New-York daily tribune., 1849-06-08
NEW-YORK TRIBUNE.
A PARABLE FOR TO-DAY.
BY THOMAS l.. HAEBIs

BY IHCGA- l. hAhhi1-
AsOLD Mas sat amid the mold
That hesped the church-yerd lone and cod
HIS limbs were dead, bis eye-bels din,
Earth bad no j,y or nope tor him
The clouds hung radiant o er the West
Like golden IslsDds Of the b.es's
Sweet May buds breathsd their incense round
Yoang children came with gsrlsnds crowned
A Light, a Life thrOlgh Nature came
As once from HJreb's tree OF fame,
Yet, hike shape Of mist and snow,
Toe Patriarch sat amid the gov
And from hi. trembling lips all psie
Breathed forth this saf, ioneresi wal
add has left the Word, Z IS o.d aud dying;
Nators. carpse-hkc. crgmD.Inz roug1 ne lIes
Tol'iae. tOlling, orb - orb replying,
Pesls the requiem down tue oGfheuing skies
Nature chiils and dies.
"Once the Life Divine hled al creation
Vision, Genius, Beauty dwe.t below 49,
Nov sweeps ia the lsst red deso,lti0a.
Earth Ia llghtling thrill and earthquake throe,
Prescient oi her woe.
Heroes Martyrs, Saints have I'll departed
Valor, Insight, Honor, Faigh lie dead
Old Religion Vsuder., broHen-Eeafteo,
Driven with blows irC N stsr bal and shed
Ashes On her head.
"Hations reel end fall, b. Hesyen deserted
Throses I'D scsptsrs stres tbe s.tgl way
CHRIST sits throned above with e Is sverted;
Eoogb. remainetb but the jodgment-dsy-
EARN shall fee away
A,1n-eyed You're Of wondro1s grace
s,ood gazing On the Patrisrch's face
HIS form seemed wrought Of tempered ire
HIS eyes sbOt forth 4 warm dssr-i
He seemed akin . sea and star,
All things that strong ard glorious are
He claimed alike tie Pen ard Sword,
The thunderoos blOw--ihe lightning word
All Nature was u bin divine,
Truth IN each vein, Ike OdOro0s wine
Before him, the spriDging slOpe,
Stood the twin genli Love and Hope
He wound ADOn a silver horn,
Whose echo rang, " Reform Reform
His path lay Oswald. Ger It rolled
The promise bow Oi cnmsoned gold
And when the Old Man paused, ne cast
The Presents answer ~ the Past
"TeIl me not. oh, ID Jtsrd false and hoary,
Nature lingereth in her last decline,
God is here Earth smiles with new born glory,
Nature blooms to-day IN early PRIME,
VRgin-pure divine.
THAT great Past wherein thy memory fingers
All was Evil,-Altar, Faith and Throne
Time, that wrspt ITS shrOud, with spectral I'M
Felt no life within It's pulse OF stone,-lgers,
Cease thy timorous moan.
"Dresmers were its ssints, its hero valor
Brutal Hate - desperation wrought,
All It's VII sdom fades 10 a,hy pallOr,
From the heaven inspired Presents tbooght,
Man BY Nature taught
"Thst W as night-but now flames IN the Morning
That was Godless-Heaven itself is here
Eden comes the newborn World adOrning,
All thy Past shall die and disappear
Paradise Is near
Gternly confronting stood the twain
When, To- radiant stranger came;
Mortal ne seemed 70 sensaOus view,
And yet inspired, Immortal. too
His kingly brow, serene and yHst,
ebone with the light OF all the Past
And in his smile, with kindiiog ray,
The Futures hopeful gOries lay
HIS presence hike living hyno,
AwOke the better soul within.
Peace filed the heart and Love the eye
That felt bis mild divinity.
And Youth aud Age IN blending sweet
Sank listening st the SAyioURs feet.
:" The Eternal Father p0ureth forth Ills Spirit,
So worlds and heay. aud men and angels are;
From him outflow the splendors they inherit
Love 10 the spirit, beauty ~ the star.
"Tbere is no wreck, no waste, no -ctrogression
Through all the calm, q ID animated vast sion,
Upward. stl upward sweeps In august prOces
And all the Future blooms from all the Past
THE thrones, the princpalitcs, the powers
OF Thought, aud Love, and Virtue, never die
The outward form may change with changeiul
The inw ard spirit lives Immortality. hours,
"Thereiore upresr thy temples, young Reiormer!
On the foundation ancient Time hath wrought:
With living faith aud vaor shape the corner
From massive forms Of oden worth and
thought.
"Therefore, @ patriarch, gray thy treasures olden
Yield 20 the sshOning hand of living youth
And swift shall 1se all beautiful and golden
TIL eternal shrine OF Freedom and Of Truth.
There Faith aud Reason blend In vital union
There the sweet barmones Of Peace arise
And Past and Present hold divine communion
In the immortal Future Of the skies"
Nee fork, ApviI le49 Christian Inquirer.