The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1855-04-29


Liks nerce conflicting win me deep
~ pause mo answering voice nigh
Al lips are seaied-tse grave hath reply
Milton. with s,sbues- eyes serene,
9ovesss that Itsesns shr~ss he bscas
This Wild s,rds ia the woods
u all Ae knows cf spsint
And yss there Is solitude os him.
Because a Presence waikelh by hi. aide,
Not Of our earhiier mould, hut pur~ aud Eiosined.
Pale winged thoughts, the children Of his mlad,
Hover around him .. lac onward hics
They thurman To ham Joy win wind,
Though 10 their lovely Shapes Sigh. bnd
5ee 10y ihs organs side fond daughters keep
How like Ihsy seem in 'osm and isnesmsnt.
Though hlaer veins through each Snowy lid,
curss,nins sweet eyes, by long dark iashes hid
And Fainter lines pencid ON the brow,
Which casts soft shadows "a tbs orhs below
on. happy lot their delegated power
To be CONSIDERS Of his darken'd hours.
Their breahlrss hearts lie lisssnae they felt
All life within them that dwelt.
And WHO'S he Of tail, ciaspns hi. nsgAbo hand
With high 61ad couBtssaaco If grave eannssd
Proud Is the lining of his stately head
And the hm bearing Of his conscious tread.
agssncn sydney! Faint and chill
That heart must be which feels quick ming thrill
Whenever IL dwells upon dear
To Freedoa,s annals and to Freedoms
psuot. whose dsup,less soul could brook
His life blood splitter England free.
MeShinks see him led in susn state,
Hg in his fall aud e'en in fes,es great;
slowly FIRST but daunessiy he rose,
And buud defiance surrounding foes
Firmly he siood, unshaken, undismayed,
ny mighty constaocy OF soul apstayed
And do We ask his crime thus Thai he dared
To feel such feelings fathers shared
To cherish freedom and to love
His counify's Liberty all else above.
These tho crimes that claimd yrant's hate,
And gave his manhood TO early faic.
Not in tempest OF the baIefs strife,
Where uumpris drown the sh,irks Of parting si
Not with hundred wounds upon his breast
Not TINS that best head laid down to rest!
hu1nO DIV 1 see m KIN
The headsraans axe - cleaning in The air.
There from the scsffoId to his God appeal,
To whom the naked all revealed
Against the rning Of LIES narrow span
BY The blind rage and false decree of msa.
And, like siory-cisc martyr claim
The wings Of death speed his soul from shame
day manged form shall stand before Gsd throne
There the oppressors Judgment and false scora
Shall melt bsfose uprising morn,
And holy stand forth sercneIy bright
In the food Of Gods eternal light.
Does hat strain Of music SUNNI, TO his side
Those who betrayed him, sremng and tried
Those the glory Of hs young ifs - eagle dishs
5hone round Iiks ray y enctreing him with lixht9
Or d. ok voices call unto his haunted heart
Pay6elds whose memory bids drop atari
from his early ife whose sunshine dwels apart
And clasps gracefully her small fair hands
She hear old familiar words
Sci Q q foreign ait those meodious chords,
Aud fancy brings vision TO her view
A form. the trusted and the true
Devoted, anxious, generous, void Of quite,
nd WcicOmG
Oh power OF love a absent hah sung 10 her
When the low breeze scarce made the branches stir,
Ard from that hour, fain, twilight sweet ind dim.
Music hath been u memory OF Aim!
That loved In by gone Gays;
1t soo,hes her spirit with remcnbcredtays-
And who grssps his stan Is seated there
O'rr his broad forehead vsbly ara wrought
The dark, deep lines OF courage and Of thought;
The stern expression Of his face
Lish,s mol win gentle hope cyas triumphant grace.
Al a strain, from dark obi'vion's gloom
Past scenes return, and darker shapes assume
Those chords for Aim convey no ssaddenins thought
But BY those notes a haunting shade il brought
No sound OF confon fingers ia their tone,
Hut and happiness forever gone
The d. cad familiar look Of brave face
Distorted shastly with lingering trace
dying dream Of psrssd Lakes embrace.
He hears The sulisn bell wi.h funsreal chime
summon his sovereign forth 70 die before his time
A scsfoid scn,eLccd king, with noble brow.
Led out die in youlh-Dot weak and hoary!
Whose dying survive in long remembered glory
Does Ne stand Of death before the face
or judging Heaven Disgrace rests on Au memory,
Masred by this peous case.
And BY dis side his gentle wife who with him knelt
Lops years ago Gods pure altar place
Prayer her lips seems now 70 steal,
And medi,ative hope her serious eyes reveal
And children, 100, are there,
Listening, struck, to the inspired air;
subdned the 10y OF chlldhood's earnest heart,
His shouting song, and light elastic laugh.
HUI. one tender lip knows no completed word,
Whose small feet canno, run for lettering,
An unconscious OF the strain art fAoS,
with eiaspiDx outstretched hands and laughing brow
She ia whose face he smies--thousht cannot call
From memosy,s dissant world farer girl
A silent sIaile her red mosth stirs,
And hash'A Of rebukc that low strain il heard
And one guess mother BY tbs love that light
her face;
Tina, holy glance repete with feelings matchless grace
Al thai low strain thoughts back through change OF
and tide
since Heaven fret the blessing by her aide.
Each infansins event, each dangerous hour,
Her hope hsr anguish for the tender flower,
In memorys magic mirror glide along.
And scarce her lips refrain the cradle song
Poet Divine In its narrow goom
The clay which wrapped Thy human birth,
But all anconquered by that bounded doom
The spirit o thy Inind sill walks The earth
Thy glorious .cps age after continues yet 70 I'm
A. aewn the stream OF Time meodions treasures dra
wAsHtsarox ctrr, April "a, 1875.
solver Cromwell.