New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1856-05-26
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Twelve on lock


s reached the hal fFgay mark in his diurnal journey
8toilsonle Hill heei s thus far, and Old Atlas
now points 10 TIE descending path whose end is
Y shaded BY sleep, and inhab ited By dreams
lin the asaFts Of labor and commerce the IL o'clock
BIZ he'll 10 asionsly looked for, now rings out its suns
mons THE and aborer speaking Of the COM
forts 0f the home hearth, the expeetant wife and
children, the frugal but Eholesome board spread
them. Welye O'Clock, the farm, yard, in the
field sweat Of labor il brushed from
the Brow, the sickle and the reaper are at rest
nearby spfing or rynlet il eagerly sought, and for
the tae eXeTon quietly seats herself in the lap of
Y contentlent Baskets are unpaeke the scanty
is partaken of with zest, and the cheerful CONVEX
upon the amount Of corn, wheat oats Or
other product that each fenced field may yield
Psrehance Jest may pass the merry round and some
signing swain jokinglY reminded Of the charms
Fl Of scountrie lassies. Y
Twelve o'clock listen to the pleasant tinkle Of the
bell from yonder school house. Recess; and how the
little ones skip ughngly out the door;
some to their tops and balls, some to their romping
games and the little dies group themselves around
some tagorite pase, whilst their merry voices keep
z good company with lie minutes as they y-no care
there fol the from the ghost Of
the past to Sol may get up when he peases and
osto sleep when he peases; twelve o'clock is Cod
den ones, never realize twelve clock
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But whilst Lethe of ,lepose and harmony thus
it'll rolls over the hour, beneath bnb
bes and boils turbulent current. The merchant
greedy Of the prospect Of gain harries his clerks
those bills of lading signed Has that orderbeen
filed Did you take up those notes Are those ac-
counts current made up Go down to bank and see f
q those notes were discountedl Did you buy that Ex
I change? Hurry. hurry, ate the sounds that note
twelve o'clock in the counting -honse. :. 81
Twelve o'clock, in the bank THE discount clerk
opens his ledger crowd Of anxious applicants pre-
sent their books; and, mark their, countenaneas as:
& they turn to leave Ten thousand dollars to raise,
and my Offering refused, says land off he goes to
shin il Ten, fifteen, thirty Thousand says another;
well knew they Ind to do it owe them SO much
that they must keep me going. And so, on it runs,
this man neryousy grasping his refused notes and
anxiously debating with himself, as to how he may
best meet his obligations for the day; the other
speculatinga to whit may be the most profitable in
Veatinent Of his plethoric bank account.
And the court rooms are resonant with the elo-
quence Bof the lawyer. Tie Judge is listening pa
tiently, nlayhap YEARLY; to the expositiohof the
text of Coke Of Of Confneius OF the Code
apoeon.5 Meantime, wait patiently the litigants
glancng now and then towards the tired as y
point is Irade'' 81 u l5f
lss The physician drives rapidly his morning calls
a are not YET finished Follow him to the bed side Of
the patient Mark the anxious gaze Of relatives and
friends How eagerly Do they listen for the word Of
cheer! How bitterly sound the words II No Hope !''
and il may be, that as day CLEANS in his meridian
glory the portals Of another world reveal the daz
II cling vista Of the future. s5i4ss IA tn
IN feeble attentive nurse, the pleasant news
II he born The fervent prayer that the sun
Of bib future may heas bright as that that greeted
4 his birth. az.
And thus lis !! The eliminating point Of day, and
IL toward declineraent. With men, happiness
and inquefade jostle one another. Death and birth
are curtained the bed, and rocked in the cradle.
49, = Time will and our3 story 5 5s5
But timeif end well, will end our glory, y