Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1858-07-07

|F IL OEAla OE SAM U EL ROGE2S
I'm al sllw-araiu s., james, tower.
--- -5u-lo, has toilet the midnight hour.
Tests apso.; h-:t slowly, sadly creep
--e v-1-eI hours, % ti.-n who watch and
-r-l tae r.-il-Iarnp ,auj start 70 trace weep
-s.- sls,y va some beloved face
-zt, -'sa: bgI--frst changing 70 4 bier
= I'm -;.a vatehinz drop the silent tear.
~ .az: lrov tie Iickerins taper falls,
4, MS s1sn 5s-a5a-nz from the pictured
r..Is:
T7a l.sr 1ld frames, familiar fscas start,
,. .r...-rei MEMORIES rush upon the heart.
-,-s. At lis fser. lis Old doncst:cs crowd,
.,s, o. .hu.- III ,st1r', face and s1b aloud
s.-s ae 7rr, .5nz@ z@b,,I watched bis chair ani
+, ,,i,atn. g,a as-s~1-7rs In dropping he-a.
30 alz-. ~ a.m the .azsl Eis brothers
ca.l-
40 rits isag htalaags.iI. hours beguiled
.aei. cherished, lova., him with daughter .
'-7r-.Ac'e tears no rrc"gnirion move.
-sa.gal,s a,r ersoe,t. tie promised days al
~ .isas IS trembling o's- HES cbbiug sand.
ir.s,ua !eath nosc mingies with the chime
@92e e.eraity farewell to -i-ae!
-as world las faded, vaaiz-oI from his eyes
"e-.a Ais last long slosp, the poet lies !
asi La the tune.u, lips, but still the prayer
last lint ultcrance-Ends expression there
5;si i. tie ta.aI suD.inlity oE death.
s.lnp Of Ia.n4 survives me Eeeiing breath
A. oaza,n thrills, responsive to the knell,
..oals to heaven! to earth Z long farewell !
irfk' ming th, gateway, saLle l.sarzs aud plum
-7uusc the poet's escort TO the tolnb-
a,last escort. such as men approve
aoss .ears du homage 10 the dust they love.
h.2s-2=l az.i friends the solemn cali obey,
an stJs tlro, street AZ, saburbs ~snd, thcl
a.. lE3a ST. 3Iary's tower. the wirtTy sky
lga 5acE, the l.f.el,. .'Mourner. ,hou, too, shall
G:s -
--o port4, passed beneath tie holy rood
cling the rested bier, the mour neTs stood
len thro' YOU &rcn. launched from an op5nil
cloud,
lailing su beam flashed along the crowd
- the dim pail a moments radiance threw
sucad On the choir, and faded from the vie,
>, from It's nortal tenement retires
The s5a.. 70 mingle with serapLic fires
N to rc:ura-to light the dreary tomb,
.-i 1igtae these ashes vita immortal b loom.
Taon rose the 5Rsqlaar"," he had loved
.onC,
-s a-saa's swell, the soul exalting song.
-cst With melodious transport on the ear,
~f' angels quiring rounda martyrs bier =
-ssa IS the door II Efel In holy trust,
-8Arth TO earth return the dust to dust.
,' lump shall sound, the Just shall rise agai
''- SAINTS 70 triumph, and with Christ 10 reigr
IS anlshed.-Through green avenues Of graz
'l''e, Ger once loving hearts, the long gra
waves!
where Tic - 4iibc-fttcL pastor 4GAAs
p bore the minstrel to his hallowed bed.
''y we laid hin where his kindred rest,
Piled no breathing marble on lis breast
1-F'an bust, no molten bronze he needs,
Use Lie IS chrouicietl by liberal deeds.
'7ieath the shadows OF that village Zane,
-'se WED tower o'erIoolzs his native plain
-s'e first through dowery meals the ausos
''eIs to famo-iiis rests his reverend head.
-''e' Iursed with dew, the violetIov TO bloc
Il Il oTeathss her incense, Evening gilds his ton
- Hls love3 Star" when all the world is ST
'ps holy watch On yoEder wooded hill.
--e'e--with inverted torch, in vestal guise
: memory lingers where her poet lies;
1sHius d5oops deieetcd on his bier;
'4il looks up aud siaile=; +" lie is not he
-'' ia .oni, 70 ea.th Lie dur' Is given