The Port Gibson herald, and correspondent. (Port Gibson, Claiborne Co., Miss.) 1848-18??, 1851-05-30
NV mother.
RI cEoRGE D. PRENTICE.

Ano listened 10 lfle gentle SplTH-t0HeS
Of thy dear Voice Of music. i was then
Achild, bright.haired child. The fearful
<sy thought s-ss = =. ~ 3. f~.yss
That thou vast passing from the earth away,
Was my young life's frstsorrow. Through
the long, 80
fAnd-soiemn watches Of that awful night
Kind friends, who dearly loved US, gathered
- round ~ aT~~s'-s : AK =
Thy-dying couch, and in mysagohy,s .
My childish agony, | shrisked to them. Z
70 save thee, mother, but with streaming.
vAadid'the tOnessf holy sympathy . -
They told me thou wo1ldst die. - e
Z = - OH then'f bowed ! = Z =
My head to God whose worship thy dear
: ; ss bps - -. - 49, 49, :
Had taught me, andao Him, with bursting
heart, - - Il 49,
IPrayed that he would spare thee. Apdsas
ikneIt, a holy calm, as If from Heaven, = :.
Came. stealing Ger my spirit, and voice,
As'twere a melody from some Star, ~
Floated info my sonls It.said that thou 4
Must leave. me, that thy home was in the
sky, ,:. -. <.
Duh tIdI LuoH slAl WouluSt Sti0tot anu uAId
= thy child,
And hover round him on thy angels wings
In all7his wanderings here. = se-E ~
s*' : by mother, then
Irosein more than eIiildhood's strength, and
- watched 49, e . 5, 8 4 i.'.es
. The fading 'ofthy hfe.. Dear friendssstiIl
- :. hung - =. ~esa
Around thy pillow, but / saw them not.
: Wild Lamentations and deep. sObs were
- . bfemEed .
From hearts of anguish, but Lheard them
<.,s - not. -.. -~< IS 80
i A man of God poured forth, his soul in
: prayer - 4 - :.
For thy soufs welfare, but heard him not.
] saw bat thy wan cheeks, thy parted lips,
Thy half-closed eyes, so meek and calm be-
Their biue.veined lids, thy bright dishevelled
Thy paliid brow, damp with. the dews of
death,
And the faint heaving Of thy breast, that oft
In happy hours had Pillowed my young head
! TO sweet and gentle sinmber, and heard
But the faint struggle of thy faiing breath.
Thy sitting sighs and the high, holy words
That seemed 10 fall like dew drops on my
From ont the blessed skies. All suddenly
Thy.blue eyes opened and a. moment looked
Upon thy child with one fixed. burning gaze,
In which the deep and boarded love of years
Was all Concentrated; eoRvnlsive thrill
Shot through the, ,fbres Of thy wasted frame;
And death was there-ay, thou vast mine
. :. = land death's.s .ses' : = -
And then again my tears rushed wildly forth,
/. Bat light from heaven broke through them
-. with soft . ~.
'Pfismaic glory, rs gazed,
And saw. thee mounting, like new made
y star,
Far up thy pathway in the heavens.
Long years..
]. Long years, my dear lost mother, hare gone
by .s.- - = :
Since that wild hour by manhood and my
y1uth :. l.ec = ?
Have passed away, and now my childhoOd's
|. Is fading. Ikea vision, for my years
Far. far outnumber thine upon the earth,
This dark, cold exile of the heart - -
,From..:he bright home to.whichit. longs to
fly, a, - -, ..ss
And be at fest forever. / have seen
Mneh, much Of Joy and sorrow, have felt
LIES strrms and sunshine, bat ine'er have
s-ss known > :. -ssa~-g
Such, raptures.a as my full heart. shared with
In. childhoods fairy years, Now, time no
sscattefs fresh roses found my feet, his hand
Lets fall upon my path but pale, torn flow
-. prS. -
Dead blossoms, that the genial dewss of eve
/ The morning sunlight and the noontide ram
Can ne'eF revive again, for they ale. .dast---
Ay, dust and ashes, e....s..
Eventhjne image new,y. 2
I The image Of the:loyely form, that shone,
The .stafIight Of my childhood seems seems te
From memory'ss vision IT'S as some pale
| -. : INIT, { 49, ss'sf - --s-@
1 Upon the twilight wave, a breken glimpse
Z OF something beautiful and dearly loved ,
! In far cone Years, a dim and tender dream
! : THAT. ikea fairit bow on darkened sky.
| Iiess.o on MY. clouded BRAIN Bat, OH thl
! a4,4.,xyoice, y ssss>s% s.e--.- :
/ Its tones can never pefishsin my soul; ss-
1t visits me among thesstrife 'af men, s-fr
1 In the dark city, solitude. 1t comes, :
Amid the silence of the midnight heur,
! Upon nv listening spirit, ike stain
i OF fairy muse over the sea. And OFT,
Wien at the erentide. amidsafush - Z
Deep sas the awful stiffness OF dreams !,
stray all lonely through the leahess woods
i And gaze upon the moon, that seems =
4Jer4eneigiots il heaven; or on the treess
That lock Ike frowning TRiahs in the diu
i And doubtful light, that unforgotteR voice
II SweIls emmy ear like the low. Inonrnful eon
!. Imprisoned ID. the seasshel or the sound +
4 Tbe melancholy sound, Of dying gales :
] Pahting on Iiie far off tree tops.
Il Yes. - :, -ks--..,ss ;.
i nv dear mother though mo ountalIis, hllls an
t Divide me from thy grave, where SO OF
Il inchildho6d laid my bosom on the turn
4 Thntceserada.rine, thoagh-the. drear WIntel
! long, long. have cast Ger these their sPO
q less shroud,s !
\ And night her pail, and though thine mag
q So sweet,
The one dear picture cherished through m
= life, sr - 3
Il Grows dim and dilnmeriR my braln' N
voice, s- - se.ss.a
/ ever Il n :. ear and my .hearts. -
4 10 teach me lave and genIeness and tFuI1
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