The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1857-04-15

By THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICK.
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Have you heard the poet tell . ...5.. ..
How came the dainty Babie Bell
Into this world of Oursi
The Gates OF Heaven were left sJarl
With folded hands and dreamy eyes,
Wandering out of Paradise,
She saw this planet, like q star,
Hung in the purple depths OF even
Its Sfsdges, running to an fro,
Ger which the white winged Angels go,
Bearing the holy Dead Of Heaven!
She touched bridge Of howers-those feet
So light they did not bend the bells
Of the celestial asphodels!
They fell like dew upon the HUwess!
And all the air grew strangely sweet!
And thus came dainty Bell .Ffa#
Into this world of ours!
shs came and brought delicious May.
se-s The swallows built beneath the caves
Like sunlight in an ont the leaves,
TAe robitS went, the live-loHg day day;
The lily swung its noiseless bell,
And DER the perch the trembling vine
Seemed bursting with its veins OF wine!
On earth was full OF pleasant smell;
When came the dnin'y Bsbie Bell -
Into this world Of ours! --at
o Babe, dainty Babe gtlE
How fair she grew from day too day!
What woman nature filled her eyes,
What poetry within them lay!
Those deep and tender twilight eyes,
So full OF meaning. pure and bright
As ii she stood in the light
OF those open Gates of Paradise!
And we loved Babie more and more.
o never in our hearts before
Such holy love was born:
We felt we had link between
This real world and that unseen
The land bevopd the mornl
And for the love OF those dear eyes,
For love of her whom God led forth,
(The mothers being ceased on earth
When Babie came from Parfdise!1
bOE love oi him who smoie our !ives'
And woke the chords OF Joy and pain,
b. Sale "Sweet hrist''--our heerts bent down
l.aH Like vioiets after rain!
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And now the orchards which We're onco
All white and rosy IN their bloom
Iilling the crystal vein OF ar
With gentle pulses Of perfume
We're rich in Autum's mellow prime:
The Liums were globes OF honeyed Wine
The hived sweets ofsunasner time!--
The ivory chestnut burst its she'll;
The soft checked peaches Hltfed and fell!
The grap,s were purpiihg in the grange,
And lime wrought just as rich change
In little Babie Bell!
Per tiny form more perfect grew.
And in her festafes could :face,
In softened curves her mothers face
Her angel nature ripened too. .... .
We thought her ,Vty when she came,
But she was holy, suihtly now""""
Around her pale, sIg, he brow
We saw slen er ring Of faihc
s.s, ta&4tA ~
Gods hand had,taken away the seal
Which held the Portais OF her speech!
And oft ehe said few strange words
w hOse meaning lay beyond our reach
She never was child to Is,
Wenev held her beingskey!
We conld not teach her holy things:
She WIS Chrst's self purity!
VI
II came upon usby deg fecs;
We saw its shadow ere II fell,
The knowledge that our God bad sent
His messenger for Babe Bell!
We shuddefed win unlangu'aged pam,
g -. And all our hopes were changed tofears,
Il, s And all our thoughts ran Into tears
Like sunshine into dismal rain!
- Aloudwe cried in our belief;
-sl. 20, snie US gently. gently, God!
Teach US TO bend and kiss the rod,
And perfect grow through grief"
All, how we loved her, God can toll;
Her little heart was cased in ours!
-7i| Our hearts are broken, Babie Bell!
VII
All last he came, the messenger, ~
The messenger from unseen lands:
And what did dainty Babe Bell!
Che only crossed her little hands!
She only looked more meek and fair!
We laid some buds upon her brow
White buds like seemed fakes of snow
Death . bride arrayed in flowers!
.. And thus went dainty Babe Bell
Oh, OF this world OF ozts!