Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1861-04-11
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NM FIFTIETH YEAR.


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NM FIFTIETH YEAR. .ir1nr
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~ tf By MRS. y. D. sAss. ~ ol ttIif
II M ----s---- r4r sfiI ci'u
used to think, when |, child, sitn MrHq
Played with the pebbles on the shore
1.-THE clear river, nppling wild, - II re., f-ff
That rolled before my fathers door,
How long, how very long twould be,
Ere could live long fifty years {"
To think of il of checked my giee, .li .iu
$3.50 And filled my childish heart with fears.'
looked at grandma as she sat,
Herkorchoad decked with silvery rime,
And thought, "When I'm as old as that,
Must darn stockings oil the time
Must sit In an arm .chnir 60, is saiaio
a wh,s irilsd-esp around nv fscs. s--i-.s.
18th dull drub strings, and ne 'er bow
And keep things always in their place ~
The Inns Of care, the sigh Of pain, i-at
The Hush !" her lips SO Oft let fall,
Made me wish DER and DER again, ~
:, never might grow old at all
Yet was she ever cheerful, aud
Would ttmes join our sport and mirth,
And muny play BY her was planned
Around the winter evening hearth.
But then she played not by the brook,
She did moi gather pretty flowers,
She did not sing with merry look,
Nor make a spring time ofihe hours. -
so, when shc said on sunny morn, s.r
you will be old. like me, some day.
! wspt like one of hope iorlorn,
And threw my playhings all away.
But old like grandma and not roam
The glen in spring, tor vioets blue.
Or bring the bright May blossoms home,
Or pick the strawberries 'mong the dew
Be old and In the summer time
Take weary naps In mid-dsy hours;
And ;ail the Chandler trees to climb.
And shake the rirening fruit in showers
Be old /. and have no nutting -bees .....
Upon the hillside, rustling brown - Fl
Nor hang upon the vine-clad trees.
And shout he rich, ripe clusters down!
Be old !! and sit round wintry fires;
Be fifty have no Gliding spree; .fs
And hush away oil wild desires
thought 'iwere better not to be
But two score years had glded by,
With summers heat aud winters cold,
With sunny hours and clouded sky, ..
Till now I'm fifiy-now I'm old!
The sunburnt locks are silvery now,
That used to tange in the wind;
And eyes are dim, and feet move slow,
10 That lett my playmates oil behind
Spectacles lie upon my nose,
But no white trill looks prim and cold;
My grey hair, curis--l, wear pink bows- :
do not feel SO very old
To play among the pebbles,
Would love on that familiar shore,
Where once watched the swallows hy
The dancing, nppling winters oer.
I'd like to climb the npple tree.
Where once the spicy " sweeting" grew
Make gra pe-vine swings, and have glee,
But am PifrY--'twouldn't Co! ~ l.trl [
- eAtltde.tO-goa Busting =
And gather vio cts in the glen a
And wreatl 9 the wild flowers round my brow,
As well as e'er did at tell
I'D like slide upon the pond,
watch the old mill strue ling there
ln icy chains, while all beyond
Is one broad mirror, cold and glare.
I'd like to see the noisy school,
lie. out a-no0ning, as OF Old;
Play" Lost my glove" and " Mind the rule
My heart throbs quick--it lie NOT cold !"
hear the cry Of Kate und Jane,
OF Lottie, Lima, Helen, Sue
All, yes tl'll ewn itl in between,
Come George and Dan, and William, too
I'm fifty, but am not sad; t.
see no gloon in ripen ing years;
My hopes are bright, my spiri, glad
How vain were all my chi ldish Tears! . 4
My childish sports, / loved them then; ~
love TO think them over still, ~
To shut my eyes and dream again "l'
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Rn, lie M nis.s,,,ss hoIisr nil '',-SV
Tha,, nh;,5hoaS,s IL y s,;,b nj ;,s zas,
IT,. eonoe 'o spiay pto,s ~ Xii
No. ..oh smncsssnr uaar,h ha hes, isuH
g rA,ake sa'h 'uS'eeu'"k ''4A''itAp' D'''''ii &
Ara s.honnis iassies~ iaurhinu free. y I.
| Tha' had nnt Iivsd an this GOOD earth.
r. love and iabar. but for mo 'l
| And shall nine for childhood lows. '" i'l
4 Far woodland walks and yioie,s blue,
Will. ,onnd n.s' merry girIs and bovs
Are ioins What IN used 10 do
A'o uc,ns ""1' 1. -s",
| Nv va.vs of Toll. INV years of care,
Have never Chilled nv spirits iow,
a. made one Aower of lie less fair lP Il.
| Than in the spring time, long ago
Ana aharp and Die rcing 10 my feet; -
YET there were dsisied walks enough, 'l'
II > To make il All seem smooth aud sweet.
T. g-'h I'D F-isllln ad .rH ilpnds liI9
/ r,srds ,bs, ilovsd have psssed g.c.a sight,
| Rsiors me TO the spirit homs,s '.lr-,. Ia :.
~, in tho day. ,hst knows a night
tnow ,beyli rreet me when I come Y
| uona. that we cherished FOO were win
rbs Su rsrs nsvs ~ soG 70 Iiys " 'ov over a aSaia
ah Twsre better that it should bss0. q