The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1858-04-10
From The HONE Journal
Babie Boil,

tfum tue iAinr iuuThAl
Babie Boil,
yy POEM or A LITTLE LIVE TnAT WAS HuI
TntEE AriulLs LoAu-
oICshe hudh Iflipk she rouid hare been
LiH,es riftom and roses irhmF maxwell
Have YOU not heard the poet trll
How came tho dainty Bahlo Ben
Into tbi, world uf ours
The yates uf heaven were len liarf
With folded hand, and dreamy eyes
Wandering out uf Paradise,
She saw this planet, like a star
Hung la the purple depths oi e'en--
IT, bridges, running 10 and irp,
Der which the Vhitc-wiuIcd angels go,
Bearing the holy dead 10 Heaven,
She touched bridge ofhoWcrh-thosc IeeI
SO light thcy did not bend thc belle
Of the celestial asphodclH
They fell like dew upon The ho0er7,
And all the air grew strangely sweet
Aud thus came dainty Babio Bcll
Into this world of ours,
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She came aud brought delicious May
The swallows built beneath the cAYedi
Like sunlight in and out The leaves,
The robins went the live long dlyi
The Ills swung it, noirclrss bell.
And o'cr the porch the trembling vine
Seemed bursting with ,ts veins Ui wine -
How hMtCllNt NhiilN lMlllkNl l'll
O, earth was full oi singing birds,
And happy spring.tidc flowers
when the dainty Babic Bell
Came 10 this world Of ours -
Ill
o Babic. dainty Babie Bell,
How fair shc grew from day 90 day
What woman nature filled her eyes,
What poetry within them laV
Those deep and tender twilight eyes,
SO full OF meaning, puTt aud hflWht
As II she yet stood Ia the light
OF fthosc open gates of Paradise
Aud We loved Babic more and more.
q mover Ia our hearts before
Was love 80 lovely born;
We felt We had link between
This real world and that unseen
The land beyond the morn
And for the love of those dear eyes,
For love Of her whom God led forth,
Crhe mothers being ceased on earth
when Bhhic came from Paradisr)-
For love Of him who smotc our lives,
And woke the chords of Joy and pain,
We said, Strcrt christ '-our hearts bent dowi
Like Niolcts after rain.
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And now the orchards, which in June
Were white and rosy IA their bloom
Filling the crystal veins af air
With gentle pul -cs uf perfume
Were riCh in Autumn's mellow prime
The plums were globes of huucNcd wine,
The nlNru hNttiH ui summer lliitN
The ivory chestnut burst 10, shell
The suit checked peaches blu,hCd and fcll !
The grapes were purpling IA TIE grange,
Aud time wrought lust us rtcli "a change
La little Babic Bell
Her tiny forG more perfect grew
And in her feature, We could trace,
In softcucdrcuNcs, her mother, face
Her angel nature tipcncd too.
We thought her lovcl,~whcn she came,
t1ur -yt1r- T-i--5--utttti, it-s.,-------
her nnlc. angelic brow
We saw . slender ring ui fHfii5 -=---
V.
Gods hand had taken away the al
which held the portals Of her speech;
And on she said few strange words
Whose meaning lay beyond our reach,
She never was child To ~,
We never held her beings key i.... .
Ne could not reach her holy things
She was Christs self in purity
VI. -
1t came upon us by degrees;
We saw It's shadow ere II fell
The knowledge that our God had hcut
His messenger for Bahic Bell
We shuddcrcd with unlangunBcd pain
Aud all hnpca were changed To fraI4,
And all our thoughts ran into tears,
Like sunshine into rain
We cried aloud in our belief,
80, smite us gently, gently, God
Teach as to bend and J,, the rod,
Ana perfect grow through gilr'.
All. how we loved her God can toll;
Her little heart was cascd in ours
Our hearts are broken, Babic Bell
VII.
At last he came, tho messenger,
"Thc messenger from unseen lands
And what did dainty Babic Bell
She only crossed her little hands,
She only looked more meek and fair,
We parted back her silkcn hair;
We laid some bnds upon her brow.
WhitC buds, tIku Srcrrttti At.ksE- pt- -znnfi==
Deaths bride arraycd in flowers
And thus went dainty Bahic Bell
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