The New era. [volume] ([Portsmouth, Va.]) 1845-1847, 1846-02-21
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THE GODDESS OF POVERTY.

A BALLAp.-T Translated from the ConsueIo
Of George Saad.-Paths sandeG with gold, yer.
dant heaths, ravines loved by the wild goats.
great mountains crowned with stars, wandering
currents, impenetrable Gresis. let the good god
dess pass through-the Goddess of Poverty!
Since the world existed, since men have been,
she traverses the world, she dweIs among men
she travels singing, and she sings wOrkIng-the
goddess, the gnud Gnddess of Poverty!
Sumo men assembled 10 curse her. They found
her too beautiful, too gay. too nimbe, and tuo
strung. g Pluck out her wings" said they :;
" chain her, brulse her with blows, that she
may suffer. that she may perish--ihe Goddess of
Povery!"
They have chained the good goddess they have
beaten and prosecuted her; but they cannot dis
grace her. She has taken refuge in the suul uf
peasants, in the soul of martyrs. in the soul of
saints-the good goddess, the Goddess of Pow.
erty
She has walked more than the Wandering Jew
she has travelled more than the swallow: she is
older than the cathedral of Prague; she is young
er than the egg of the wren she has multiplied
more upon the earth than strawberries IN Bn
hemian toress-the goddess, the good goddess OF
Poverty
She has many children, and she teaches them
the secre, at God She talked Ia the heart of
jesus, upon the mountain, to the Queen Libussa.
when she became enam"rrd of laburer; 10 the
spirit of John and of jerome, upon the funeral
pile If Constance. She knows more than all the
doctors and all the bishups--ihe good Goddess al
Poverty
She always makes the grandest and most beau
tiful things that we see upon the earth; il is she
who has cultivated the fields and pruned the trees
It is she who tends the fncks. singing The mssi
beautiful of airs il is she who sees the first peep
"f dawn, and receives the last smile Of evening"
the good Goddess of Poverty!
Ii she who builds the cabin Of the wood cutter
with green bunghS, and gives Ia the puacher the
glance at the eagle; II is she who the most
beautiful urchIns, and makes the spade and the
plnuuh light in the hands of the old man-the
guod Goddess of Poverty
II is she who inspires the poet and makes the
violin, the guitar and the flute. eloquent under
the fingers of the wandering artist il is she WIN
carries him on her light wing, from The source
of the MoIna To that of the Danube; it is she
who crowns his hair with pearls of dew, and
makes the stars shine for him more large and
more clrar-Ihe goddess, the good Goddess of
Poverty!
1t Is she who instruc,s the ingenious artizan ;
VIII" teaches him To hew stone, Ia carve marble,
Ia fashion gold. silver brass and iron il is she
who render the fax supple and fine as hair.
trum the fingers "f the old mother. Of the young
grl-the goud Goddess of Poverty!
II is she who snsIains the cottage, shaken nv
the storm II Is she who saves rosin fuT the torch
and oil tor The lamp; it is she who kneads bread
for the family, and weaves garments for summer
ami winter il il she WIN feeds and maintains the
wurd-the good Goddess of Poverty!
Ii is she who has built the grand churches and
the old caIhedraIs; il is she who carries the sabre
and the gun. who makes war and c0nquesis II
is she who collects the dead, tends the wounded
and hides the conquered-lhe good Goddess of
Poverty!
Thou art all gentleness, all patience. all
strength, and all compassion, o. good goddess
1t is thou who unitest all thy children in holy
love. and who gvest To- them faith hope and
charity-O. Goddess Of Poverty!
Thy children shall cease day to carry the
world npun their shoulders they will be recon-
pensed for their trouble and toll. The time an
pr"aches when they will he neither rich nor poor :;
when all men shall consume the fruits 0f the earth
and equally enjoy the gifts of God hut thou will
not he forgotten In their hymns-O, good Goddess
of Poverty!
They will remember that thou vert their
fruitful mother, their robust nurse, and their
church militant. They will p1ur balm uppn
Thy wounds, and they will make the rejuvenated
and embamed earth. bed where thou canst a,
last repose-O, good Goddess Of Poverty!
Unl the day nf the Lord. torrents and forests
m"'rnatins and valleys. hPaths swarming with lit
tile f,wers and little birds. paths which have no
masters, and ssnded with god-et pass the good
goddess, the Goddess Of Poverty!