Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1858-03-05

ter, Panic, make Of all this trumpery Of
unreal laborl How do whole professions
disappear, and whole classes Of men
shrink to their native. poverty, before his
relentless gaze r.
@To sell your soul at
retail to the devil, for Dollar of fibre,
is about the most impractical sort ofspecu-
lation in which a shrewd man can en-
gage" pray spend
your Dollar to gain place where you
can he an angel Of deliverance to the
sorrowing, the sinful, the oppressed. The
cro'on Of EARTHLY Pririiege IS to occupy
your oirH place, and The only ,oiss use Of
MONEY IS 10 buy that place"
3" Spend to organize a free and solid in
dustry from sea 10 sea. Spend for the
home ; spend for the school spend for
a pure Gospel spend for true art and
generous manners; spend for justice and
order, and official integrity +; oh ! spend
for freedom,the emancipation Of man from
the tyrannies ofthe past, that be may learn
to obey the eternal laws Of God !"
This is excellent preaching ! But now
let US see how the same sermon may be
preached in poetry. Here is a nobls
outpouring from the same fount Of inspi-
ration by the gifted "TRANeUmLA,"
whom the Home Journal had the honor
Of first introducing 10 the Public -
SONG OF GOLD.
monarch am J, more powerful and high
\ Than the mighsiest kingdom can yield;
No king on his throne sreptrs can own
/ So potent as that | wield;
Ere these Sovereigns OF earth into being had birth
ldweit in my spleudor aud pride;
While the mouad and gnome in my cavernous
home,
HeaPsd treasure on every side.
Through crevce and seam, the SUMS yellow beam
Was deftly and cunningly oaughii
And the alchemy strange, Of this hermetic change
lnat ages on ages they wrought,
Shall ne'er be uusealed, and never revealed
To the creature claim rs my slave
BY labor aud toll, and Tapine and spoil,
lie puTsues me, and reaches-the gravel
Sold! sold! sold! all for the yellow goldi
For ages alone dwelt on my throne.
In the freshness OF earliest time;
Aad the the godslo Of that day feIt my scsptre and
sway.
And yieldeda homage SUBLIME.
Earth's bosom grew rife with beauty and life;
hen Plenty a.d Peace first began;
And the worlds brightest page Is that PASTORAL
age,
Ere my realms we're invaded by man.
But sti! We and reign, while my fetisr and
chain
Shall avenge my disrnantled abodei
Even worship crave fron my victim and slave,
And he makes me bis idol and god.
Sold! sole so!l all for the yellow gold
stand by ths side ofthe fair young bride
As she barriers her faith away.
To age, and cares, and three.core year.,
And head and heart turned gray.
And / laugh the while AT the bitter smile
{ That greets her with name Of vile,
, For am he who her lord shall be-
She Is mine, she IS mine, through life
Though her brow be bright with the diamonds
a IghtA
= And bee eye Is flashed with pride,
-. There's knawiag smart AT the weary heart,
As my shadow stalks at her SIDE.
0 sold! sold! sold all ior the yellow gold
10! gallant barque eleaves the pillows dark.
To q land beyond tie wave;
It bears in it breast those sois Of unrest
d Who go hence to fnd G grave.
=, They have fed the soil where manly toll
Meets ever rich reward.
Lured by The smiles Of IIssperian Isles,
Is They have left their native sEard--
- F,rsaker the ties and love. liz eyes
4 That make cen the poorest blest;
Atrthey roam from the spells Of home,
IN those regions OF the vest
a solI! sold! sold all for the yellow goldf
- Oh may end, Of the Frovelling mind.
VI Who are mine by the daily dilne-
They count their bags, while they go in rags.
AID loak grim aud gaani at timeI
l. they shiver and groan o'rr the cold hearth-stoni
Where their buried treasure liesj
= They shrink away from the free Of day,
u And they cover before human eyesy
,u And they have no thought that is not Taught
With tie curse sf their vrejohed toli
. A. they irenbs and die, in their ear cry. -
e. Tbou must leave 70 e-uh thy spoil"
CT Sold sold soldl aIl for The yellow goldi
Ye children of clay anail soon passaways
IN Dag nty kingdasn shllI ever reHnsin;
ln Ant tie unborn raea that shall dsll ia yoar ae
1; viii worship my isltsr and ehini
from sArth's vsrnal prime 10 the last verge O
III time.
y. Ny sway ard my seeptrs shah last,
a. And ,he future 10 come shall rs-eeho the doom
:. Of the vengeance dealt 70 The past
- Then bs Hars Va beware foF Tsek not, o. car,
~ What virtue may hailoN the shfinei
I'd a. once enter iH. thers Is darkness and sin,
A Aud he soul OF the victim i mine.
s0la soIdl sold ell for tl.e ysllow FoIdi
u -=a.=---
on JEsus. Tie name of Jesus Is not or
y light, bu, also food il Is likewise OF
without which all the food ol the soul
as dry ii Is salt, unseasoned by whie
y whatever Is presented to Us Is insipid