Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1855-01-01
For the Wheeling inteliistfeer.
The New Years Night.
Ev JEiS PAUL RICHTER,
Translated fran he German by Erik |'oln'a"

Translated frun, he German by Erik rola'an
an old man stood il The New Years midnight
At Tie window, and shivcrins, !ookedwlsh longing
disp1it olIt on The innexible, ttefnally brilliant
Heavens. aud down on the pure, white, silent
Eat. where woke that night, none so wtc,clled
and 81, rpless as he. For his grave stond neat Il
| him; his head was white with the SHOWS ri aye,
and from on, OF all his whole itch life liz fla!
bronsh, nothing but failures, crimes and elfOls.
shattered body, a 'rsolule' scul, heart full OF
venom aIih III old ase ol rtmoEse. But To night,
his youts',a loalcl IN bright Wis oil bet"rc
him; he stool usa,n By his Fathers side II the
clear morning, where ,te Two pathsot l.'e c'oSs:d.
Upon The light, The sunbeam path .! Nniue,
stretching far away into land VI rest, filed with
light aud cleaning angels: BIZ, the lell, SINKING
through the gloomy cavern Of Vice into backet
depths full oi so" dtoppIns prison OF Shiny sell
pents aud snlity yappts.
Aud now The sctpenIi nestled in his heart, and
the poison fell from his tongue. Tbs knew he,
Mad, with unreliable ngmy he cried 10 leave"
| aloud, "Give Tie my ciIhOUl but once again!
l., me stanin gan, o my Father! al the ctoSSing Of
The paths that may chuose my way"
But his CHI dhoM waSlong since gone. llesaw
the So amp fires aud ,talilisIIiS dancing aud Shi'
ming on lie graves IN iOiS acre, aud h. thought
"tLry n,c my wasted days /" \ Slbi .cll pllltrrng
from Heaven, and in its EAll fas,d aud vanished
in the black raTlh. ".u! there an u" mOaIrtl his
lnined Sonl aud again ltIr Sharp serpent toulI' o
ltrluorsc sunk deeper in lhr wound.
Far over tlee fields, TIT Windmill lifted lis
wcaiy AIMS, III dn any, ,iunb SHppicGt0n 10 the
SKY. Ito ru SIa!ow$ CO ri mp 'DwnItlS Lin on tie
llalch, AMI to his 'rtrnr.Slmrkryc, skull which
Iny hcIo" III lie c!Inrn".yat', I'rs"m 10 HIa'HaIy
rlnlhe itself in his fentutcs.
Suddenly, in the miJs, Of his terror, hioke there
from The clnrrl.lowrI peal Of joyous harmon!
III mighty anlIl III Of thanksgiving tUt The New
Year. II died softly away--il rose, aud swept
with t.vrrtcfalius harmony ont over the wide still
earth to the llOriHen. Aud liz remembered thu
! friends Of his youth, aud that now they wctt
teachers in The world, h'i!erS 0l happy chil'ifcn,
s,Ong ovins men, aud he cried bl.tcliy"l also
mishl have ionkr4l on the New Year with dry eyes
hal chosen iLeir path IN my you,I-l knew.
oh, my Father, how also 10 hc happy had listen.
I'd 10 thee" In f-yrtiSh fancy the memorials oil
his youth arose--ile skull slOwed aud frcsheDcd
into Il csofl tosy face Of hrs bOyhDud-,he bright
smile he wore hen he left his native village ful
the Ear OF city.
llc could look no m>te--le hid his eyes; ,ious.
ants of burning ,c;,rs steamed down into tie
SNOW; te only could sob out wildly--in hitter ny.
0ny, "Come once aeain, OH my youth, COME
asnin" And il came again, for IN the New Years
night he had but fearfnily lfeamed--ic was still
II YOUTH But his sins and errors wcte no dhan':
and he thanked God that he was still young, anu
might turn from the path Of vice AMI enter the
Sunghicd rDltl that ,lu tim land Ct FEST and IN.
gels ended.
And Turn thon alSo-cliIl reader, that sill IN
The crossed paths slanl,St MS III. htful dream,
shall 10 lice one day became q reality, AMI ihr
hour may cOnlg Wien thou S!lllt cly viii liltci:Sl
mourning "Conlr ns"in, oh, my Youth-stturI
but once ;gaiu" but 10 thee 1t shalt ftiutI No
mUr iyIc,ct