Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1849-01-13
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TO fta pArRoN or run y. II. ae4rt
January, lst., 1910.

January, lst.. 1910.
Oh solemn hour, fof deep, ard eatnchieas
Thought, IL the tlip last Of the departing
Year. the myriad h04t u Of heaven etaFyteBn
Vault, boain forth az lovingly on earth. 4
Az when tho anatpnt scars, read from
Amid thaif gorgeous train the fate
OF ia ions. ] line, seems 10 elatnge nut
Theif ethefial saAt. bot is here auglt
Below that boNe not to the diniGing
Touch Of stern reHistIuss time,
The years
toll by embedding mah'e deerua#
Sealitg alike with au imp tftial
Hand TIM doom Of Peasant aud King,
Ah=what a weight Of memories haug
Around the heart, IN the stil hour;
4 silent year COMES DER us, now,
Chilling tie pm roe Of the heart
Deep'nibg u h%eayiig throb.
Alb, whore are theso
Who gathered smiling rottld us.
| nut tho iast bright New Yearf4 GYo,
Come; let tH tread The Whining
Pathway Of he parting year, there.
i'auae@withih this gloomy vault,
lda some Of Earth's most hehor'd ones.
Swept from the aBrth amid the storm
Of battle, no seHlpturtd marble
viii suffice to give them fame,
Hut In the hUBYts Of countless
Generations yet 10 come, will
De their cpitaphs engraved.
Again
Here are tho tombs of homes best
Cherished ones. One year ago, they
Welcomed US with emiles=but now
They alumbef In their quiet graves.
The light from many ii house hold
Fluine, hath fled and left IL d solate
The hope Of mlgny hearts lie gtuBht d,
And withcrad, ike tic leaves be fore
Tho wiuty 81 at. Hearts, that were
Radiant with the sun 0fhopG;
Whose fountains flowed + ON very
joyoupnt IS, 10 hing AL thugs
They IUoAo upon with their W
.Spirit'p lovelinrss, l. It d.. o'ato
Since tie last New Years dR wh.
Ard voices tooj
Tina thrillud with rladsotnonres
Our bosom'e pulse; Causing the hidden
Stream Of Htroag affection to leap forth,
Unchecked to circle the sweet object .
Gifts fond i~dolBtty; throwing It's dew,
| ike itagi ante o'et the Gboi eKt il0wfeta
On the heuftH pure shrine; causing Tie blush
AID hook o eloquehce, 10 tell tIat
Which The lips could never utter.
Their yotres all are past. No tnere
To ersrt the epItit.tRr with full
Rich music sweets they II cone,
Oh paddor yet
THAI natures ntdnia hi, Ia TIM of The
Heart lott daRoi To. But oh, d blight
More fearful yet. than these may leave
The soul more puIpless still, .H-
I han even death hIingelfmay DO,
'Tia when the heart
Hath poured Iis riehept treasures At the shrine
Ofone beloved, AMI then in efter time
To feel that love betrayed, the dear one
Falee-the object prove unworthy Of the love
SO freely given. Or when the loved may
Part, and never meet again, 10 live,
Yr, dRunited live; A fate dividing
t1rarts tnseparsble-Bu But Why recount
Lift'aarrowp, il. too, hath many joys,
This ioeble passing year. For Peace
bath sweetly spread her healthful
Wings rom shore 10 shbru Of our bleaL land.
No more above
a hostile band Of foaH, orr Banners foAti
No IN re amid The diu Of Date,
And The c%annon's roar, the trumpet
Sound aud roll Of martial drum;
Blended with proans ofdying fitnds
Anlfooz, itsstripee and stars are i, en-.
But meath the broad eXpanse Of freedoms tkiee
It's azure tolls fall into ralm tepose,
Upon the ttsf If tt1at bore it "a the etrife,
And now he Hero Of the battle field
IL ,hoaen he. IN mm # our shin If state;
White honor proudly twInine md
The warriors wreath, that If tbe patriot
Sta etm II too, Blending them al into
One perfect Whole, fit emb en- other
II CHEST NEED, to circle Ger the brow
DIVA lof's chosen sou, But hafk
The year has lej--tbe clock strikes
Twctve-Ad GU.