The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1855-07-07
BiBll; BELL.
fHt POEM or LITTLE LIFE TINT WtS EUr
lHElE ArEIIS Lone.

From tie Journrl ot Gommerrt.
Have Won not heard the poet tell
How came the dainty hahie Bell.
Into this w"rl.! 81 ours?
The c:tr- of Heaven We're LEFT aIar
With folded hands and dreamy eyes
She wandered out Of Paradise.
She saw this planet. Ike tar
Hung in the depths T.! purple even
IT. bril.--. ruunIn. to and fro,
DER which tlI, bright WINGED >cr,ph> ,o
l;cariry the holy ,iri. to Heaven.
Sh, tp,irllc,! a hrilgr OF ii"wcr--,i"-c feet,
- ligh' they iii 10. hcrdthe bells
OF the celestial a-phoc~
They fl Ike ,lc,v upon the flowers.
Ani all th, a;r "rcv strangely sweet
And thus came dainty i'ai',c Bell
Into TN, world III Uur-
She came and brought delicious May.
The -wAlloW- bull, beneath the caves;
Like surh.a,ns in and "u, tine leaves
The robins went. the lvr-lomg day:
Ihc I,.v ~wtIny IL uuI-r,"-> bell.
Aul c'rr thr yor,h thu trembling vim"
SCENE! !,ur-'iii. With i, vcim- "t vine
-. ear, VS. '.,I, ii p'r,-,.J smell,
Nhcrrc.,, 'i',. j.,ir., hahc EclI
Into tbs word Il ours,
bate dam ha''ic Bel
iiuyN far hr ,t,.v tr'',i Gtv 70 dlN
What v,luau lpt'uic !i...i htrc>,-,
Wh.t poetry within tIr",r lav.
lhu-e ,I,..F, and tclrict twilight eyes.
:" full ot ui'';.nin-, pure. ;'nd bright
\, If she vet Stood III Ihr LIGHT
Uf those uI-d ~;l;r- oi Paradise.
tnd W. luvcd hahc more anal more.
a ury,r -, ,ur h,.Irt. before.
Such holy love WIS bora.
W.. ilt had link between
Ihi, real w"r,l and that UH>ecil-
The laul n' ,lcIrhlc-- morn.
And for the love "f those dear eyes.
For love ui her whom God led forth
The in"ihcr- being ceased "u earth
When bahir came from Paradise
For love of him VIII" -,note our lives.
And woke the chords Of iov an! pain.
We -aiI Sweet Chris our hearts bent dow
Like violcts after ram
And now the orchards which were once
All white and rosy IN their hlOolI-
Filling the crystal heart "t air
With ..utlc pulses of Perfume
We're thick with yellow uicv fruit:
The plu,n> wrr. Globes Of honey rare.
And soft checked p"achc> hlu>hcd and fell
And Time wrought u-: IL rich Il change
In little bahic Bell,
Her p.M form more perfect "r"W.
And in her features We could trace.
itI -"'1-:"d curves. her mother ; face:
Her angel nature ripcrei too.
We thought her lovely VIXEN >lic came.
!:ut lie was holy, sanity now -.
Around her pale and lofty brow
We thought We .;,w Il rim" ~. il,inc.
Sometimes she said a few strange wor!,
Whose uuc;'iin.- lay beyond our reach:
t,,"i- haud had taken away the seal
Which icl, he ror.i' of her speech
She never was arhlld to u>;
W. never HE'LL her being KEY,
We could not teach her holy things
She WI Christ, >clt in purity
II came upon us hv ln-r.rS
We saw IL shadow ere ii led
The know c,l-c that "ur t;oI had sent
His messenger for bahlr Bell.
We ,ll,lirrcd with unIanyua.cd pain.
tnI all our thoughts ran into tears.
And all our hopes were changed to fear, -
The sunshine MO dismal rain.
Auud wrcricd in our ir,irt:-
80 >mitc II ccutlv. gently. Cod
Teal u I" lcir! AMI kiss the :"d.
tuI perfect gr"w thrp' .rjri.'
Nh. how We lowed her t,o, can tell;
Her ,t,i,. heart Wa- cas,d III "Ur---
Thty'r, broken c,-hct- --bahic Bell,
VI lat II" came the me- >cuger.
The mc>-cI .'cr from UNSEEN laN'iS:
\ui " hat ,iid dainty uah" Fell?
She ui.ly crossed her little hands
~l, only l"okci nor. meek AMI fair
We parted back l,or -ilkri hair:
We laid some h,l- up'm her brow
Deaths lridr arrtt,i in lloucr-,
\n, thu~ Wen: daoitv halic Bell
'ut Vl th.- wur.I Iui ours,