The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-02-06

That style the choices. which shall grace her least
Our proud republics daughter rusties by
A dry goods sign--a cnrd tor her Dtodtste
Meanwhile, her lord, by hungry brokers heeced,
o'er ledsers porins, pIods his tedious days
Content, poor wretch (st intervals releasd)
10 mark his household 10 their tinsei blaze,
And feel that ali rs Snsm and yet for sham he paysl
Ill bodos the future when q like
To foreign wiles bali yields its native powers;
When homespup virtues, like domestic cloths,
On dus y shelves lie, eaten by the moths;
When tIgsh tan TO EDgisb snooosry wins,
And 1abiic costuunes COAX To Gallo sins
Shane tracks the path ana freedom shuns the goal
Where serviie Fashion :emp,s the youthful SOUL
Whore Foly't shrpe It's pnchbeok offerings Graves,
And Sham reigns monarch DER descending slaves
III threats the hour when Juggernauts Of Sham
0'er waited outh and loveess manhood ROLL
More Tree the son OF Ishmael or Of Ham
To choose some mate c0ngenia 70 his SOUL
Than he whose will the laws OF Shaun control.
Though virtuous Love entreas with dropping head,
The youth shrNks backward from It's bissfa goal;
TILL heart grown pet. fled and hope quite dead,
At fifty years he's still too poor TO wed.
Too poor TO vedp' and SO tn o'eraowng cup
OF natural lie must never bs enjoyed;
Anc 30 the well spr ngs of the heart dry up:
Years pass, and Avarice nls the loyeless void,
or reckless seldshr ess the sense has cloyed
While she who might have regned, "a rAdant queen
supr. me, DER household pleasures unslioyed,
Transferred, Ike oans stock, 20 some dotard lean,
Remains the gering mock Of what she might have BEEN
Is this the bride that Freedom manhood clsimsS
The maid whose charms shall bind a generous hearty
Are heroes nourish'o by your dainty danes
VINO gauge their lives by incest rules OF ART,
And sell their loves In matrimonial mart2
Do matrons such as, IN the kou1an tiuu,
Bore ma9s, re- efuwbs Upon thsir broxs saolime-
DO uatious such as these exa, our Own fair climeS
Exalt cur cime Say, rather, tha. we shdn
The ancient trutb, % act the moders lei
No grand Voumna here may bid her son
His pssst yield 10 hiai piety
No ArIia here shall teach her spouse 70 die;
No proud Corpolis teach her IONS IA live,
But still, oppressed by fashions tyranny,
As Dnnhde mad draws water With her sieve,
their must
Too poor q wedl- Too poor TO iove-too poor
To walk, Ike trus'iu Eve, beside DER spouse,
Ans leave with God the morrow mesces sure.
So keep we dumb the hearts most sacred VOWS,
TIL Nsnu,on's priest the sacrament allows.
There a time, sham and seeming grsved
Their ~fihkled ownership on youthful brows,
when ma,ders loved, and. loving wedlock bravedi--
To be- and not TO seem, their honest natures cravedi
To be, and hot TO teeml to wax the earth
mani aDd like woman. Lowell 10 feel
That here where Free sSm claims her ghtiest birth
No toai may cower-no form To mortal kneel;
AND, whether fortunes cha, ge trdng woe veal,
Confess the Eernal Hard in nsrurss plan
To he, and rot to seem behold the seal
That giics she forehead Of each natural man
o would that such might stamp the pure American
To be auo no. to scem-s generous youth
And radiant ms1on OF oui glorious land;
Proud OF their race, and strong In love and truth,
Twin types Of frccdom-ciasping h,nd with hand:
For bm bis patriot sires' example grand
For ber eucb home AZ pure L',cretia made
Fer ColiatDe. on nbcr's peaceful strand
Or tba. stili lovslier home, Ia vernoL's shade,
Where wGbDgtons dear wife her warriors tolls repaid
Such homes there are-but II where Sham o'ersvays;
such mairons -hipe--but not In f~sbouls bsss;
Such na,debs b,-ss, In swset sequestsred says,
Al ioveicst noworcts shrink from bodcr gAzn.
Such sDge's these ~ albc NIGHTINGALE,
wbose breath WAS bA m In sad Scussrp CAMPS;
or gentlc ASnrxws, mid the poisonous dsmps
1nd Sr.Sus sssS .ssrs ssToss .s %ss.
Como hi.ber, lady, oopef
Thou art g'or,cusiy isir;
And thine eyes are purer, brighter
Than the jewels IA ny hair.
There IA muAc In thy motions
There s perfume In thy smiio-
Gebtse lady, wilt thou ieten
To the poets sors awhile
Iwiii tell thec, lady bright
Esy incline Thy lofty bead
I viii tell thee Ct thy sisters
Who are iam!sning for bread
Through the weary midnight toiog,
Through the chill and dreary day
They are sisters, lovely lady
Pr'ytbee, Int the poets lay.
Thy sisters call 70 thee,
Oh thou beautiful and bright
See .het eyed dull and sunken,
And their cheeks so thin and white
look their forcheade buro With fever,
whlc their hearts chill rth fear-
Thou art weeping h.sas~oas lady
Heaven bless thee for that tear
IIsti gea,le hdy, lkti
thou wilt hear the smotbered sighs
or the hopeless one Who livcth-
~ the happier one who diesi
Tho, basi SISTERS who outeast-
Yet through misery they erred;
They pning-yes, they pereb
For single Kindly vordl
Come hiher, jsdyi comei
There are bearis which thou may 'r warn;
BE an angel m thy mefees,
Az thou hast angel form:
Come and sco'he tiny suffering sisters,
Fair and gentle a. thou art,
OBJ the poor always with theei
They are kneelne at thy heart
Out ~ the avenues gilded hall
cad In rarb Of simplest grace;
Half concealed her loveler face;
Iistl she comes nj mercy's call:
Down where pest and famine thrall--
DOWN toward povertys suffering plsce--
1hither she hurrics with fearless pace
Covering before her, woman eIides-
Young in years-in misery oio
Shrinking from henorta wind cold.
Whiles hsrstesrLIl eyes she bldes:
There, where squslor' a host abiies--
There her home those eyes behold
There, IN The tenant house, dark and cold
Tenant bouse-nsrrow, and dnrk and drsar-
Torty ytug place OF desperate mon:
outlaw AR and begsary q den
Womb " vice an virtues bier;
wen might cticaie lady fear
rsunt so VI ina, fa,criug pen
Sostce could depict h 10 mortal ken.
Children are there, with no childish mien--
TotsIds drivelnue 10 tho grave;
stalSatt men Who va MY crave
guscc 10 iabor'- 0elds ~ CLEAN.
1htte, too. wcnankind is seen;
Au the SHAPE thas natdre gave
lost IN dthCnors nsebsate slavel
Croulad In narrow end dart snne rpor1--