The Arkansas banner., 1849-07-03
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f saw on his brow was the cold dew of death. And dseassd tlsas his spirit was plud fof itsighf: But .. life sllss away with each sSeMalens brest. His sonLsPeuking eye ersw mere re.tlssS and
 brights
 70. how rich are the visions that memory is
 bringing
 Of blest scssses of heausy departed" he cried: :. They seem eysp uSw afresh glenn io be AingiaE. To light up thedarknesA uf death chilling tiae ]" Those ~sears hew he loved them. fer thsrscoald he
 trace,
 Mid tbe wonders of Nuisre. the finger of GoD; Andie knew, though se dweiti1a mczsuseiess space, Ha stlll was beside hiss. wherever he tFod He hadseen. in their FchBess, tha wild woods reveal Such bsauty as barst forth in Eden usg bowerp Or, enFaptured had Foved where the moOnbeans weFe stealiBg.
 I.ikesplrsis oflshs, the dew-sparkliag flowers he hnd climbed to sosns vine crested height Where he watched the last star till it vanished
 from view
 Then hailed from the east the first bushes Of light As they blossomed aloag osy thu ecsan of blue Through the emerald vsiicys tegtrt with the noun
 taias, ts
 Whose bsaatiGul foliage reflected the glow. He had traced the pure streams as they burst from Tn fiey slept In the iaks's placid wvters below. . When the sun bad snnk down on his pillow of rays, And hts many -hued drapery Aoaiec on high, He watched tint after tint, as they faded away. In the shadewy twilight thai mantled the skyi Then rose in his soul The deep flow of emotion Which burst forth inprsise 10 the Father of Love; Twas the Temple of Nature-t shrine for devotion. Whose dome was the star-stndded concave above. He icy,d 10 launch on the sky bounded sea.
 When it's bosom was robed in . silyery fight et still ,uore when the biO@s were Triumphant to roll ia thjr grandeur and might: He knew that in darkness Con made his pavilion, And guided the storm as it swept OCT the deep; He feared net, though iightnings vera wrapped tn
 it's piniens, And thunders were nursed in their eIoud-cradIed
 sleep.
 He hailed the black storm it wsv'd OCT him thus, The funeral banners of darkness and death; With lhe thu nder be blended his prayer And hisanthenis of praise with its temPess-fraushi
 breath. s5 e- Again when the waters had ceased their eommotion, When the last dying breeze lulled the waves io
 their rest, He welcomed the smiles of the Lord of the Ocean His fair bow of peace the white cloud impressed q Oh death, stay thy hand!'' he irnpiorngly cried Nor spIead OCT these visions thy whitening pail Must plunge in the swell of thy nerciiess tide, While the voices of nature sweety still call The beauties of earth-lo. how bright they srs shining.
 could, mid their soul-thriling Eplendors, yet stay;
 But ah. cold round my heart are deaths fingers entwinng- His mandate has summoned my spirit away. :" But there bursts on nay vision A lareisr eiime. A refulgence is glowing etsrnai'y there; Oh. why did cling to the pleasures of time, So Aeeiing asd empty, like phantons of nir?'' The letter ts burst = his soul Is new wingiBg It's glad way from beauty to beauty more bright He tunes his glad harp. and with angels is singing A nd basking in Heavens iueffable light.
 Hor SFRiSGs, ARK |, June Is, lS49. c.