The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1860-1863, 1862-12-18
For tho Lancaster Gazette.
VISIT TO GEN. HARRISOa'S "AA'E'
November 5th, 1853.
M CYPRESS BARD.

Morn,nS Of the crimson Autumnl happy morn.
va strangely sad, the sun with gentle Jeans
Than wont, is,looking through the curdie clouds'
While not q leaf, or t"re, or ru'tling oough
Gives 10 the ear the musicof the breeze
This frost flowers live to deck the graves OF 'hose
Which have alEeady fallen Trees have shed
Yh,ir ,um,n er beauty, and their foliage
I, r.ttliuc mou.nfully beneath our feet.
Under the walnut andthe hickory
The laughing children gather eagerly
Tpe mt. which Autumn hngs among the leaves
Ths very air seems speak, ing as itciicks
In every withere blade-' thoa too must de-
find am glad ris so, and that iswhy
I'm happy, for feel to-day this thought
.sy dream of home iT bat my dream Of Hsdo'H'
And now stand upon the steep, high mound
Amid tho cedars aud the snow drop Hhere
The dutt Of the departed hero lies
No marble block or tablet tells his name
Bu,bere upon tho summit rests the tomb
IN which is now enshrned the form o'er whom
A.natiun wept. On these zane ciccs OF eat'h
Has dropped full many patriotic tear
Here, thirty years ago the good man siood
And viewed his homestead o'er ana ef ag""'
While In his soul he felt the ehdearing lies
Rinding his hcart aTOunu lno HoaIto Ho io'o"'
His country calls him now, and he must 60
To meet She savage foe. He went' aud came
With glory aden aud with luurels crc"nsd'
Yet this was not enough to salisfy
A thankful nation as swelling gratitude
Il ners him in his declining years
Its highs st place, ana It's most honored seai'
Enthusias'ic Hope rejoced awhile
Or to writhe in more killing grief
Alas for human expectationsl Vaih
And uufulalled; teasing our soul to-day
With Hattering PROSPECTS ill II feels secure.
Tomorrow comes the breat hing OF Disps'r
Like deadly simoons, wthering all around.
And thus II blghted ail a counrys hopes.
Years rrauzht with great events have swiftly sped
And what remains of the heroic form
That passed mid cheers Into the Capitol,
f. mixing with the silent, greedy earth.
Naught but poor, dilapdated vault
To hold the relics of departed fame!
oh thou Implying stream, oblivion
Bearing our names into the misty past
On and still on until we are forgot.
Bring back the peoples tribute TO this grave,
And bid them on this desecrated mound
Erocl 4 monoment worthy the one
Whom, when ne lived, thousands almost adoref!
And still gaze, bound by strange, sad spell,
No one to care rorthis dear, sacred spot,
orsave Il from the ravages Of tfnfe!
And row, 'us loa alone, perhaps unwept ...
SAYS when stranger comes to drop tear
ARd on the fast decaying brick TO scratch
His obscure name, that he who next shalleome
May know 10 too, has been, and loved and wept.
' What thrilling memories cluster round tho 'ce
Yonder see the ruins OF the old
s' Log cabin'' noted In those famous times
When PoIitSss were sung. The chHmnsys 'ta'
Half buried in the thick grown weeds around !
With same old fireplace where the Chieftan
ofllmes with all the hOppy group-hs own
Around him. Then that was his paradise
This Is his anal home. The twitsering birds
And aspen leaves moved by tho sghing wind
Or moonlit ripples on the river sing
His only requiem, Farewell, FAREWELL
Rest thee In peace, most noble soul, resfthec
Nor shall the tumult of the busy world
Disturb thy quiet, unpretendlng tomb
Yet ever and anon somo heart shall find
A tear 10 shed in halloWed mem'ry here.
Lancaster, Dec. 1862.