Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1858-1860, 1859-07-11
From the Prairie (Miss.) News, July, It'll.
DIED

On the 30th of June of Typhoid Fever, at the res
ieence II her father Monroe county, Mississippi,
Miss PHEREBY SsKPPARD, eldest daughter oil Maj b.
II and Phereby b. Sheppard, in the eighteenth year
OF her age
A few weeks sine, and PHKREBy among us in
all her beauty and iovehness- Treading the -irst
stages OF youth and entering oyfuiy ihto the pleas
II life-a eeter lber ,gentIer, more anna
BILE .isp"sition than she possess dwelt ia
70 heart. hi ST met her about four years ago.
in the presence of the mi,thruI. she WIS indeed a
creature 20 be NO shiisped-ber brow was garlanded
with the Young years sweete dowers-her dark
brown locks were banging bea utiiuIIy and low upon
her bosoa,-Ind she moved through the crow d with
floating and easy grace. The glance Of her eye WIS
variable eet, and On her cheek tremblei some
thing ike the first blush OF the morning; her lips
n.oyed, anu there Was harmony and whe she 'at
ed in the ance her light iorm like the aspen, SEEM
ed to move with every breeze but that cdn bright
blue eye, close III Geath. that FAIR brow and
lovely is eInbr b, the cold, cruel hand
OF the destroyer and she Will Iejo.ce on earlh no
e.
On the 12tn last month she Frustrated by
the E.tai feyer-days aud weeks passed oii-she was
vast ny away by dIsease-the smile upon her lips was
fanter-tne pu, pie veins upon her cheek grew visi-
bic, asd the c.dences of her voice became daily
weak ami treIn G0us but net nurmur of impotence
;-ed the lips OF that sweet girl She bore
her ahiction with almusI incredible resigna-
tim. close vi her life calm a the ialn~g OF
quiet stream. GeiI'le as the sinking of the breeze
that ugersi r time around bed OF withered rose
ami then DIES, ''ds PweTe froui very swectne "
years ag ) Floreace, Ala, Size prof, ssed
lively faith III Christ ana dled, she hal lived
Gas puie IN thought as angels are and In the hope
of blessed imnoI Lifty.
,iave seen tue mia shaking down like stricken
f1wei t. the gray ; l have viewed .ath IN al; is
forms dark ami gcanOe wit hairless e;
but never cou.d Look On weinan, youH ana lovely
woman, fading Aay from earth b,stu iul an un-
Complain ng, without feeling the fountains of
lie turned dust De..h is always Terri
bic, but whea t1sm # angel beauty Is aSsihg on
To- the silent Of the seeicrs, the heart feels that
som. tng Lovely IN tbe iversc Is ceasisg from eX-
list ucr, and brods, with "A OF utter desolaon,
the IU..cy thoughts that come up like spectres
from tae gra, e 10 haunt midnight musings.
We if-r sincere and heartfelt cond"ience 10
her Der aved aid almost heart broken parents and
relatives they lost the idol OF their hear IS
purest love, for she vas their first born. and the
shadows of deep aii-hoy memories are resting Ike
the wings If death upon their brows. IL cannot
be that lfs is bubble cast up By the oce IN OF
darkness and othingness Else why is it that the
ra ub. and the cloud come with beauty
not earth, then PISS of, leaving us 10 muse on
their faded l0veluess! And why ~ II that brl hI
Iurms If human beauty presented to our vi W
aud then taken ir IN leaving the thousand streams
affections t., flow back in aipne torrent
upon our heartsI Let u all remember that we are
born for higher destiny than that of eaTtb There
a realm where the rainbo~ i.eve fades, and where
the beautiful beings, which here pass before us like
visions, Will stay ia our presence for ever Bright
Of dreams, ia that realm We hope to see
thee again Thy lost nage VIII afe.I be with US,
u-til - lii IS htfH ever is Ger" Farewell.
Oh weep not for her who from suffering and sor-
Hat fl Il to the chimes of content and accord
NuOse spirit III Heaven new b.ilance shall borrow
For blcsseu they who have aie / III the Lord.
w IL G.,