Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1853-01-07

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Stood at his window al Twelve O'clock
Old MAJ a.rb;ch ushered in the New Year, and ga
~ Of long despair up INTO the fixed, star
elh oU WI down upon the sill, clean. white earth
psgeos' here was no one so ioyless and sleerlpss
,ron 20" his crave stood close By him, only con-.
Il F% snow of age. not by the green of youth;
ia BY ~" .rbt with him oni of whole rich ifenoth-
he hro"s sins, and weakness, 4 body in ruins.
bot .nnI breast full of poison and an old age
=. rrmorse. .ht,l a.vs ro,nrnad - b;n 49,,
0e@ "nI brought him back again 10 that fair morn
f''' ,S;ch his father placed him at the diverging
200 WIS E,s road, which TO the right leads upon the
d 10 urine into wide and quiet land full of
n6 o. Of harvesrs, fnl of angels; and which tnthe
b. Ia' Joru into the moletracks of vice. into dark
Iaas II e drippng poison. fnl of serpehis ready
en Jul choir prey, and full of dismal, close eyhaa-
hi on tne'' P'''' 49,
b ,bp serpens hung around his breast, and
b's nosiIion were upon his tongue, and he knew
here he was
T gus and with unspeakable grief he called ont to
H'9 Give me my youth again! Place me agai,
aenn' naroing point that | may make different
gel. father and his youth were past long ago
5~ tlI T. the wi<ps dance upon the marshes ana
b" .ync, over the burying ground, and he said
Eas .rp nv foolish lays" He saw star shoot
IN heaven, gimmering in It's fall, and vanishing
nDn.bpd the earth That am =! said his bleed
,.sr and remorse sunk its serpent fangs deeper
bs bosom.
". GsorIered Imagination pointed out to him spec.
liking upon the roofs. and the wind mill raised
t,s,lpning arms TO crush him, and mask which
fbsen left in the empty charnel-house gradually
.neJ his own features
w. ni3s, If The conflict, the music for the New
D..nldpnlv flowed down from the tower as church
b.arI IN the distance. His mind became cal
h. looked around The horizon, and over The wide
= md he thought of The fnen Is OF his youth, who
"taropr and better than be, were teachers of the
W. fathers Of happy chIl!en, men whom the world
1 5", sossed. and he said, " O. could also havs
,tis first night of the year with dry eyes, as yol
fIbad willed ii. Alas, could have been hap
AGAR parents, had fulfilled your New Years wist
teachings"
,niJ these feverish membranes of his yonth i
.,,roI 10 him a. if the mask which had assumed
sanrps in the charne houses stood up, and through
'.rnuerslilon which on New Years eve sees GHOST,
olure events, it was at last changed into Twin.
n, ,ouI zee no mare he covered his eyes thouS
bot tears slreamed forth, disappearing in the snow
1.om oness and desparng, he sighed gently, g Conn
sn @ nv youth, come again -
'ini it cane again For that fearful experience
r,nIy dream oil the New Years night He wa
1a youth, errors had been only dream. But h
,nkpd God that he, still young, could turn aside from
flby courses of vice, and enter upon the sum,
N which leads into the bright land of harvest
Tpm with him, young reader, if thou standest upo
A, error road This frightful dream will one day be
an. Thy Judge; but if thou Shouldst once, full OF an
rh. call out Come again. beautii ul YOUTH remem
s,h will moi come again.