Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1856-09-18
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sIlMuEy HOPE.

Hope is the leading s,risg Of youth
memory aud stsh ol age Yea for = lon.
time thsy weTs al yAraBes, saI scarce,
iy ever associated together Asmory vas
almost always grave nay sad aud nislaa
caoiy Sue deli aisd 10 silence az. 4 rsp,,e
amid TocSs aad water falls aud Saessyer
sic raised Der eyes from Ibe ground II was
eniy q l0oE back ever her shoulder uycs
Wa smiling dancing r5sy boy, With sgagk
lsug eyes, sLd It Nss impossible 10 Took
upon hsm WIlksu, b-,Hg iuspiseI by asr.v
aud syTi ,htly baoyE4oy Wherever Ae wcat
nc cItius,d srcund Lim gladue.s aud iay
tAe eyes Of tia youog sparklrd br.gaisf
;asl ever 81 49, 5Fyfezel odd sFs - n
cast Its IiIm gisu,ss - tbo Llus vault II
hssyrD, seemed ils p.fe3 VIII ucw yig0t IL,
hOssrs Looked mere gay, the grass more
grcyA, the birds 50 < more eLrsriIy. and ,Il
nature seemed % symVsthi.o "a bis glad.
uaz Memory Nas q mortal birtA. but
Hope pag,0yA u immortality
Ou. day ttey rhane % meet. and Mem.
ory royr02c4sd Hop WITH icing dsceiysr
She charged hrm with deluding mankind
Wita visioDasy. imPTaOiisabio schemes. aud
exciting expectations tLat ruiy led 10 si,.
aTPointmSut aud regret with bsiag the
iss.s t1iaEI Of youth add the scourre Of ola
age. But Hoes cast back upon her ,hs
charge u tScs.i, zsi IHai iaIu-d that tie
pictures of the past asre as much s1agssr
atsd BY Memory, ss we're thc auti sipaIisns
0f Hope lie declared that she loss ed =,
objects ~ great dIstapss ia the past be 10
the tatursr and that this distance wagnided
everything Let Us maEe the circuit II the
u5.ld said be, and Try tho experiment -
Msmsty consents, TeiustAnily, and they
us1t ,heif viy together
Tbs fug perssn they met Eas a sehsol
boy louogiog issiiy along sud stoppins eV.
sry m0mgus 90 gar sssagd, as Il uuwiiliug
30 proceed on bis asy ~ aud by be sat
dovs aad butIt into tears
'Wbi'ber % fas,, ny good lad q asked
Heps jerubgly
4 am going 10 school, replied abe Id. a,
siads, when / hEd rather thousand time.
be at play aud ~ on q bsleh u,th k5,k
iu my lslJ uhiie lolg 10 be- sporting ,p
she Eelis Bus never .niud I .bsn b. a
mau t0oB Ani tbsn ] shsll be fres ss the
air Ssyisg tbis, ts skippsd away msuily.
ln ths hope ~ soon Deiug q san
'li j. thus you play ups8 tso sapsfisuss
u ysath Es.d Hsm0TY rsgtozchf5Uy
fhssing sswaFd. thoy msg lsasiilll
RiIi, yssilg k!5u sni msisuea-Iy t-tisa
party % gay ysaag meu sld mElJsns. sbo
Wslstd arm ia arm With sach sthef sBd
ssTs Giuiag sna exchanging all these huls
harmless Csufttt0af abItL haturs brsmrfs
90 sssb sagasisus They u.fs sil raiIy
dressed iu siiks sai ribbons bat tks hltis
g.fl bsd 81 s staple f,0sk e hamsiy spFss.
aa3 slumsy tllieE so.ed stnss
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susUsd her pacs, sd sesa go s,sa dsaeiae
alsfg asrTilg STA see rest
lu ihis nanasr thsy ssEds8 ttsis uav.
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aatil they I'D msfs ths sirssit n 80 uri
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iaa kaasn furs whtcb at tkta tiu.s "a siI
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