Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-06-26
NJ s.1n.sIrt ?. Willis.


Twas sunset, whore Jerusalem should be-
II ages yst . come the e golden I'd glory
kindipe the aE trees upon up9n ossslry
W. s.n aslSSsssS esatSrs. Should pass though now
. L,ftips their nameless SUBMITS 10 the sky
kEDalse kESSlielsa a bSt aSw evSntisss morn and eve
And. iourneyinE 20 behold, once more on earth,
His fathers lacs-towr I'd Hebron, where Abode
I.ssc his fs,SsTSasSP S osna aaanS Y noon
Rostaysd bis people A5a, Slsh SEmS Ssp,m trbe
zen sas1ias tnHsstbsr III rIs a. the hours wSrs on
Ssa. ~ith hSshsd yoiess-fsr, within the tent,
Law shs 10 Whom that spu1et was the last,
FSs ses sSd sae pc%Sorn, whose light of s thus gwen
Bad been 70 her The dark ming Of her ognE .nIn0
With With The spent anguish q the mothers panss
4SS 4S fsthsr So y ISs tSs child 81 sorrow horn
ESit sSe "%S.s ss s.STss by ne ppopSSts writ
Tod o. IN sSIgt1rs s The The ssbfs aTT sS G1S ioSe
WOKE nS for S9aH lie With but the drst look
Upon that face 30 maryellously isir
is & fhs pTe that sent that Yoceess prayer
With It's sad plea uuuttered but In tears -. .l
Yes, sii III IN VaiSi Oh, mystery Of prayeEi
When he, whom angels wo1deringly had seen
Asked now the lie: blood for Il! hear. vain
TsiS a,. sRssss sssS sSia Il ssSS %sn' hit up
And. trembling, look upon the face beloved,
To sec IL on that altar Of his hope
Life, In Gods mercy, were rekindling now tf
Yet, death still dark'ning Ger 1t "
As she lay
Pale in her beauty, with her child new born
Lying beside her, Rachel, who should be
Best known Of women for mothers love-
Best loved Of women in the days when men b..
Saw as the angels, for God walked with them
Beamed through the raven frinses Of her lids, II,
And her lips stirred once more. The langutd look
Slow wandered from her husband e her child;
Twas hard to die with life just made so sweet .
What though, with Deaths near lifting of the val
She saw, beyond the threshold Of the grave,
Seraphs awaiting her, her new-born child
Wmld be shut back by the returnless door
Through which she thitherward must pass alone
Aud Oh, tho Joys lost to the mothers heart
In looking on her infant child no more
Music III tiat re we're more rel rsvlshing to her
Than the refrain of a cherublc hymn ...
Would not be hers to hear. The venturing step,
As the fair hoy should hrst unl0ose his hold
Upon the steadying of his nurses knee
70 run into his fathers Outspread arms;
The little hands first bending 4 tho bow
The kinding Of his eye with ardor nrst
At the swift coursing Of the hunters steed;
The beauty Of the youth so 1.-the and tall
AS he should liken TO his father more;
And then, as curled the beard upon his LIP,
Without one memory Of the mothers face
Slow mould'ring in the grave, unseen of him
Such was the mineling of the bitter cup
Held now unto the mothers lip to drink;
And, with the struggle of life yielding PULSE
Rachel gave way TO sorrow. One loud wall, ...
AS on her couch convulsiyely she rose =
And took the sleeping babe into her arms
One pressure to her BOSOM Of that SON
Dear to the world, her mothers instinct knew,
Thongh il was unwhispered out Of Heaven,
One Wild shril utterance from the mothers hear
'CBIID OF NY SORROW BE HE CALLED, she SAID,
"BENoNI BE MS NAME ~ and Rachel died.