Union County star and Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1859-1864, 1861-12-17
The Cid school House on the Cree;,

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Ihe oiu oChU'' ooU'' oN '-'o
III iT m -. sa Fsp6 pasth, @ ' Of the POEM % Iovng
To-day il is iu.t twenty years
sine | >on.!,t other lands;
Now ryinr sill, I come to seek
Tbr ou,int old school-housc on the creek,
Near Nr;v'. house that stands.
In bun5r,3 bousr, I have been,
of m,rII.. stone. or brick.
yot IF tLosc mansions. grand and tall,
IA any d,v foruct them. all.
Far the .chool-house on the creek.
Ue who fors,kcs the rood of home,
/, n.qc. IA }er him 20:
Sill 1T me say. ere he set. forth,
,T;. b,nLp. ali Fast West, South, North.
A. h. FIJI soon will know.
To o,o-,. corrcr I have bcon.
And traveIeJ wcll or sick.
Rr+ nc'or in any sno, have found
cuab ;,,. ~ c.,r.ai my heart ,o bound
T., H. s,b,,l -lors,. an the creek.
S.. tor,,.;ors bor.. ! ,Ivay. had:
Tow a. Sand and rszc.
OlI scar.s I,f,,ro ny, mem ~ wave.
GA So .rise ~ from the ar,yc-
Tbe rh,s.. If vanished days.
m, s,ro,,, ,.,a~s I,v inst .. IF old
WI t.o l,;ihtly ,,laycd
AID wbcrc Won Alder Shade. the stream,
TLo E.tIc al s.;II ,,l,3lv olcam
I'm vet No chance has made,
s.;n stands tho ubi,e-oak by the door,
Al sb,l.. H.. ola r.ocfr,e.
NJ aIa aro,,o-,.;,o 700 .f;u j orscn.
An1 lnal tho r,i;n's nest ye. seen
s.r,n,r.. him, seoms f., me-.
Oror .ho feIds tLe swallows MAY
III ,,,,n., of =. fir, is hest =
rror, cr,flc erJ 50 op.,irt and old.
4 bnnse of straw and dirt behold,
That is a swallows nest.
Thoro l;o tbo vopng birds very still.
In sIecn ali scattered round
WI in como vor,p tho n,rcp, brin,-s
Thnn far tbeir shriIly tvitt'rino rims.
Tin distance hear. the sound
yes, al the scene Is a. it was
Whom here boy | RANGED,
Va, deorer thinr. no more are here.
All al mu.t cham. and d;sanpear
,oo myself bay, changed
1;lo O.sian bv HI, de,1,te hall.
rst,b The rlord. fin bv.
Ard half in inv in sorrow half
NJ NJ ton~s ~ coma iiricLIing vet laurb,
vonr hearts can tell me why.
Irscd ,o 90 ,o this old school.
Wben 6ut an urchin small :
Thora ~ m.s tbe n.stor on his stool
III was his switch and tber. his rule
seem to see them all.
The LONG desks. RANGED acains. the wall,
The scbocl-roop' annie bound.
And an this side the biz rirls sat,
Tbs bows mot half so cow. on that,
See how tLey peep around.
The masters eve is on them now,
Th.y'd hotter have care;
That chan VIII, writ. ,bc bii!ets-douS,
And he whose tricks the BOYS amusc,
And ven lad laughing there!
For Ii, and little. one and all,
Are meath one equal rule;
Which is most lust. for vino doth break
That canon. must a " licking" take,
Or Get turned out Of school.
Inside around the coy stove,
Sit all the little chaps,
They study very hard. YOU see,
For who shall miss his 4. BIC,
His ears shall meet hard raps.
Uneasy are the benches high
Which keep the feet from floor,
Ones back feels often strained and sick,
In that old schoo!-house on the creek,
And Just about right sore.
Poor little souls, all there they sit;
just think how i'll at ease.
It is no wonder, declare.
They learn 20 little, pcrchcd up there,
On forms SO high as these.
With all the drawbacks, anyhow,
1t was a frst-rate school,
For pedacogue in vain you'd look
Like ours-hed d cyrhered thro' the book,
And never skipped rule.
Cros. was he, yes can't deny,
He hogged us all around;
Yet he most equal rules observed,
WI, falt the birch, the birch deserved