Democratic banner., 1846-08-17
From the Odd Fellows, Magazine.
THE BURIAL: \ FRAGMENT.
By Il FISK.

III IDOh WV - bAASN Salo AOSS oOONC tl
billows-the blrshing charms Gfsprin; wer,
passed, and the summer glow of Iovelines
had succeeded. The woodlands were ga,
and beautifal-for nature had clothed then
in all her surprising splendors. Tie
mountain stream now run, how ripple d
now curling with its liver rddir<, gao
sparkling in the summer bclm-nuw s.Ioo-
tlly flowed along its ever varying hc:i, To
ward its quiet nome sin tie word Of VIA
t.rs." The birds war5led AS s~eetly II.
their green bowers If bliss, as il sig;,. and
tears were a thing unknown.
There vas joy Oh eartii-lhc :wi,tcrinc
swallow as it darted along in sunshine ana
shade, needed not the bitter waiting of af-
fiction ID distreSs-tire wild bird in its
~noiseless fight, s,ftiy silent as falls the snow
fake, seemed u%nInindfuI of wo, as it flashed
Its wing across the vision, IKE i thought
or q dream during ti.e hnsi ed hour If mid
night, snd vanished as 4IGG, nly. 10 Ii,
tie sight Of their joyous ft licity brought nc.
glsdness-the sounds oftieir mirti fell cold
upon the heart seemed but bitter muck
sy; and spoke of days departed. Tie
bright and laughing skies seemed insersihle
that they were s~I.iiIng over ruin anG -.
lay; THAI one OF hopes f.igcsi Sw"r.~s, .:ox-
as, had droope'l ana died, "a" -: Em1- !
.rrH now-ws IS to be laye, III re cart s.
E.ii hassom.
ihad seen he child in its guiiciess Beauty,
khcn it was a thing all glowing with health,
innocence, and ioy-l had seen it folded IT,,
kat r Of her that bore il in all the over-
Fhelmning fnndness OF a mothers love-.
Put now her frst-b"rn biessing-!er first.
PHt, and Only IL sicpt-not on the soft
Po,om Of a mothers ten Ierness-5at wit, !
BE quiet deadi Deat.i, dealt, ! how lovely
faast thou be! Though pale and l~ifeiess,i Il
wore 4 smile passionlcss and pure, a,
be cherIh of IInmOr,llity--it had nothing .
ftle corpse about ii, bat It's wi.iteness-r
s't.ins Of tie grave, hn: - silence. S, 7
Eautitalit s~eemrd-~!ike TIE s~porti,c lamb. i
kseked with &~iowerv garland ofsacrAiice-- =
toa!d fam have lsin down bv It's side ia 1.
te coil bosom OF or common mother r
p dark and silent ~vA.!tT. !
rIoa wsePest, chiidlc.'s mother. 4! =
lsI thu mays: the san ni:ioi vert
taT3 of his fri, n;-an.. i -, uci:r:. .I
thy first ho:a. lard IS : frrr.cc .o:,r
loved one in t;,e DAMP e~art;., h.nea,. &.
E cold cloIs of the valIry-ilard is it tel
RHec: that this, thy child OF pecr!ccs 3,
fauty, viii never More raise it's ROSY Ii, SIC
thine, IN all the fondness of chidIIoo..'> 81
Pm affection. All! these are recollecti ms H.
weigh upon the soul, even to nvar- d.
lSe'I"5. Memory tells thee thou art n;
Foiatr-lt tells too Of play ful smiles-of d
t'oasand soft and winning ways that Z,
ine around the mothers heart-it tells oil
sweet and wild t~hrobbings of unspeak- c,
e bliss, that were thine when softIyIh
Ptiin5 It t. slumber and repDse. Now st
tniise Of the cyprus will be IFS shelter, II
the narrow house its abiding place-ar
misery will no more rcsound with it.l IN
ld,nme mirth-the cradle in which j, had he
ftten reposcd in quiet, is now dcsolate. pr
eu weePest, c!liidless mother. i'm,
he last look. The time Is cpine when h ,
may gaze once more upon ;ler sirepinynv
ere the pail is settled upon Ills life, IN
brow. o.! enc bitter a "ny IF that til
bent ono long ag"nizing kiss upon f..
marble forehead, and lie is slut from If
Ne". In the fuiness Of her grief sc str
fol
No more, my ba5y, shalt thou lie, c
With drowsy smile. AMI haIf-saut eye y,
Pillowed upon thy mothers breast, nm
Serenely sinking into rest. to
iu vert ~lovelier than the morn ofMay;I 81,
Possessed the brightest charms that 20,
youth adorn; ca
all those beauties now have passed. du
away, ne
and all aho knew them once are left % hs'
"O"'" pre-
opening rose bloomed here . little ar,
while JOS
milling serene beneath a.summer's sky 10
can no moro a mothers sigh begils, cor
wipe the tear from pale affections %"H
eye.
For God hath laid the down toIope
slsep, inC
Like q pure pearl beneath the deep! ing
LII stot
EE abroad, fond mother upon The way. bed