Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1858-05-22
THE INFANTS e

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Then rock me gently, and sigh and sigh
Till you lull ne fast asleep.
For I dreamed'a heavenly dream, mamma,
While slumbering on thy knee,
And | lived in a land where forms divine
LII kingdoms of glory externally shine.
Aud the world III give. if the world were mine,
Again that land to see.
| fanciod We roaned IN n wood mamma,
And We rested, as under u bough;
Then near me n butterfly Haunted in pride,
And | chased it away through the forest wide,
And the night came On, and | lost my guide,
Aud | knew not what to do.
Ny heart grew sick with fear, mamma,
And | loudly wept for thee
But a white robed mai len appeared in tho air,
Aud she flung back tho curls Of her golden hair,
Ard she kissed me softly ere l was aware
Saying, Come, pretty babe, with me |"
My tears and fears she guiled, mamma,
And she led me far away;
We entered the door OF the dard, dark tomb:
We passed through a long. long vault of gloom;
Then opened our eyes on a land VI bloom,
And a sky of endless day.
And heavenly forms were there, mamma,
And lovely cherubs bright;
They smiled when they saw me, but I was
amazed,
And wondering, around me l gazed and gazed--
And songs | heard, and many beams blazsd
All glorious in the land of light.
But soon came a shining thrcng. mamma,
OF white-wioged babes to me-;
Their eyes looked love and their sweet lips smil.
Aud they marveled to meet with Nh earth born
child
Aud they glorieI that l from the earth was
cxiled.
Saying-'IIese, loSe, blessed shalt thou be-"
Then l mixed withtbe heavenly throng mamma,
With tho charub and s~eraphim fair:
Aud | saw, as | roamed the regions Of peace,
The spirits who came from this world ofdistress
And theirs was the joy no tongue can express
For they know no sorrow there.
Do you mind when sister Jano. mamma,
Lay dead a short time agone?
Oh You gaaed on the sad, but lovely wreck,
WITH ii full flood of woe you could not check:
Aud your heart was SO sore, you wished it woul
break,
But it loved, and you, aye, sotb,d on
But, oh had you been with me, mamma,
In the realms unknown to care,
And seen what l saw, you ne'er had cried,
Though they buried pretty Jane in the gray
when she died;
For shining with the tlest. and adorned Ike
bride
Sweet sister Jane was there.
Do you mind of that silly old man, mamma.
Who came 50 late to our door,
And the night was dark, and the tempest loud,
And his heart was weak, and his soul ".
proud,
And his ragged old mantle scrsed for his shrou,
Ere the midnight watch was Ger?
And think what n weight of woe, mamma,
Made heavy each long.drawn sigh,
As the old man sat on papa's old chair,
While the rain dripped down from his thin grc
hair,
And last as the big tears of speeehless care,
Ran down from his glazing eye.
And think what n heavenly look mamma.
Flashed through each trembling eye,
As he told how he went to the baron's s.ron
hold
Saying. "Oh let me in. for the night is
p cold ?"
But the rich man cried, $50 sleep in the vol
r For we shield no beggars here"
Q Well, he was in glory, too. mamma.
And happy as the blessed can be,
{ lie needed no aims in the m4usion Of light,
For be sat with TIE pa.riarchs, clothed
1 white,--
Aud there was not q seraph had a crown mo
bright,
Nor a costlier robe than he
Now sing, for | fain would sleep, mamma,
:. And dream rs 1 dreamed before;
. For sound was my slhmber, and sweet nv re
While my spirit in the kins!oa Of light wa
; guest,
y And the heart that has throbbed in the climes
a the blest,
Can love this world no more.