Spirit of the times. [volume] (Ironton, Ohio) 1853-1858, 1853-01-18

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As thy pure. thought OH, ofthy soul went sonrlng
Like grca, eagle from his downy nest.
flood Of fiery song wns ever pouring.
Out fihy heart like music for the blest,
For mans deep wrongs, which ovcraow'd nl things.
Like light does Heaven when some great Angel
sings
For thou didst love with mn ,cihcrcai madness,
Pnrr rs the first love Of thy earliest youth
(Which filed Thy heart with mn immortal glndncss--)
The BEAUTIFUL DIVINE IN Natural Truth
TIL, In thy rapture, thou didst seek TO find,
Thy love for her in every other mind.
Liberal in nll Thy charities, thy kindness
Was more than giving money TO tho poor;
Fpr thou didst cure Man Of his mental blindness
BY teaching what none Ind taught before
The mglilness 0fTRrrH-ihnt he was free
And needed 10 proclaim his liberty.
Thou didsi unlock the nlamhniinc Portal
OF Nature, with TIM, sapphire key Of thine
Revealing unto man the forms immortal
OfPninIng, Sculpture, Poetry divine.
Before whose beauty thou didst humbly bow
In adorniion ms my soul does now.
Thou didst dis solve with thy souls snlikc spcndor
The darkness that bcgr, the throne of Power
Making the iron hearts Of ftyrnnts tender.
With thine immortal song, which, from that hour
oNrinph made da rk error Zee away,
And filed the world with J'RtTu's immortal day.
To rob the earth ofnoiliing but It's sorrow
This was the mission on which thou wcr, sent;
To take ont of Mans hear, the poisoned arrow,
Aud heal the fostering wound with pure content
Teaching the Lcvi,c ,his erca, truth divine,
Thai an are 'qna,---Mis great task was thine.
Into Thy hand was placed the golden clnlicc-
Thy form was clad in vc-'lncn,s white ms SNOW;
And thou wcri told 10 go from Hui 10 Palace
From Palace hack 10 llut--and thou dds, 60:
And there great Gannymcdc TO pour the wine
lno the hearts nj those who would be lluc.
This the wine of Truth the Nations wanted
Pressed from the grapes of immortality
Soul oitia' Tree by Angels hands first planted,
Whose roots grew j." the heart OF Deity
First planted here 1rih in Paradise.
Whose fruit the Angels led on in the skies
Thou wcrt m ornament to human nature
An emblem ofwhn, Man redeemed must he,
When he shall have put on the god-lkc stature
Ofperfact MAN. by walking after thee;
For thou didst live in concert with the Truth
Which thou didst teach, from thine aspiring youth,
Thon dlst behold with some great Prophets vision
Af;ir of in the future years 10 be
Where Peace shall dwell with Love in joys Ely sian
The bright Saiurnian ngc of I.ibrr,y;
Such as the Poets talked about Of old,
And call'd in Mighty Song the Age of Gold.
The great advantages, which fortune Offered,
Were spurncd by thee as being less than nolig,
The worlds prcicrmcnt-thni was never suffered
To occupy one moment ofthy thought;
One only wish within thy soul held place,
Which was--ir glory of the human race.
Aud like snow white Dove from earth upsprng
ing.
On tcmpcs,s borne into the heavens Oh high,
Thy sw,fl-wingcd soul went soaring-slngine
Ont of this world into eternity
Raining down music from thy wings in flight.
Which filed mans soul. ns Heaven does earth, wit
light
Thy spirit gathers peace in Heaven, from knowing
That thy great struggles here not in vain
For Mans rcdcmpion-who vert ever going
In quest of wisdom 10 relieve his pain
For in the cause OF Freedom thou dds, make
A slave filthy great soul for his dear sake.