Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1854-01-05

To give yoa all = New Years cali to-djy.
for which, OF course, you'll not object 10 psF:t
Thea listen 10 the numbers Of nv Iyre 4;
And Judge a Poets GIT, Poets fire.
HIST; TO the knell If Time that thrill. lhs air. /
, Waxing the soands lroi midaishrs .h.aouy Iais
I Time speaks ia many solemn SOUNDING knoll
\ That hoary Old Year in his CRATE has ielEs
sad funeral train y inds Ger the strand, !
Bearing the Old Years corse TO spirit Iasd,
While shadows din 5olIous in quick relit6
Add fll The air VITA btter sounds Of grief
/ The Old Year past Momentoas hour, ahis, .
] For Us 70 share dark grief, or lasting bliss
Il ihink not that Year goes to the grave alsae,
Il AZ, no, bat with il, al IN you have dnae,-
Il nhether ef kindness 10 the pleading poor,
Or outrage 10 the brggzr Al year door;
" slns Committed, - Il grace received,
4 Maker eurst, or SsFioar we'll believed -
Eternity throw open wide thy womb.
] And grasp all these III thy eternal tomb! i
The midnight bell tolls many closing serne,
4 That, with the year, i now with what his been.
/ Ten ihoasaad die, and nature heaVes her presst
in sorrow, 10 yield all ! place Of rrst.
! a year has passed, and hoary with its care,
Now lies Numbered with the ssthngs that we're ~
Soul after s1ul has quit this mortal sphere,
Ard crossed the Al SiFat ika1 kept them here
1et We, through mercies, haowed aud divine.
Still wear ilfe's shield aud in IT. pleasure. shine
Still revel on in wild luxurious bliss, N!
Nor heed the wrath that scahes with lightning kiss
Intl. unconscious Of impending fate
We feel the stroke, and find we think too late
The Year is dead Well weep our tears upon n.
the - dead. Go0r thlngi Gods bieasInk
Wen las it ia It's grave and sing its dirka. =.
That shall re echo 10 Times farthe'st ycfye
DIRGE.
Old Year Old Year.
T 1921 anu sfre' xt
= IN. course y run /.
no Gown '9e ny grave,
iiine worn-oai slave,
Thy work all done. ts
Thon'rt hnary s5d 49, fzsN atl
As the oceans ssr.y ~ I
AndGGa wei I,s,n. &.
Then iinrcr We TN. .-
Bur BE- forgot b
w come ag1ln w n
DoWnl-away down
Ia III clJ s5li gra,r55
Weiay thy form
70 ~l,her a3d rpt,
As ullng torgof, q
Aii ne : last storm. M I'm l
Farewell Old Yeari .s FL
shall drop nv tear
Der thy iowly cell; q
ana ihihk maj i too,'
Shsii sooh ocwIth Won,
o4d ye@f-FAaEwElL!
But mary things ooenrrr,I within ihis re,,
RI which ~, nn,y ,yo,If \ M H. i1,.a;r 80
First in The van W.. take the woadrru, cb,trr
That changed, (OficiallyA n wondrou. 80. E
I'LL MoKE stepped from honors tried aad great
z DEhAupn Z usurpgd the char u State,
Ahn' Two 70 greatness y seized the iron rule,
= nd welded tan humble party tool d
~ i'"S N'oou mute -~ithlh HE capital, NJ @ .
hen, wendeF% smJi, !cil covered W th her pail
rsaee hfdto perch on some celestial goal.
And tiles internal wrangiiIg seized the whole
Ike argct-dags' boae-mad IN internal brolls,
ne mad democracy sought out the spoils. ~
aaa, ailer wars the hercesi aud the iongest,
4 nc dividend was given To- the Strongesf9
roof, instead Stale how withered and how dead,
! nc anelrht honers that adprned tht head II
\ btn'us ga, aias pungs,t 70 thy side ~ II
\ reeking dagger. and thy boast has died; \ II
~ honer' hierding lies upon rs back, III II
: Anu pltN, weeping o Or hef, cries " Alack"' Il
,oon' soon, alas as Athens did OF yore.
ny star lIear shall SCI u rlss No more
; % IVY u Stais StHe un |" 49,, w ~,
Pi ,e - - IN - 80 ,hcIso,,,;ng e.
fine worlds great pride, and honored. Lord, BY THE
~ p.,;,.. L.s s,vsn, onr fertile shores
, ~ ,-sIhi -. n M chiEIrI, Wrangtft,g var,
\ ~. sbooI sybile with mock. volcanic fc
Dur nations structure, IKE an angry sreI
hen lniled away INTO Peace,pi SA'm.
} er ruled by or fro'eetort-'ne = AM
,,;, q .n;,. called far ber reward I'll
IA - smrr;e, i1r her Irerard;
, C,,si,I p,laee rrarcd ia t,werin~ dome,