Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1858-01-15
THE WIFE,s APPEAL.

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3. And 1etfne whisperin thine ear - s4oIsa git
!sai;1oye's last and tondest yow.sas va asE,
The lips that breathe these trembling words .
ID Will soon be cold ! in !deafhu5, Il a2zss,.s.
And thy dear cheek can feel no moro ia..4
Their warm % "a and loving breath. st
Tgo from thee; Feodohly Knows . stsa,
How have lOnged to stay a7t %. 8
How 1-have shuddefed thus to tread az -
1.-THE lonean shadowed way9A 2iiY!saie;
Faith tells me that soon may knowdl -
The joys the blessed find; @sOI la ,.ts.
And yet Bfalter while.I cast g J ~ .s'fFs
"a A ingeringlook behind. zl.ala as9isii
I see thee bowed before me here, =,
= In, bitterness and tears,
But can leave thee something still -
To light thy weary years. % < . '',,'' n
Young tender forms will cling tothee,
Perhaps will miss my tone, "',; l4-
And though they may notshare thy grief,
liiThou!wilt notfeelalone. 979-1 . sI
tan aSJla al Lsi sFq eH51. 5sa5 s'cg gftu.i
Fold them still closer to thy breast. :..g
And soothe their childish woe, -,I...j
And cheer the many lonely hours. ~
The motherless must know. t
The world, with allits hopes and Joys,
Will sometimes make thee glad,
But they must lingcr round hearth
All deaolate and sad. '''''&
Ando when time shall calm thy grief,
~ Perchance IT, honr may como, a-lfa r q
When thou wilt win another form
To share thy heart and home. aa
When thou wilt welcome to thy board aes
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And bid thy children smile on her .
Who takes their mothers place.
But think not, could speak to thee,
That would frown or blame,
Though they should love tho stranger one,
And call her by my name;
For they will speak to thee of me,
My memory is their trust,
A word, asmile; a look like mine, t-
Will call'me from the dust. ais
Yet make my grave no place of tears,
Bullet the dear ones bring,
To cheor their mothers lonely home,
Tho blossoms of the spring.
And oven there thou mayst kneel,
And softly press the earth
That covers her whose face once gave
A brightness to thy hearth.
Then will the forms of early years s-
Steal softlyto thy side, ai# -.an. 4
And for an hour thou canst forget i.4# az
Thou hast another bride. i
She may be all thy heart can ask, . 4
SO dear, so true to thee,
But o the spring-time ofthy love,
Its freshness was for me.
May she be blcst who comforts thee,
And with gentle hand
Still guides the little trembling ones - =
Who make our household band. ,,sp -rI
Size cannot know the tenderness
That fills their mothers breast,
But she can love them for thy sake, a
3. And make thee more than blcst.
Yetkeep one place. ono little place,
From all tho rest apart; I
One spot which willcall "n home,"
WitMnthy faithful heart; .rl@
And in the holy hour of droans,
When spirits fill the air,
, With tender and folded wing 7@'-
III softly rest me there. aEaa 4
May God forgive this erripg love
That is to mortals given
= 1talmost woes my spirit back sar 81 .l =.
From happiness and heaven. u q
And yet feelitwill not die
Whom this frail life is DER,
Butwatch till all my loved onescome', ''s~
- Where weshall part no moro. rgl
BUFFALO, Got. 81 lS5T.----
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