Bellevue gazette. [volume] (Bellevue City, N.T. [i.e. Neb.]) 1856-1858, 1858-04-01
PO e T R Y.
song of cold.


No king on his throne a sceptrs can own,
So potent as that I wieldj l.a 4.
Ere these Sovereigns Of earth into being
10 and birth,
dwelt in my splendor and pride
While the monsd and gnome in my cav
errous home, " .''
Heaped treasure on every side. ''' i.a
Through erevice and seam, tho suns
'' yellow beam,
was deftly and cunningly caught;
And the alchemy strange, Of this her. -
metic change,
That ages on ages they wrought, ..r
Shall ne'er be unssaled, and never revealed
To the creature claim as my slave.
BY labor and toll, and rapine and spoil, !.
He pursues me, and reaches-the grave |
. Sold sold sold all for the yellow gold
For ages alone dweh on my throne,
In the freshness Of earliest time; .~.,.,
And the gods Of that day felt my sceptre
80 and sway, fl.. ,F r.s.veI .l.s..
Esrth's bosom grew rife, with beauty
and lite; l, 81 1.H la ss.s.1, 100
Then Plenty and Peace frat began: g
And the worlds brightest page is that g,a
--g. pastoral age, .1ss igsta 4. .s1-,ss
Ere my realms were invaded by man.
Bat still live and reign while my fettsr
-,,-, and chain, bad .rl4r .aggs.a a5i
a Shall avenge my dismsntled abode ;faau
Even worship crave from my victim III
il 5 and slave, h.lsuiau lac ysuG sa1
g, And he makes me his idol and god. o..
4 Sold soldl sold all for the yellow gold
!, I stand by the side Of the fair young bride
As she barters her faith away, luIm
To age, and cares, and threescore years.
And a head, and a heart, turned gray,
Aud 4 langh the while at the bitter smile
That greets her with the name OF wifei
For am he who her lord shall be- 1F.
.l She is mine, she is mine, through ifel
Though her brow be bright with the "ca
F diamonds light s'r eaIg -.1 f.l
q And hsr eye is flashed with pride, aa"
There's a gnawing smart at the weary
t As my shadow y.alks at her side. f1sI
Sold sold a sold all for the yellow gold
g7a va gAf~-1s1i6 vela,as 8efcm
b Lola gallant barque ,eleavss, the Sil0ws 4
~ l.. dark, ~ g.ot cs'E utl .u'!dnnm
saA To land beyond the wave; 9mo
!, a 1t be,rsin It's breast those sonsiof unrest
.l Who go hence to find grave. g-qg
They have fled the soil where manly toll !
lg Meets ever a rich reward l.t 01vs--
Lured by the smiles Of Hespehan isles, o
G They have left their native sward-- f
% Forsaken the ties and love.lit eyes .r-a ''
H9a That make e'en the poorest blest: l..3
Afar they roam from the spells of home,
~ In those regions of the west. .1 goUr.
7- soldi sold sold all for the yellow gold
lI OH many I find of the grovelling mind, J
u Who are mine by the dsily dime ro.n
They count their bags while they 60 In re
Y-@ rags, ,r-lIs "a .Ht.h l iAs
boz And look grim and gaunt at time; lad
They shiver and groan o'er the cold '-o
-ssE hearthstoae, boa .ogs -1s@t s;r1,
,s" Where the buried treasure lies; ia'
They shrink away from the face of day,
'11i And they cover before human eyes;
1a And they have no thought that is not
r. fraught @ lN Ai eit.''
p with the curse of their wretehed toll:
p AS they tremble and die, in their ear r =
cry; r.N9f- 81 p g5i't'
"Thou must leave to earth thy spoil. "
h Sold sold soldi all for the yellow gold
IN -7s .l.IsH NLG1 1sHc71 rft --.y ~
Ye children Of clay shall soon pass away,
But my kingdom shall ever remain;
And the unborn race that shall dwell
cos in your place, 70 Is5a-s5. .'E'
a' Will worship my fetter and chain !: Z
From earth's vernal prime to the last vsrg
Ea OF time, - Hf.'thr 'a
l1a Mysway and my seeptre shaiilss i
And the future to come, shslr re- echo the
doom -Lf.E p igI'l ~ T..si4r.
- or the vshgenc. dealt to III. past.
Then beware. oh beware for reek not,
.sj nor care. 4 Niu- p7'io41l l1tot
lG what virtu. may Asllow the shrine;
II once enter in there is darkness and .
/ sin,
. And the seul Of the victim is mine.
Sold! sold sold all for the yellow gold
X, q. s Taaquilld.
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