The Ohio organ, of the temperance reform. (Cincinnati, [Ohio]) 1853-1854, 1853-11-25
Hot Corn.
A SKETCH IN NEW YoRK.
1T MRs. B.T. FosrER.

And ,iS mSs;cSs Si,S IGbt insnirng nesls
RANG ont from follv's gay retsest
And bgsv iootstena hurried nast
Ana hyma0' vc ~ fharsh ana villa r.tE
comn,insl;nS s,oatsd ~ M bsst
JVhan 9hs Sshr;lI occsnts ~ ! cbiid
Rose MIA me din. N ts,r tons. forlorn S,,-u
anu 0iieu' Oo"e ouy nO' 0Orn' hO' OOln
Jjte anne saa snirit waited nv
a arranged ~ tbe wavs ~ esrtb
Game mn 9hat Gttls nlairt;,o cr,r
S,vaet 5;soord III n : sntras - ui,tb
JInbeede5 bv The rerkless crowd
There Sto.d ! girl nale wan tb;pg
Ana ;neath her 6nonm,s tattsred brovd
Tbere inrl'd an '"ge of snSfer;ne
Wb;ie e,sn Nh MONT on roacbed fba morn
- '''O''' 'O''N' '-0 Oi,'N' --
I The roe -leror,s o,ors fan an ber facs
Ruf IgbIe5 nef her IanSuid ewes
And down her nallid cheeks. tbs trace
NJ tsars besnrota Lsr ,niser;es
WITH LnIg"r YU'gOaS gUav,ing Iv, AZ her heart
Sha b;vssrs5 as ths iiSbt"vind bew
Hsr soiIsd H. ana ,sSeaS 20 sIY cLstbes ansrt
TsiI iI; IN ,-o,s;h7ss sbs Srar
Than IN s;nl,;n, ,Hso,,J n nnSissssS slsen
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~ ,.s nast "a LiJo ho, fsnn, az s;cLt
os ~ ~ ISL any ItuS NJ ~ itOu 'n.t sS
u Ihe. She FSue Su,, SOrno & ~ ~ tho oNa nus"
r.. itas my yaoant naart - Won,an h,sb
iVT raA nay ~, "a Si.so, hinsh 70 nwn
Tb.t +bo1 canst aver fsiI 60 low
Within thpt mothers heart. tbe light
M love wes uuench'd. ouepch ID by the Sood.
Tba 5omrino food whose vVaters blfobt
IN .-9i - --97
And in her breast that demon reipned.
Who tGive Give Uiye % is ever crvinp.
Demnnd;no stii1 IN he maintained
Wbiie iii wthin around. is diving.
Outpouring in its baneful breath,
The Inns which should have kiss'd away
Her daughters tears dealt curses forth:
The hand which should have been her stay
Was INIT the minister of wrath.
Blind to her wants, deaf to her prayers,
Regardless of the driving storm,
To open streets and midnight airs,
She drove that little shrinking form
To earh a dram In shame and scorn q
"Hot corn, hot oorn /" night after night,
More faint and feeble grew that voice
still iiercely burned each garing light,
Still music made the town rejoice;
The ceaseless footsteps pass along,
Up came the wild, discordant tones,
The voices OF the thoughtless throng,
The bounding wheels rolled DER the stones
But midst the din, the rush, the roar,
In one OF those dark, noisome cells,
The wretched call their home, she lies
All motionless; the icy spells
OF death have closed those weary eyes
She sneaks mt now AasI how dread
That calm reproachful silence, when
Beside the wronged and injured dead
We kueel in vain Low in that den,
Behold the stricken mother cover;
She calls her "Katy darling !"-peers
Into that pale and sunken face,
She bathes that senseess brow with tears,
Sees on those bruised limbs the trace
OF her own cruelty:-again
She calls and prays for one last word
sF blest forgiveness all in vain,
The answering voice no more il heard.
The soulless clay alone is there,
Weep, wretched woman, weep That face
Nor a time Ir from 'nsS memory y"s :rase us'HS u
strRy Thy child child'9 deep wrong, for they
In mad avcitsDoan, ST 91tnn' sSat ~,