The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1859-01-27

Inc lace thht emu NOu!u SIiihD 10 Mss
True, and tender, and brave, and just,
That man might honor aud woman trust
Touching and sad, tale is told,
Like penitent hymn Of the Pssmist old.
OF the fast which the good man lifelong kept
With haunting sorrow that never slept.
As the circling year brought round the time,
OF an error that left the sting OF crime,
When he sat on the bench Of the wltchcrah
courts,
With the laws of Moses and Hale's Reports.
And spake In the name of both, the word
That gave the wtch's neck to the cord,
Aud piled the oaken planks that pressed
The feeble life from the warlock's breast!
All the day long from dawn to dawn
His door was boted, his curtain drawn,
Nc foot on his silent threshold trod,
No eye looked on him save that Of God,
As he bafIied the ghosts Of the dead with charms
OF pen.tent tears, and prayers, and psalms,
Aud, with precious proofs from the sacred
Word
OF the bouudless pity and love Of the Lord.
His faith confirmed and his trust renewed
That the sin Of his ignorance, sorely rued
Night be washed away in the mingled food
OF his human sorrow and Christ dear blood
Green forever the memory be
OF the Judge o! the cd Theocracy.
Like q far-seen, sun'it mountain side,
BY the cloudy shadows W whch o'er IT glide,
Honor and praise to the Puritan
Who the haltng step Of his age outran,
And, seeing the infinite worth OF man
In the pricele gift the Father gave,
In the Infinite love that stopped to save,
Dared not brand his brother slave!
"Who doth such wrong" he wa, wont TO say,
In his own quaint picture loving way,
Filings up TO Heaven a hand grenade
Which God shall cast down upon his head T.
Widely as Heaven and Hell contrast
That brave old jurit Of the past
And the cunning trickster and knave % courts,
Who the holy features OF Truth distorts
Ruling as right the will Of the strong,
Poverty crime. and weakness wrong,
Wide. cared to power. to the wroIged and weak
Deaf "a Egypts gods Of lesk;
Scohng aside at party's nod.
Order OF Mature and law Of God;
For whose dabbled erunc respect were waste.
Reverence folly, and awe misplaced;
Justice OF whom tSere vain 10 seek
As from ko ,rd N robber or Syrian -hek
Oh leave the wretch TO his bribes and sins,
let him rot in the web Of lies h. spins,
To the sanity soDl Of the early day,
To the Christian judge, let us turn aud say.
=. Praise and thanks for aD honest naa -
Coy to God 70 the Puritan
! see, far southward. thia quiet day,
The hills OF Newbury rolling away.
W ith the many tints of the season gay,
Dreamiiy bending. IN autumn mist,
Umber. and gold, aud amethyst.
Long and low with dwarf trees crowned,
Plum Island les like = whale aground,
st0ne's toss over the narrow SQUAD.
Inland, as far as the eye can 60
The hills curve rouod ike . bended bow;
silver arrow from oa, them spring
! see the shine Q1asycung
And, round ami round, over valley and Hill.
Oid roads winding. az old roads vii,
He-e 10 a ferry aud there 70 mill
Aud. gllmpses Of ehimneys and gabied caves
Through green elm arches aud maple leaves
Oli hOmestsads. sacred 20 all that can
GLADDEN. or sadden the heart Of man
Over whose threshold, OF oss and .tons
Life sod D,ath have come and gone
There pictured tales IN the IRE place show,
Great beams sag from the ceilsg low,
Tae dresser glt,evs with polished wares
Tn- long c!ooa ticks on the foOtworn s,ars.
And the low, broad chimney shows the crack
Nv the earthquake made century back.
Up from their midst springs the village spirs.
With the crest of i,s cock n The sun ahre
Beyond are orchards and planting lands.
And great salt marshes aud glImmeTlag sahds-
AaG, whers North aud south the cosst-iine-
run,
The blink o. Ii. sea, in breeze and sua
see 1t al ike chart unr1 oiled.
Bat NY To ought are foil og The pas, aBi Old
hear tn tales o! my boyb0od told
And the shade 80 snd shapes 81 early days
Flli a,mly b. n The y.iiiBz haze
With measured m9yemsri and rhytLmlc chine.
Weaving, Ike shai;i.s, mr. web ~ rhyme
iaInA VI The cd mat, wise ana good.
Who once un son nasty ial SIDE stood.
{. poet who never measured rhyDs.
seer unknown g. he dgit cared ime,)
And. propped : BE FtAf o. age. looked down.
With b.. boyaSoe's love. On b. native tosa.
Where. ~r.Ien a. on ~ hiii. and pi-ia-
Hs buriel Of prop hscy yet remains,
t'or the voice II sOoj, ald wave, ana w,ad
To read IA t;se ear oi TIE morning mad
A loas o. Plan Island, to quad ths coat.
A. tod aFPs NE .Na. Keep post,
A. h z a. 80 IN - .ha.l haunt the fsrp
-. A.fnnsc r.ssr. or sturgeon cap
A. i.ag a. r'Ss~fsi - r. and sI.l.
or rsi back perch. ~ Cra1- foli srim
A. lou. o. tie 4ha IA "a fDsl sH0s
me- 'lmf - come a71 the tine =. -
A. laag - Caste ,AAi rpaN a. -l
The green gra.- usa4ors by Tsrssy BIZ.