Bellevue gazette. [volume] (Bellevue City, N.T. [i.e. Neb.]) 1856-1858, 1857-12-10
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ny THE AvruoR OF " MAGGIE nrLL."

BY TIL AZ ffloN VI b. hH"NiL nhi-h'
....I.. ~ .....| 80, ---ir.tI .sE.H ..it
Oyer the desk all day, t....... - ,
With weary and aching brain, t
Wearing my life away, OH
Counting another's gain;
Over ledger" and "ioprnal" and "cash,"
Over" invoice, b" and 9 blotter," and
...... .t "bills;" l.s 1,.t.l.. ..I -..,.F
Impelled by poverty's lash, % I..., I'D. 90
Pursued by poverty's illsl ral il yia
This is the life lead,
fr. Aud yet | never repine ,,, l.u. .....
That life has no higher need ..r .. b.,
For soul and a heart like mine. .
, | only sigh when think q .rr..... ....
How many in life there be I.Iga n
Who have no tender link
To tighten their chain, like me.
When fadeth the light of day, go
Al d its weary work is ore,
place the ledger away, ' n "i.s.
Aud close the iron door; % l' f|
And then, with hurrying feet, '.'I
Away from the busy mart,
! thread the darkening street, f ~
With sunlight in my heart. .-'''
There's a little face at the window, .g|
II lookelh out on the night,
1t watcheth the crowds go by, -....r
BY the CLEAN of the new. lit light. ...
Like a beacon from the easement, ,.....
view it from afar,
But dearer to me its CLEAN
Than beacon-lght or star; -
For know for whom It wateheth,
And that no human Joy
Is like the love which father
il, Bears for his only boy.
We are very dear to each other, a a-l
My little boy and i; .s.H Hs1e J.
For am his only friend,
And he is my only tie. = .l5a.-i "..l
Before the parlor fire, wWHa 90 '.l'
We sit by the study light, "a HJH -ua.
And | read to him the stories 1i 600 f..-I
m OF paladin and knight 'd' l"'
And of the deeds heroic t1l H .gab sU..
OF men Of the olden time,
When life was full of earnesthess,I adT
And nanhpod was sublime. - eBf7af
And tales of homely struggles ., a.aly
For principle and right -... ..,..,..
OF men who wore no armor, ......
Nor ranked as lord or knight; .r..
OF fair and gentle maidens-
OF purity and truth,
or holy wives and mothers,
'i' OF brave, devoted youths
And many simple story
OF quiet homestead life,
Away from the field of glory, '
And worldliness, and strife. "
...u .-f.. fm.I "a ID
We often walk together, @ dozen.
In the calm of a Sabbath day, arrH
And watch the ships at anchor
,., Upon the sleeping bay, .rnrN aal
And Ltell him Of the voyages tta s... ID
Which in my youth made,
Away upto the tropics, tUgH waVrl
tp And il. the India trade; a. r1.l saJ
And of those navigators, d .IU .DuW
-- SO worthy of the name, II sg pY1.
Immorta! grown in story, sa,E, a",E
And in historic fame;
Americus and Diez, .aF v-I .sT
Columbus, proud and great! a. 20.
The Cabots-and fair Raleigh,
With his .untimely fate; ..-.-.-.. =
or Hudson, who first anchored ,.a.r .u
Within this silent bay ..,, -..... ......
His gallant ship, the only one,
Where thousands float to-day;
And Of those lesser yoVagers
Who have circled the world since then,
And discovered lands and rivers ....
Before unknown to men: ... r. ..
1 OF La peroase, Magellan, .. ......
4 or Franklin and Of Drake,
4 OF Morgan with his buccaneers, .. .r--
/ or Gorges, Cook, and Blake; ~.
/ And of the Isles and continents ace.
Which to the world they gave, r..,, e
And how they fought, and lived, and died,
1 Devotedly and brave. ,r,i..
And sometimes to the country
We steal from the world away,
( To pass with trees and flowers,
In quiet, the Sabbath day.
II is then that we lessons learn
From the simple things Of earth,
And the teachings holier seem
Than those of greater worth.
We hunt for the hidden flower,
Where stealeth the hon.y-bee-s, VI.
We watch for the birding chirping
Above us, in the tree; .-,
We mark the acorn living