Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1854-02-04
II E N RY CT AY
ny OLIVER I. TAYLOR

There Is feeling that may not sneak
IN words 1tcomes upon US when thir-
An! thrid our souls for mann SaS acne enesG
ana ~ melts into the darkness OF the Past
II II comes upon US when the sun OF some
&c ST. harpy day has set;-when stars we loved
~ ~ wacn; nave waned, and silent memory muurns
Their dying fragrance on the Autumn brees.' came
VI pi, w SE form OF loyeliness which davis
Like rainbow hues HAT msit away veg in nq tears,
pI mas a, no language save the deep and strong
q world OF grief unIttcrabie in that
S Sr truth which ALTERS on the Iips-"'rIs ooss!"
Thai liIt The damp locks the feserd S SnSs
ANA ANA Inc the melancholy mel m9rmnI o. the waves.
aH-ah repeat the solemn truth-"' IT'S oosEl,
M S IL nor thus we feel when comes the thought
VI mir whose mighty spirit has departed?
Giant na.ton bows In speechless woe
4 4, no 10 Coiumhia's guardian genius droops
ne5 stately head and nlourns the brightest level
saIrn from her coronal OF stars! And Freedom
S I tied from her mansion Of repose now cas,,s
aeI shroudcd banner to her bleeding breast,
Ana prays that God may shield her chosen home
One by one.
,,, o, many eyes shall wccp his fall
Inc oF9Ve' who quatl'd not in the battlcs storm
When blood and death shot pour,t mingled raj,
are melted now to tenderness and tears;
More lovely seem with shining tress.s SS,h IN grie'
In tears wept for the fallen chivalrous and brave,
las he not gided, like somo glorious orb "'
10 rest, all eloudless and serene, filling
The world with his expiring radiance? III.
The nus country and his race,
Go trace his long career. since first in youths
1uSenturous hour, he sought home amid
The VeIdant West.
Upon lofty height
4far anT Goddess of his country stood
n ar ,h anu 5eeRoned his app zach. His path
o .S one mes siue. Pleasure with her zone uncasn,d
3 Ara low proved Luxury with couchts s"u -
W thuoehce ana Ease, and temnting smile.
A. ID, rich yolurtuous bowers, invited him hines
l o m9g S,1 by the way. On tho other.
10 do or die With eagle eye he sazed
Alott aud then, with one mighty imuuIss
81 i, his youthful soul. he shook all baser things
ae @ w,,Sarops from his soaring wings Aud up
3Hu on through sunshine aud through storm nnrsuad
MS hesVen'ward flight!
His hour OF triumph came
or r I"Ioy a n caught the wondering gaze
IN theif oitades. free. BORN people
nIns with rapture on his deep, inpassioned
IN M. every CLINE. fresh hope and courage TOOK.
ANA throbbed responsive to his magic tones
nhothet triumph came Darkness was O,er
III The land! and-his own beloved land. The fiena
~ 81 DiseoTd breathed upon the placid 81 rcam
nat erst had borne our gallant Shin or Sis,e
I,iu 'asn q MS waters in tumultuous strife
And everS mast Inc n s,Gfm around her noble deck
III ~ me gale. And men by most mlssuided
n 81, led with fratricidaI hands would n,in
lave shed brothers blood, and rent in t,~a;, .
T Ss sttrs E flag that high in eaven waved,
, ne 1ss ", oIight hope and marvel of tho world
wi'te wins,d seraph from the storm tossed deop.
n n u was glorious in that fearful hour f'
10 see him battling hand to hand with ienis.
10 near the Swee: persuasive tones
~ MS meIodlous voice, rise high above
Inc roar OF demons and the shout or men
lniuriate with rage! TO see the power
" Mind serene aud dauntIcss. rise victorious
ger The tempest and the tide or passion
10 see the embatted waves recoiI and brc,k
Suodued and baffed at his feet, and out
upon the sky, above his rescued land
lhe DOW oil Peace suspend her heavenly spap,
lie had his triUmphs and his need OF praise;
nc had hts day OF darkness OF trial
us strange above all namiEg-strapge thai man
EXclteus as he is by every act
" greatness In his brother man, should seek
10 ann That greatness OF his race, or TO blot
IL II ON The records OF his race. The meek
Inc iowllest one, may not eseaue he scoyyI
~ Envy and the shafts of Hate. The great
! ne good and wise arc but the brighter marks
~ winch these shafts are hui lie fonnd il fins
Mhen impious hands were raised to sever
FROM MS scar-worn brow the laureate vreotb ,,o,
ny more than thrice the deeds that would ho ye male
Inc antique Roman or the Greek secure
FROM sac! eiistouS touch;-when countless s,v,rns
~ ~ !eech'ike ilnps, Matched in the Shiny pool
VI CaIumny, crawled crouching throue the dark
around his path, to drain the life blood from
His lion hearth
Not tamey did lie yield