Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1858-07-07
GIlolfe }loetrl
TIE Death OF SAMUEL ROGERS.
From the H0me Journal.

;,,na aui sl9w-again S. James' tower,
ra :-,u tou-uo, has tolIel the midnight hour.
= aoets apace; but slowly, sadly creep
fl,o wia57l hours, TO them who watch and
.rn the vigil-lamp, ,aul start to trace [wscp.
.risr sllls " somo beloved face.
Es;io tia; be.l--f,st changing to bier
~ lin with watching drop the silent tear.
81 ol that brow the iickerinS taper falls,
a, f-n5 ss3m b.yhoaing from tho pictured
walls:
Tsa Heir Old frames, familiar faces start,
loi treasured memories rush upon the heart.
.,o. at hi, feet. his old domcstics crowd,
l1, on their m,stor's face and sob aloud;
VIE ie who long had watched his chair AMI
bed
4 t,itAtul y''a -a.ar6sS77ps ii. dropping head.
H'1o clar' - him The last His brothers
child
vlo Fita t7ag his langail hours beguiled;
:hei. cherished, iovsl him with daughters
r. now-thc'e tears no recognition move.
Tie nights i,r srcat, tie promised days at
L.-d-
B 'r light is trembling Der lifo's cbbing sand.
ne,na death nolc ,ningIes with the chime
@,oae eternity farewell to .i,aei
The world has faded, VANISHED from MS eyes
'"e-n his last long sloep, the poet lies !
Slei ara the tunerui lips, but still tho prayer
3's last faint utterancc-fnds exprossion there.
Isl in tie calm subinlity Of death.
-s stamp OF laind survives the Eeeting breath.
a' bosom thrills, responsive to the knell,
a;ome to heaven! to earth long farewell y
ark ming th, gateway, sable learse and plume
<2oUucc the poets escort to the tomb
n dest escort, such as men approve
hose tears do homage to the dust they love.
hInsaan and frea,Is the solemn call obey,
Anu SLOW, thro' stree. an. Suburbs wend, thci
way,
a.. from St. Gsry's tower, the wintry sky
-lgs back the k,cll, .'Mourner, thou, too, shall
lie -
The portal passed beneath tie holy rood,
cling the rested bier, the mour ners stood
Aen thro' you arch, launched from an oponin
cloud
t,iling su beam flashed along the crowd
er the dim pail moments radiance threw
ianccd on the choir and faded from the view
p, from its mortal tenement retires
The soul, to mingle with sersphic fires
No to return-to light the dreary tomb,
ANIL clothe these ashes VITA immortal loom.
Then rose the JReq'si't"', he had loved s
long,
De o'san's swell, the soul exalting song,
hr't with melodious transport on the ear,
lie angels quiring round martyrs bier =
Bah is the door II life In holy trust,
Earth to earth return the dust to dust.
lH trump shall sound, he just shall rise again
Wa saints to triumph, and with Christ to reign
lis finished. Through green avenues of grsy'
'Rsre, DER once loving hearts, the long gras
waves!
followed where the white-robed pastor led.
va bore the minstrel to his hallowed bed.
'Iy we laid him where his kindred rest,
piled no breathing marble on his breast
'arlan bust, no molten bronze he needs,
~'se life is chrouicled by liberal deeds.
beneath the shadows Of that village Zane,
-'se lVied tower o'erloobs his native plain
,. acre hrst through aowery meals the Nurses i
steps to fame-iis rests his reverend head.
,-s'e' nursed with dew, the violet loves to bloor
~ 'A oreathes her incense, Evening gilds histom
-' hls Lowell "Star," when all the world is gti
'pa holy watch on yonder wooded hill.
-.eFe--with inverted torch, in vestal guise-
memory lingers where her poet lies;
;, uehlus dToops detected on his bier;
y I alil looks up aud sililes: "He is not hel
a I'D sou|, to easth Lie duet Is given