The Kenosha telegraph and tribune. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1859-1860, 1859-10-06


~. ears ago. vie, waS young,
", needles, happy. hayward boy
" ne ne little iyre. but newly strung,
r. r.hed many heart born note of .oy;
came across my morning path
~ ~ aoeht, soft, and wltchinss thing
a Dh'Ss"m such as rarely hath
oeeh sent to grace our earthly spring n
maid oftwice seven summers, she,
III the ImpaSSiOned earuestnesS
vi more than vestal purity,
a, MY undirected youth did bless;
u every sigh was breathed for her,
r. 40 her my every thought was given,
III BECAME worshipper,
ohe--my embodiment of heaven.
loved to catch, with eager gaze, 4
I'm, Inc golden glory of her hair,
winch, sown with countless sunny rays,
In lustre undulated there;
Nor could /, silly boy, then brook
=, me ceaseiess dancing of her curls,
from which each sinuous mGy ement shook
shower OF Eden's airy pearls.
her earnest eyes mild, melting blue,
LING captive kept my wondering sight -
N%Lhing OF earth, OF heaven born hue
IT Gould charm me like Their aZuie Light;
her eN cry sep, her Voice, her III en-,
Despahe such opening exceience,-
CIad heFlh such eiheI eal eueen
as oatied III bliss my captured sense.
Two years, with noisless step had fled
vi, almiese, trod a southern land,
" l!h sAddened soul, for she Was Gesd,-
:, Htfuck down by tale's relentless hand.
re" spnIs OF oartn, my weary feet,
,, Alpeiled by stilt a weur.er heart
nave ieif untraveled sinCe-and yet,
hef soul pervades my every part.
We been where hoary Blanc suspends,
"A AGateur stern, his rgld bruw =
mere iersas wandering west wind bends
~ ~ oalhance wlth the scene below;
SUI whether east or west / turued,
Or north or south my way ilu0k
III my tenacious bosom burned
Inc modest wicleIy ot her look
me stars, ircm out their rembling rays,
EacA gentier breeze thai murini,rea bv.
A+c'ofcd Eer melancholy gaze
VI b'eatie d again her won,ed sigh;
4L"hl every stilliS OF nature lyle
ki"h every iraI. of nature face
oLn'e sight or sound did t. er lranspire
III VII Gu 1 might her image tti4ce.
AWould little serve, were | to tell
How On lille pillows | was t34t;
Or Aame the volceiess pangs thar dwell
:, Dcsp III the heart whose 10 pc, Il G crossed
Dut tLey and they alone. Whu'rc loved,
;f anu lost thdt light III early spr:ns,
Lille alter bitterness have proved
Aad realized what mis lat sIns
Time rolling on but slowly now,
Bore oil my buuyaucy ct tread;
Wfoe deep has record on my brow
Ahd scattered his silver q err my head;
Ay tfaseiied teet had ceased To roam;
My sodl beat, captive, III my breast
1t lunsed to reach that spirit hume,
Where broken, bleeding hearts have rest
To-day, knelt above her grave
Inc envlous grave that snatched her, young
blessed the yew that Ger it waved,
kissed the rose that from it sprung;
Sust&lred by iath, aud soorhed my soul
Ohbarl ed the portals OF the ! mo,
AEd saw " ltJ -. cams ui Iit,iuIe roll
&c! i'I 49, c"i,i, eGicrisd, iIouIn
Is pG-.-!c. well can DIV NO
Why Ire iO' HE was MADE 81, .,;,.k
NO GLOSS Ddt 10 10 lis iIua ues;,en
N care oui auti rs mission, .Deak
We i"Ee=-i4Ie loved "nc early dies
lue eby eaca Cdrth.y tie s r,yen
Ahe ink ihat br. ken hei G. but t1es
Ii'ser 10 b.ni ON Auuls III Heaven.
NoTE.--I lie foregoing lines, with the exception O
'ee 4ho'ed, nave lain III the auihor drawer mors
'n zen years. SO the requii ement OF the Roman
illc mas peeh fully met, III point OF time. The,
= opIfuded upon notice, now, not because they
. supposed to possess original merit or, like
Inc, to have acquired strength or aroma, by stand
&; but SIMPLY TO show the adults plying sym
's'h! WIN the transtory experiences of youth
ne writer mas had an extended and intimate &c
!alntRnce with what called the realities of lite
10 mead mas been cooled by many Il wIntry storm
. heaFt tempered by sorrow and pain; vet, O.,
animation, he finds nothing unworthy OF his bet
sell, In the sentiment of those lines he ON. v re-
els the lnadequacy and incompletenesS of the ex
esslon he has given it. Is not our youth par
ourselves-otten the best and purest part p
nat is there to be ashamed of in recalling til se poI
n days and hallowed emotions, when the grace
10 freshness and peace Of Paradise lay all arount
Is II not prUdery, or worse to affect 10 poul
htempt upcu feelings which have the sanction oi
o his"e9t law! No Que wnp has nourishei a
y,%ofh sublime, wiz ever think or speak lightly
MS boyhood. Nay, he val carry on his feelings
tliGs season 81 JOY into the powers of MAJ hood
"iii combine Inc chtld teIse of novelty and
nhder, OF tenderness ard love with appearances
e III ct cUnln'n' and fan.,iiar Every informing h.
III "itEess Il hen GENESIS lie will carry wittrhim
rough HE day Tie euolleos. The vigor and lie
cry OF Tie dawn and nighi-spirifi.al night. the
J-spting OF 1be soui--wli bring out Tor him af,esh
ION the erred p.Gns of heaven, lie sI,iendnr.
ia me ar4Qys Of Gods starry host lie vii need
"ora IL Justlflcdien Of the sentiments of the
I esullS Lies. To those who have par ed with
simplicity Of youti-in lie bitter cap Of whose
"slhJ the Pedrl Of their lives has been dissolved
oher the wish that lie sunrise Of some eeleslih
% nihg may wake once more and forever. tie
aslc q tneIc souls.
hkN oahA, Oct 4ih. 1859 T.