Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1854-01-04
CARRIERS ADDRESS.

O'er the departure OF the year;
Or ceased to spread smile on earth
Upon the glowing New Years birth.
H ow many hearts now throb with wo?
How many eyes with tears o'erdow ?
For those now absent-those now dead,
Whose joyous smile and gentle tread,
Illumed the hours bright and gay.
That ushered in last New Years day ?
Times hoary wing. with noiseless speed,
Sweeps DER each solemn page we read
In life's great voume-and the past,
Whose sombre shades his presence cast
Upon each joy, each hope so dear,
That ushered in the by-gone year.
How many ladies softly spoke,
In tones that scarce the silence broke,
To some enamored, eager swain, =
Who GondIy thought her hand to gain
But, all she found weaIthier beau,
And left the hapless youth to wo.
And dandies, too with hands 50 fair,
Mustachlos sleek, and glossy hair,
Have fancicd that they might command,
The farest lady in the Land
But all their "castles in the air''
Have fallen with the by-gone year.
How many hearts last New Years night,
With peace and joy were calm and
bright,
Are now forsakcn, stern and dread
The father gone. the mother dead,
And children fur from each we see,
Like scattered leaves from parent-trce.
And now for news-kind patrons all,
Since last the carrier made his call,
Is heard the trumpet blast of war
'Twixt turbancd Turk and fierce huzzar ;
And pround the glittering crescent glows
Where Danube's water gently flows
Proud Omar led the Prophets van
Against the RussiAn's warlke band
And like the dread sirocco's blast,
Swept down his foes. and from them cast
The glory of their former name,
Emblazoned on the roll of fame.
And Selim Bey, with Esypt's host,
Has shown the huSsars to their cost,
That he his mighty power can WELD
Upon the blooistained battle field,
As in the cabinet of State,
Where his name stands among the great
And our own. land SO fair and bright,
Suifuscd win Freedoms holy light,
Increases still in wealth and power,
Progression rules each tranquil hour,
And proves this land SO bright and bIest,
The Patriots home--thc cxile's rest.
Her banner, on proud oceans wave,
Is favored, respected and the brave
OF other lands, a tribute pays,
Of heartfelt homage, when the rays
VI her bright stars abroad, are spread
Upon the oceans bosom dread.
In politics, all is not well,
AS public papers daily tell
And rumor brays loud discord
Between the soft shells and the hard
While southern flctions-northern hate,
Sets each against sister State.
But, patrons, letus shun the path
Thus marked with treachery and wrath;
Pursue the path our fathers trod,
And leave the rest to freedoms God,
| Who seems, by His directing hand,
To make our States the promised land.
The New Year comes, kind patrons dear
May every swift revolving year
Bring forth new joys to greet your eyes
While every grief and trouble flies
Far from your path, and smiling peace
Fill every hour till life shall cease.
And don't forget the er-boy,
Whose honest pride and chiefest joy
Has been to bear you earliest news
Which might your idle hours amuse;
Unheeding cold, or driving rain,
If he but your good will may gain.
And now, kind patrons, all, adieu;
All news worth telling, I've told to you
OF foreign wars, domestic broils,
Of dandies' dreams and maidens tolls,
OF village gossips, keen and sly,