New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1847-01-20
NETWORK TRIBUNE.
From The Liberty Bell. 4
A TWILIGHT VISION.
by MANIA LOWELL.

by MASIA LOWELL
WIGS the steal,hy ,wiishss coming is shsdowns the
room the gloom
And the cheerful Ere leaps upward. the brighter for
And Of al the blessings that God has made Our
Seems clearer TO the spirit than when the daylight shons
Then In tbs. holy seAson Of thsnkfulnes AID prayer
The solemn angel monitors God stations everywhere
Draw back the folded curtains wnereon our day dreams
- glow know
And show behind the miseries tha, other hearts mus
And 80 last evening sitting with dear household voice.
round.
Making their pes,snt music there cane deeper sound
voice that called my spirit from thc hreside far swsJ
TO where woman and slave upon her desth-oed 10y
Before her eyes already had passed dread eclipse
And her hand oped round for water 10 wet her everes
bps, sac saio
{" VI ell the children have borne 10 hold my cyin.
My children always cheered me, they were 90 good
Bu. sons,mss when looked a, them. thought would
That used to make the sunshine Of summer Gays lss
cold sh0u'o a. De s -
Tho thought the dreadful day would come when they
81 ., tried hard TO forget II and TO think it would
frwss everything 70 them and they all to me,
And II seemed wei nigh impossible that any human
heart
was cold enough ana harsh enough to tear US ell apart
"a ,bsv grew No and worked with me under the bdgh,
sunshine
uoil dared 10 look a: them and think Of them mine.
Il ives not ong that my heart this sense Of comfort
lay,
FOR very soon they came 10 take my eldest boy away
They rang their silver coin by coin under my very eyes
II sounded louder In their than could 1nether
cr,es. lspsi5
Then gathered all my children the Loot one in de-
As hen folds in her chickens wien hawk is In the air
They came again and then again. again and then again
They bore one on from each Tune those ronheefeo
men,
Til OF the six my God had given they left 10 me but one
And then they bsdo noe bow my head and cay, His will
be done Z
streogth learn at length
When roas,ers working hours through that might
shonld come home
And bring those men to take from what made my hui
Ten years Of toll had passed away (she was but ok
When tightly folded in my arms she her sister sold
And now abe grown, 50 active and 50 gay
That light Of heart any bird, she sang the veong day
Ten years Of toll had quickly passed and added to our
store
So that day the certainty Of freedom grew still more
The price was high, too had set for ia mother 8
PRIDE
And yet the beauty Of my child cny wished to hide
They came at last, felt prepared nay felt even
glad
That could hold within my hand the only claim had
To call her daughter seeing that which at her hou OIL
birth,
God gave in heaven valueess dust rponthe earth
They came and we with trembling hands counted the
money out
But master hardly looked at it, and said turning about
Ten times the money that lies there. was paid Tor her
Tonight fore my sight
And she must gor Then every thing grew black be-
And che was gone, and fIom that time only wished
for death breath I
Now il has come how willingly breathe my latest
But thou told in my heart not long Lord not
sh. the race be to the swift and the battle to the strong
saw no more my ssddened soul returned to whence it
came flame
L e.s brightly then before my eyes leap up the cheerful
And louder than those voices dear heard the question
.ound- Iwere bound 4
DO ye remember those In bonds as ye with them
ElmrocS, Canbrtdse, " s.