Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1856-02-14
MOther-wife Sister Daughter

MOther-Wife Sister Daughter.
ny ANsON G. CHESTER.
MorHER where the sod is brown.
with the leaves that fluttered down
When the latest Autumn cane.
Stands stone that bears thy name!
TIL me Il thy spirit comes
Ever to its earthly homes?
Tell me II thou e'er hast smiled
Since thy fight, upon thy child?
Tell ne If, when Sleeps sweet streams.
Wait him to the Land Of Dreams,
Thou dost ever meet him there.
With blessing and prayer?
Tell me, docs an angel yearn
For the rapture OF return
To the scenes. the friends It knew
Ere its pilgrimage was through?
win the crown the Mother won,
BE the heir loom OF the soni
Shall his Wayward fal ing feet
Ever press the Golden Street?
Shall we wander, hand in hand,
Through thebrOad Celestial land,
Plucking fruit from vernal bOugh
While we breathe immortal VOWS;
Drinking from the Living river
plest together, ble,t foreverl
God is mercifu and just
He will guard thy hallowed dust.
Tfll tho Awful Throne is set,
Till the tribes of earth are met
And the God who cares for thee,
He will watch and suceor me.
II.
WIFEl three years have rolled away
Slnce our welcome welding day;
Tell me- it. as then, thy heart
Finds in mine its counterpart
II the buds of Hope that grew
On thy way when Love was new,
Bought the roses that they pledged
II thy heart ard home are hedged
With the JOYS that seemed to be
Linked with our lutuiihS
Tell mo- have ever erred
In look, a deed q wordS
II erred then love must err
Am | not its worshipperP
In thy happy smi!e see
All that thou would'st say to me;
Keep thy secret-it is best
Garaered ia thy loyal breast;
WhIleI count my treasures DER
Shall it be with open doO?
'Ts enough for me to know
That my darling loves me SO.
III.
SISTER-and my only one
When the b lsv day Il done
Do thy owe thoughts fly to me
Der the meadow DER the seaH
Does the sun Of childhood CLEAN
Softly on thy twilight dream,
And thy heart responsive move
Tothe call of childhood's lover
Though the walls OF absence hide,
Though the murky waves divide,
Though to Heaven aScends its hill,
Dost thou cherish, bless me stillH
For the love of other da,s
For thy warnings and thy lraise,
For thy guidance and thy are,
Fr thy kiss, thy smile, thy prayer,
For the faith, which struggles on,
Take brothers benson,
Distant but few sho ri miles
ON the citys din and wiles,
Underneath a mOurnful tree,
Is an altar dear to me-
It sholy as thep'ace
Where the Lord unveils his face .
For beneath that sacred shrine, ...
Sleeps the daughter that was mine!
DAUGHTER! on thy lowly bed
Sunbeams dews and showers are shed;
But the sunbeams wake not thee
Thine are eyes which cannot seel
And the dews can never chill
Her whose hands and heart are still;
Nor the music the rain
Please her quiet ear again
Take, Oh Death the ripened sheaves
Take the stalks and binder leaves;
Take the clusters, rich with wine,
From the overladeh vine;
Take the fruit, in Autumn's hours,
Take them all, but spare the flowers
V.
S.inted Mother cherub Daughter
Ye have crossed the Silent Water;
Ye are clothed in new attire,
Ye have won crown and lyre;
Ye are bathed in light supernal,
Ye are best with joys eternal
Darling Sister darling Wife
Still we wear the bloom Of life
Sill we suffer, still we smile
We must wait and watch while,
BE II ours to watch and wait,
Atthe threshold, at the gate;
Struggling on, by faith and prayer,
Till We fly to meet them there!