Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1851-11-27

LrrcHFIELD CONN., THURSDAY NOVEMBER ~ 1851.

Came down from upper day,
And sweet Florinda's angel hand
Wiped all his tears away.
And morning came, and he awoke
l. FroA slumher's dreaming joy:
And forth from out the copse- wood green,
He bOre his smiling boy.
The lark was iocund in the sky,
The Ted-breast in the thorn; y.
But ali the Father flowed in tears ..--
On that unhappy morn.
Yet who can tell Jewellers joy, i. g i.
To find that faithful Tray-. .....r
| A noble Dog, that much he loved
Had traced his masters way:
This generous brute, Of speech denied,
Had nature in his heart -
And seldom from his masters steps
Could he be forced 10 part.
Unlike the mass ofhunaM kind, Il .-
His friendship was his breath 81.
And though neglect was oft his lot, 80
He lovcd-and loved till death.
The father, son, and faithful Tray,
Pursued their devious path, a
Nor knew if teltuna followed them
In mercy or in wrath.
Atlepgth they found mountain glen,
Embowered beneath the shade,-
Where erst an ancient Erernite
His humbls lodge had made.
OF shapeless trunks the fabric rose,
With mouldering iaegots joined.
And DER the whole the creeping roots
or mountain moss entwined.
And yet from winds, and snow, and rain,
1t kept them warm and dry
And what consPired to please them more.
A brook came babbling by.
So there within his mantle warm,
Llewellen wrapt his child,
And while he muiIled up its face,
The lovely cherub smiled. .....
"Sleep charming babe 70 the father said,
Then lifting high in air. .....
Thus to the Power that rules above,
Arose the fathers prayer.
Defend the child, almighty God
At morning. noon, and event.
And oil those orphan babes protect,
Whese mothers are in heaven !"
Thus having said. he pressed the child
With fervor TO his breast,
Then laid it by his faithful dog, s8
And left it 10 its rest. 3 ..,..., ..,...
FOG AESy WaS StuSfy ~ utS btGuGS
To do what dogs can do,-- .s.e...
And we'll he understood his charge,
And loved his duty too. 5ac
So good Llewellen went abroad, ...r
With qniver, bow and spear,
To hunt the wild boar in his haunt.
o. chase the timid deer. @Et4 -
For-milk to feed his little soil, .>.'.~' 9
Or MAMMA like tie dew ~ '.i,4 'e
Or wholesome Ioois, or luscious fruits g.
That mountain never knew. aa $50
Through many winding way he went. .s4
And many rocky dell. @ .~.
Till just al eve aspeckled fawn .-
Before the archer lell.
With bounding joy through copse and glade
The welcome prize he bore,
And threw his hard earned trophy down
Fast by his cabin door.
The watch dog heard his masters tread,
And flew 10 his caress;
Bot horror struck the father dumb. E..
And fixed him motionless
For see, the cloak that wrapt his child,
In bloody tatters rent, ..s .i
And the grim monsters shaggy form IA
With ctotied gore besprent.
Ungrateful wretchr' Llewellen cried,
With maddening phr envy wild
= And couldst thou thus betray thy trust.
And thus devour my child!
Detested brute be this thy doom.
Insatiate 6end, depart -
| And lifting high his gliuering spear,
| He pierced him 10 the heart.
One meek. imploring, dying look H
| One bitter cry Of DEATH es...
That kindly child Jewellers wratha
And Tray resigned his breath.
The father pressed his aching brain.
Tumultuoua with despair
| But look behind that cabin door,
A bleeding wolf lies there!
For many an hour the faithful dog
Had kept the TOE At bay,
And thus at length had stretched him dead.
in dreadful battle tray. IL"
And look beneath those tattered shrsds.
In yonder angle strown-
Llewelien! there behold unscatheds
Thy little one-thine own!
He laughs to greet his faiher's smile,
And lives his fathers joy-
While fame awaits Jewellers Dog,
That saved Jewellers boy,