Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1852-10-23
NUMBER 49.
POETRY
BUILD :oi SAND.

ny ELIZA COOK.
IT'S well to woo, tits good to wed, Ia "
For SO the world has done
since ns. .myItles grew and roses blew,
' By, have care, so young and fair ~!
BE certain that your love will wear - -
beyond the days OF youth. n N n i--,f irIs
b For ifye give not heart for heart, llLi't ~!
As wel as hand for hand, y : "a "a ',i rs
.l1 You'll find you've played he.',n,sise part, ~
And built upon the sand y - ~.
m IT'S well to save, ,tis nwa TO have tssei,ti'lei
goodiy store OF gold; tEGf ~ -, - q . ., -
And hold enough ofshining stuf. is IN ~ . z. .ti
For charityps cold -H '-H haet
But place not all your hop, and trust fasss,5shni
weeannot live on yellow dust " Il W
unmixed with purer things.
And he who piles up wealth alone, al 4 li
Beside his Golfer chest, and own iIRt49S1't
IT'S built upon the sand: .SJaI .Iad
IT'S good to speak in kindly guise,
5{i, And soothe whereer we can; ...,,-.- .z.---=-
Fair speech should bind the human mind, n y
And dloveslike manto man %
But 1,sy stsy not @ At the gsatie words,
4ti The one who pities starving birds t..yr t
Can scatter crumbs as we'll -
The Mercy that Is warm and true bE
Must lend helping hand, srL a. t1
=; For those who talk, yet fail to do,T 4,
But build upon the sand 1"'S, $40
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The Disiressed Father of thc year 1858.
My Bahy-htish, thy moaning ceasc-aJ .if11
Ere I've quite lost my hearing-'a a'lo9E'sf Fsfs
~ Call not upon thy .ma my dear, $50 20 s--rs -
She's gone electioneeringl ID -ty .Ea tEE ;'-gsl
My blessed babe. cyou little wretch sa- IA
Thy mother will be back some time sal ,ilEs
Perchance, perchance TO morrow. I-9 ga-. Z q g5sh
, Win not cen this thy grief assuage?
Then know what shall do It, 's3st 5pf -
A pill an hour, knew 1t! ''7e' t.agt se4@a7l
Ohlwhat a blessed thing it is
To be ones own physician.
Now, Adelaide, and Job, my dears
- 1ui ttTf"s 5i sElliT & ~
GS TSa,sy Sa Sd RISSs ssts;sd 5a a
,lAI Two is to one, as eight to sixlggsq eaf asIh
So-womcn's wrongs are rightedl 49,
Bless mel what u,alSes you cough SO, Job, f.f5y
Oh help! he's surely ehoking 81 .9,,ifs',;. r
How frightiul he Is looking2 u ,yiE75bL il3W
:. 4iass had forgottsh- or leaI .ns.u-s!T
. She's gone away TO Washington 'HAHaL sf5E
Toraise the price ofcotton.1 1Ha7 TI) va.
And there's Miss c.,
She too is ont, stump speeding.
And Mrs can do nought else
tEit@ Since she took .nto preochiug! Z! ifffsg,
What can do! They once cured cold, 2 ,9sia
Jos g With butter and molasses. .. r. al. .-..
But cro,p-Ah yes, have 1t now, 81 h1
IN try mesmeric passes. 81 i .Tt=.tB 1fL
Oh! wonderous curc.--oh glorious agel 4II0S
ly Behold him calmly sitting! .r-.g -sr
Six strokes do,rn So-and one ofso ' 'A'-
"''A Have sent the Group fitting. gF iii ffs!uf
Now, children dear-I must away lii 5'-'N
To get the cod for dinner! % -5tr,i,r- .,.ts,
The best are in New Foundland Bay,
'NG never saw them finer.51t 7i T.'iIl@ I'D
In fal ualif5dfY, nj
And children, il you're good, you may .15l
Come out, and meet me, may be! "' i't s'LT
y, But, one thing moreI this buttons of. .
Bring the machine here, sonny? '''''i'
g One turn-thats i'll now all is right II gf-rvy
I'm for, the Bay of Fundy.