ne tatn no mark, its course to track,
i've npsi appointments school was traced,
,aziOes, amy on the shadowy waste;
pubIicaid many A scorching memory came,
ERY lsart 70 crush, her soul to tame:
@%Ohdence in man was gone, 0," Y
ln she loved was worthless grown;
aaieeling newly born
|OsBl she loved, was now her scorn.
la, che thought, a fitting test,
/ csapc lhe world, TO judge the rest.
tOV'" Spn the hearts alloy,
|S, Y the place Of hope, and joy;
Il PUN a1 grew SICK, and all things changed
~ 3flalo Der, had grown estFanged; 81
a 4'eAood, too, with venom came,
peeS nsgyery soul to flame; msfa
svlctim then had chained,
s9ns ray of hopes she gainedul Uo ,
Cee' w ihatray? it seemed SO bright, 8
ss'sa spark Of heavens light, istit
m Nnpon her soul, it seemed tas
REST ARanAinds might be redeemed
up.Rl 9pA9 she might love once MOTE ia
son,ag wv @ in bright days of yore.
.sssippi @nsw ere good, were pure, were brigh
IA man, that set her rights tra
~. lgPlp, might hope for bliss
\ purchS w man, that taught her this; <
cas metd Y nun she'd loved to praise
/, n 10 the IpgpTlght, in other days; iolf
10 under .I'o y love, and him to know,
|esnia. ~ 'H 'fue, that taughkher SO,
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