Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1854-09-21
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AFTER AWHILE.
A FRAG MEN

the S0ltkuGe OF BIS Owl Qutek cnAl1OEE- duu
there in silence and alone, with . feeling
threatening al every moment the tenure Of
bis mind, broodcd for hours over bis mis-.
hapss until Hope from her gaudy temple
spoke il bold tones to his troubled sorl ito
wait, and after awhile all would be well !"
Yes, aafter whilen Is Hopes most sooth-
ing language; aud ofta saddened heart has
pulsaied with relief Us its possessor arose
from bis dream aiseoasolation, and moved
on with lgoyaus 4teps, amid life's varied
sss-ssss e Il s--ting anticipation
= tnat All viii be e9nteatment after sWEsls.n
Many soldier worried by the battles din
and stifed by the lannon's smoke has lain
down upon the cold earth with bis camp
cloak around him, anl closed his eyes to
sleep With the words issuing from his sun
burnt lips after awhile will have repown
and ease and awoke in eternity AFTER
awhile groaned thirst maddened traveller
as ne couFsed his dubious way threngh the
arid sand Of desert, . viii be $. ronger,n
aud sank exhausted beneath the burning
rays ola vertical sun to rise no more
After awhile shouted jealous christian,
as be droppedvin contrition upon his knees,
Il will be eheered in death BY religions
brightest beams, but filed feIon's grave
After awhile said an exutant parent as
he gazed with joy upon ibis only son, my
noble boy will be the comfort of my Senile
days. but saw the form of his once inter-
esting son, quiyering in the gibbits moose
" After awhile, smiled young aud fond
mother, ~ she looked in unfeigned affection
upon the first born, !" my lovely babe,
the idolof my heart, must live for many
years to be the pride Of its mothers =
love and the delight OF its fathers care,,.i but
ere the tender bud had time to expand its
frail petals in beauty and redolence, she
felt with a haud trembling in anguish,
death's damp gather upon the cherub's
brow @Afier awhile thought the forget
fal lass as sae heard in admiration, fatterY's
plant tunef fall upon her unsuspecting ear,
/" will be happy in the possession Of The OBJ
ject Of my love, but died detected and fer.
lorn. "After awhile responded the efudite
youth, fresh from the perusal Of books, aud
emboldenel by the honors of his Alma Ma
ter, flame most fragrant wreath, will deck
my unwrinkEed brow, aud fell wounded aud
undoDe BY slanders baleful dart After
while" sighed a worshipper at the shrine Of
BIammon, in frenay for the accumulation Of
gold, II willihavean abundance, and be in
peace but expired with the shining metal
slittering inihis feeble grasp. After q
while' moanea, at midnight's dreary hour,
weary watcher, on the couch of pain,
viii be better at the mornings dawn,s bat
his longing sight was meier animated BY the
harbinger Of day. After awhile" exclaiul-
Iaxer her drunken husband, " Oh, ehide him
anxious breast and went duped with her
husband down to the grave, unkennellcd
and unmourned after awhile" laughed
. politician well skilled in sophistry and in
trigue "Iwill gain honor and distinction"
Ind ran, but was defeated. 2 After awhile
calculated the ambitious and sturdy man
with half of life's fleeing hours spun, s'my
labor will be rewarded and past from the
Stage Of life before the morrow had begup.
Thus it is, with the pleasure of hope
Act after act we perform under the influence
Of its mystic sway; and encouraged by its
Quiet delusion, we are building necessarily
spacious castles in the realms of magma
ion. and in disappointment we are constant
III seeing them vanish before the coming Of
the hour of reality 1t is well that it is so,
for who has no, had at some period OF his
life, many sad aud gloomy thoughts, dispeh-
ed BY the sdlace inthe words 'aftef awhile
The sage, the philosopher and the peasant
have alike heard those words escaping their
lips, hen their souls were yearning for the
accomplishment Of some long desired pro
iect, and they have alike with the same
transport heguiled many a doleful hour
which would have been an incubus to- the
SPIRITS, and would rested like mountains
weight npon their struggling souls. 1t is
evident that hope was wisely ordained By
the Greater to be halcyon minister to- orr
minds for without It, there would be no for
titude, and existence would be a burden,
aud Inonotony without single impulse or
ray to brightenlthe After Awhile
Harrers Ferry, 1854.
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A VERy MoseNrous QUESTION ~ A CORES.
pendent of the New Orleans Crescent asks
question which comes home to the buzzum
ofeyeryone who loves 'sassingers. Here It
is
sMR. ErrYrUR- That what I witch toIask
you is wethe- stichnif&wot the peleece gives,
wont pizen heunan beirs after sassingers
has been fried Please to putin tho pa
per how thisis, for if fried stichnine is pIzen
60 agin seasiDgers.
Yours till pizened,
AN ALLEY BoY'
Hz-A person visiting Luton, England
copied the following singular inscription
from grayestoho there
Reader, Fva left world in which
hac aiworld 20 do;
Swearing atdfrsiiiag 70 be rich
just such a loc. as you.
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