American telegraph. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1851-1851, 1851-12-12
For the American Telegraph.
A Homes
by THOMAS s. DONOHo.

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Yes, boast Of your splendor! Not for
Tho pomp, the pain of the palace bel
Dearer by far is the lowly roof!
Sweeter by far is my simple lifel
From the home Of my heart keep all aloof:
Fashion, and pride, and their train Of strife!
At my gardengate they may stand, and sneer,
But they come not in 1T is sacred herel
Sacred 1t is to peace and to love!
Sealed with the seal of Con above
Whisper blessing the beautiful trecs
Ever a blessing exhales from the flowers!
Blessing is breathed by the birds and the breeze!
BY the sun, and the moon and the rainbow showers
And the souls that inhabit my Eden Of home
With blessing look up to the word-hghted dome
sis II Summer forever" voice replies.
Yes, for the Summer toittiR us lies
Happy mithin us and storms may blow,
Striking the boughs of the cicled oak,
Rafting its treasure of gems on the snow,
And shouting tho louder the fercer the stroke:-
The clouds and the cold, that take blessings away,
Give Others give brighter and better than they!
Let fall the large curtains, and gather around:
Now hath the storm but musical soundl
Cheerily sparkles the joy y-giving fire!
The lamp throws its lustre paintings and books
Winter-where is itl It's rigors retire,
Thus should HOME bel And thus being, is IT
A Paradise angels Of Heaven might Writ!
MAYE CoTfAaE, Dec. 12, 1851.
= Our thanks to the author Of this beautiful and
touching poem.-EDITs. Tel.
HoME.-Home, the home of childhood and of
youth, how dear must it ever be to the heart Of
man! Years may have elapsed since we looked
upon its venerable form, or crossed its thresh-
old worn by the tread Of generations; but it
can never fade from our memory The lordly
mansion and the splendid palace may have lit
tie of home to bless their magnifcence, while the
lowly hut reposing beneath their shade may
make good title to the endeariDg name The
| traveller may have gazed on many sunny land
scape and many a noble shore: the heaving for
est or the waving prairie may have spread their
loveliness before him, majestic rivers may have
courted his admiration, or the soft murmurings
of some blue lake wooed him to repose but
these, though they may charm for while, can
not win his heart from home. He may have
wandered beneath the glowing sky of Italy, or
climbed the rocky heights, grand in their tower
ing ruggedness, of Switzerland. His footsteps
may have echoed amid the ruins of Greece. or
trod in paths hallowed by the feet of him who
trod earth with no home in which to Law his
head. But the glories Of Italian scenery, the
mournful associations Of lovely Greece, or the
still more tender recolections Of holy Palestine.
may not tempt him to do more than linger for
n moment by the way, and then press on to that
less favored, it may be, but far dearer land
his home.
The sailor, as in the lonely night-watch he
PAGES the deck Of his gallant vessel bounding
along over some distant sea, while the moaning
wind whistles through the cordage, dreams il is
the voices Of spirits whispering of home-the
home he quilted so readily, but which he now
longs for as the tempest-driven bird for the
nest he has too rashly forsaken.
THE MORALITY OF THE SRxEs.-Did females
put the same value on roues that men do on the
"fallen angels" society would reap the benefit
Of it. An old philosopher very justly observes
that the morality of the sexes depends entirely
upon the circumstances Of the case-that the
virtuous behaviour of the one is in accordance
with the opinion set upon it by the other; and
that, were either sex to set about the reforma-
tion Of vice in the opposite, it would be easily
effected. Many ladies' reared in the strictest
delicacy, do not hesitate to associate with the
betrayers Of innocence, and to give countenance
to their late hours, indulgence in drinking and
other excesses. AS women are more affected
by the prevalence Of immortality than men, it
is strange that they do not frown down those
vices of men which are so frequently fatal to
their own tranquility. Many female would
not refuse to dine with profigate who would
think herself foully insulted were she invited
to take tea with courtesan.- Cheshire Rep.
PnrSrERs' SoUABBLE-The foreman Of the
Pittsburg Chronicle recently made complaint
before magistrate in that city against the Pre-
sident and certain members of the Printers
Society, charging them with
together to publish the Chronicle as
4 rat office y that is an office where persons
lre employed to work at wages below those
usually given and fixed upon by said Associa-
ton. The defendants gave bail in the sum of
two hundred and fifty dollars each for their
appearance.
Prayer was not invented; it was born with
the first sigh, the first joy, the first sorrow Of
the human heart