The Ohio organ, of the temperance reform. (Cincinnati, [Ohio]) 1853-1854, 1853-03-18
CINCINNATI, FRIDAY, MARCH is 1853 ao rs " !. 81 g


Up started instantly that horror struck man,
With alopk OF half terror and half s1rprise;
And hs Tongue was looseds but bis words we're few.
"The devil you d0ht"--"yes, faith I do" 7N
Interrupted Old Nick, "and here's the proof
Just twlg my tall, my hands and my hoof."
.Haying come from warmer country below,
TO chat with a. friend for an hour or 90,
Andthe night being Omewhat chill, sho'd think
you might ask an old cFony 10 take dink. bsvNl
Now let It be ewarm, the clear pure stuff,
Sweetened with bFimstOne-a quart 10 enough u
Stir up the mess IN an iron cup, @ ..FS,. tr
And heat BY the fire till 1t bubbles up"
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As the devil babe, 50 grOgseller did, #n al
Filling fagon with gin to the lid
And when i boiled and buLbled DER, HdN
The heFy draught to his guest he bore
Nick In a jitty the liquor did quaff lEo 80 R
ana an. thanked his host with g9ttsral laugh i 4
But lew and faint were the smiles ween
That on the grogselIef's face were seen. a N
For mortalfeaI was on him then
ana ne deemed the ways Of living men ~ "a tiN
he would tread no mOTe--that his hour had come,
And his master, too, to call him home.
HIS thoughts went back TO the dafkened mast,
AM ShIieka were heard on the wintry blast,
And gliding before him pale and dim, L g'
WereJlbbenng fiends and spectreS grim.
"HO, hop said Nick, "'tis a welcome cold
You give to a friend 50 true and old, ot''t" l'
Who's been tor years in your employ; ta .ra
Running about like an Grand boy; i'l3
But We'll not fall out, Tor plainly see
You're rather atraid-'tis strange, ofme, 's
70 you think have come for you never fear, 0.i
You cant be spared for long time here"
"There are hearts to break and souls to win,
From the ways of peace to the paths Of sin;
There are homes to be rendered desOlate,
There istrNsting love 10 be turned TO hate Ni'
There are uhdrede whom lnufdsr mpst crimson red
There are hopes % be crushed, there is blight to bo
spread sla 0eJ NJffl Cof9 5N1
Over the young, the pure and fair, B o., y
TIL their lives are crushed with the hend despair.
This is the work you have done so wsI, ffeff,
CuTsing the earth and peopling hell;
Qusnching the light Of the inner shrine I1 iii3tf
Of the human soul I'LL you make II mine; ntI
Want and aOrTow, disease and shame,
And crimes that even shudder to name, a-Hfegt
Dance and howl in their helsh giee, ;
Around thsspirits you have marked for me" H
Hoh, selling Of gog is agOod device, u ,,.. t.,.
To make hell Of Paradise;fd ~ 'tH "'s @l''
Wherever may roll the CORY food, UG
'Fis swoolen with tears and stained with blood;
And the voice that was heard before in prayer
With It's mutteged curses stlFS the air. n = tnavr
While the hand that shielded the wife from i'll,
In It's drunken wrath is raised to kill. Ai6
"Hold on your course, you are filling up
With the wine Of the wrath Of God, your cup; N
And the fiends exult in their homes below, "a ne
As you deepen the pangS Of human woe.
Long will Il be, II Ihave my way, ~ ei1i4 aH
Ere the night Ofdeath shall close your day, lr
FoFtO pamIeryOuf lust for the glitteFing pelf,
You rival in mischief the devil himself" f af