Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1854-09-07

The blind the blind are round me now.
A cropping, melancholy thrOng;
With shades hung dai kling on each brow,
And hearts which thrill to mournul song,
Slow yearn their souls for one sgset ray
sa To llow along their spirit Tyres; -..E. pa
One arrowy geam Of coming day, '....
a# Would wake for then celestial fires,
They pine to see the wandering sun,
With golden scarf shut out the stars,
Or track the glittering orbs, which run tat
Their fiery race Ger azure bars 7.H
Thought strives in vain to spell their woes,
.3,- Aud Fancy struggles to be free @ 4
Is But nameess horrors round them close p
Aud all their radient visions aee
Earth hath no smiles for those who tread
In ray less gloom les devious ways:
No holy beam, or lightness shed,
Streams Ger them in the noOntide rays:
But darkly sweep the wings Of night
Through spirit chambers, richly stored,
And sign nor CLEAN Of mental light
Tell where their fadeless wealth is poured.
There is no morn for those who dwell
IN darkness, through the cucling years:
Tao shrouded soul, in dreary ycell, fl
Bvods pensive DER its gathering fears,
And and its finged wiAdows spread
. cable curtain shuts the view:
Lost is the deep expressive shell, ..
0fthoaght or genius struggling through.
.#s staa anTs #e. ar4 s.a a sE...
Tie varied beams which charm the eye,
e-t The glance of hope, the flash of pride,
Sights which in deep affection lie,
Within their sightless orb have died,
And round their homes the neetng hours.
With raven plumes, glide slowly by;
They bring no pearls when evening lowers,
Atmorn no amber curtained sky.
In vain the wavering moonbeam flow,
Adown the starry, concave walls;
In vain the summers sunsets glow, E.-
In softencd radence round them falls
Tho reg that glides the hoary hills
Cheers not the mansions of the blind; s Is.
-- The sunlighton the gurging rils, IS, -....
Gives not its brightness to their minds
The changing tints which Autnmn aings,
-ea- In rich profuson DER the field: - ..-t
The frost white pearls which Winter brings,
70 them, no beams of beauty yield.
They cannot see the wavering woods,
Thelisping pines, the knarled oak;
.z Or view the grandaer Of the floods,
Which ers to mans free spirit spoke. ..
The star.eyed flowers of early spring,
-.ss Which light the bowers where angels tread,
IN vain their heavenly beauties bring,
.Qr glory round their fathers shed.
The high wrought works, the gifts Of God,
The ruby drop, the sparkling gem;
The very soil Ger which they've trod,
Have countless mysteries to. them.
They cannot see the friends they love,
Whose kindly tones to music fow,
The nameless grace, with which they more
The wtching SMILE the cheeks warm glow.
OH it is moIniul thus to bend
In darkness o'erl solemn streams,
NOresee the shades that aoftly blend,
Where beauty waves her golden dreams.
Mournful to feel Che wings of years
Bsatilly round our spirit home s'iEFtE
Nor see the alternate smiles and tears, gd-ngE
Though which those chainless pinions come. e
More mournful still to feel the Jar
Of the great world, yet cit apart,
A sphereless orb shaking star, s1
That midnight folds within its heart.
Whatspectre guests must haunt tie SOU,
Thus trembling on its hermit throne: +
What waves Of suffering round itron, u. rA
When passion wakes its deatening tone..
Oil is there in the wealth Of mind,
v 0ne gem enshrined and shut from light,
Whose ray serene, can cheer the Blind, H
And bless them with its heavenly light q
Sweet human Love' Thou deathless lamp,
Within our souls sky arches set,
When Night hangs DER us chill and damp,
Thy charming radiance fingers yet:
Aud Ndpthd like with fragrant blaze,
Thy light here to the blind is given.
Tfll soul unhoused in transport strays ry