The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1859-01-06
CARRIERS ADDRESS
TO the Patrons Of the Homo
Ournal.
BY MRS. ADGLIA C. GRAY

BY MRS. ADGLIA c. GRAVES.
As on the nlo,tcned sod the horses tread
Left its plain impress in its cIaycy bed,
There iHtJ being slrausthc nigbteSt power,
Ecr lrom creation to the present hour,
Hath blessed the wide spread race Of scattered men,
Whcre'cr it. polcut influence hath bccn,-
The birth ortypn;' rcotest, most glorious ant,
To Tocc\otc. refine The human heart:
To clear the ui,ts Of ignorance away,
And bid fair Science blaze with Gu,!rstray;
Ant that males man lis cow.man 10 know,
Country and cline, and how their products grows
Manners and customs, government and laws,
How into being sprung, and what their cause.
Great Art of Art, by which the wise and good,
knowledge have gained and trial have wlstoodj
! fire side Cumlortcr-wayside relief
Gy which the du!cSt, longest hours crow brief;
For VINO knows not how swiftly speeds the day,
When pleasing pages while the timcaway!
The Conqucrng sword hath drunk its fiji of blood,
Dying the mountain stream and rivers food,
DrcuChimG the meadow and the Irlty wood,
The crowded street and quiet solitude.
With alt the purple streams rf parting r,
Its victims offered in the cmbGttIcd sniM,
When warning kings, ami angry MOBILES, baIr
Willows and orphans wcpt the blood ohpourcd
That gained those victories Ofthc mighty SwonDj
lnt when the mighticr Press sends far abroad,
It's laws Of love, where gathered cgons trol,
Whole nations listen to the peaceful word,
And PEN and Pass arc coNQrruow" of the Sworn.
so may it be, to Eartl's rcmotcstagc,
The Pen and Press mans energies engage,
This one, to guard, and that, to guide Alright,
That never from our bounds may take its iislt,
That proul aud noble bird, whose piniuns nee
sweep widely DER "land Of liberty"
Who, when the noctme ycarhat passed away,
And he rccourts the blessings Of each day,
Remembers what he owes this wondrous Art,
That brings himpleasurG, both for mint aud heart,
Whether the Winters cold, or Summers heat.
Ills comiHgsn, Or gOinss out may greet!
II is a common blessing, like the air
We BREATHE at home, abroad, aye, everywhere,
And as we may for-ct, sometimes, may be,
The dungeon captive who brcathes rot 50 free,
So may we, when We take the sIIl damp sheet,
Our eager eyes dearly love to grcct
Forget. times past such blessings have not had,
That nations now, have no such Joys TO glad;
Forget we dwell within happier land,
Where God showers merccs with hountcous hand.
Eat when the New.year, iocud as the morn,
Leaps into being, like Minerva, born
Full grown and armed with all its strength aud power
TO ward OF evil from lies coming hour,
Let Us remember how the mighty PHEss,
Avaits our country, AMI ourselves, to bless;
Bulwarn Ol freedom, panOply Of peace,
Through which, at last shall war and fghtins cease,
And man be brother To his fcIi0w.min,
rs GoI designed, when first old Time began
To make unshlpcn Earth dwelling place,
lit for the abiding Of the human race.
Our little town! how dcsOatc, how lone,
II no more columns from the Press were thrown,
Andif month, tn expected sheets come not.
How, with an earnest heart, they would Ice sought,
And eager hands extend to grasp once more,
What were too li9.ily prilch. may be, bcfhrei
For dcarih Of local KNOWLEDGE, then miahl teach
wholesome lesson, It milht BE-, 10 each,
That common blessings, common mercies, arc,
| Aud should be objects Of our special care.
'Aluding to the popular ilea Of the Oii5n Of tyre.