Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (City of Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1853-1857, 1855-01-09

g0Ou! put Cu0 SlcepS 10 uUI uht1UW aUuSet
where tie broad Mississippi rushes near and
the spires and swelling domes Of the city
glitter above.
lie has wrapped his shil in their lit
tic shrnuls and laid them away to rest be-
meath the green sod until Immortality shall
! be brought to light.
i lie has seen female form cast out upon
the broad Atlantic, where nothing can poins
out to man the place of her deposis The
rude sailor wcpt as be looked upon her cold
/ form, Cor innocence and geneleness had left
an Impress there. Poor girl! she was re-
Turning to the home of her childhood; but
her friends will sec her no moro amid the
haunt5 OF youth.
Tie has seen eighteen noble men cut down
! by pcstiienc" in strange land, away from
friends and home; AMI they sleep un-
coffn,d sill, save By blanket and mother
earth.
Ifc has v.ewrd the graves of many who
ded in !. wilderness region, where no marble
inscriptions could be made to tell their names.
Victims of persecution! have stood By yous
gra7cs lnl wept
He has heard the enhancing strains Of mu-
sic, while The Illuminated hall shook with
the n;mb.e tread Of dancers gliding graceful
" throw 5h the innocent sport. Gayety, tn,
/ glitter Of furnished jewels, the g!an,o OF
beauty, the glow Of friendship, the smile Of
happiness; all, all were there, and the nights
entertainment went pipinSly on,
It'll Ito yapors round the mountains
curled
Mehei INTO morn, and light awoko the
world"
Bat sri that mornings san had passed through
his ncri1s.;an heights and sunk again to stkss'
western verge, one of that gay party smiled
amidst tho bsatituie OF angels AM mingled
IL that jQ5ousncss which isnot OF earth.
Once he S"ew a youn- AMI beautiful wo.
man and she gave him her confidence and
told Of h,n she loved who was then far
! away. Tour tin . she hnd been decked in
5sidal robes 10 plight him her love at the by
meneal altar, but he WAS false and came mob
to claim his bride. She felt that her LIE
WAS wearing away Al .hat she should soon
20 down TO her grave, nd so it was.
watched her fading beauty, her pale and sal.
sGw coantenanc2 fr n dly to day. 4 SET.
tied melancholy came over .ler and in TIRES
weeks she lay before me- shrouded IN the ha-
biliments of the tomb. | glzcd upon THAI
victim of duplicity AMI deceit with emotions
indoscribabIc. There hy her motionless
form, fair and beautiful even in death
IIe knew another of waom be has not sro.
ken Size WIS a ynanS ani lovely mn .en
ani her golden hair fell :. glittariag rim 5iets
round her neck and shoulders. She was ths
delight Of the social circle and mirth and
Ijoyousness filled her pare h art. But sho ;s
gone from US now and her spirit dwells in
tn immortal cline. Friends gathered round
aud used every art to ~resusci,ate her; for
! they fe't tha, the idol of their eonyivial pas,
times was too lovely, too much the PERSONA
ton of every virtue, too beautiful, too gentle,
too good AMI noble, to lie down so early in
the cold dark grave. lie, too, was thers,
who reciprocated the Lore Of hsr young heart,
and through the vigils If the solemn night,
or while the glowing sun shed its benisnsat
light, his 81 ul was racked with the alternate
workings Of hope and fear. He watched
the lessening feeblaness with which the vol
umc OF life pulsated, and gazed in mournfn
sadness While the lussra' purity OF ta- eye
passed away, and dimness vas indicative thu.
the spirithad fed from its tencmen., and
that she who hal enchain,i him with the
smiles OF love and the ch rms OF virsuc woull
look upon him no more, save it Be. from
those paradiSoan heights where immortal
ity presides and basks in the fslic.,ie, u e!er-
nal day.
| Thus tbs loved ones OF earth pass away!
Shall we not see them again? o, teH US not
that there is no existence beyond nc crave
where we can meet with thosc W loved en-
earth! Alas, their pure spirits hover ascuad
us; they come to US in dreams when tA6husa
of night is upon the Garth, and The ssassshlne
! in brightness, as If to light thsn through
tho gloom, they put their hand u ons
and speak words Of tenderness and love.
Again their merry laugh riggs out -ahfwe
awaike in darknoss-- -lusfsn impress il ffrs.
sistable upon us Of blessed future whSfs
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