St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1862-06-12

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|ue.fo or, 70 tfu1t nj faG.-l.tu -ssu .u,,it y,
/ grota e*n9nsai1oHx; ;sjtwH1rr1aso .eauii
wi awHn.s '4.41 4Br.4 ..x our Il Banner sf,Ssly WV 3D. !"
Above the nations coulcil:hall, za.''' 'o': "'
heard beneath its marble wan - =" a.
The o'l.aInk.ng letters Of the slave! -, !,
III the foul msrketsplacs't stood,5o' Y"l d
/ PAW ths Christian fnotherIsold; Sir''oi &
And cHhdhocd with it, loeks9ofge1d, yrb %
Blne-e yed and fair with Saxon blood. .ioHd y
LItnul AZ .oro'}d s.: :! - G: nrIa.I: Il
EIuI,shatimy eyes, held my breath, y G.u
And, anotheslng down the wrath and shame
~ That set mya,N Northern blood qaane, a.g,
Stood silent-,yhere tosspesk was death:
Be,ides i ne ,lo ,klooomsa the pfi son son oeli ,.'
Where. wasted one in slow. decline =, at, q
sFor attering simple words Of mine, o: =
And, loving freedom all too well. = =
The Gag that Aoated from the dome ~
Flappsd menace in the morning air; :,
~ stood, psrilled stranger, where l.
TIE human broken made his home. il"
IL "t. III auIhi@!i '..''' 2ps1G .'t!N "..; :.
Por erimeiwas virtue: Gown ahdc Sword
AndtEaw their threefold sanction gave. i
And to the quarry Of the slave 'n2''' go :.
Went hawking with our symbof'bird.' al " !;
-; nvGo .!t'7
r. .Qp the, oppressor's side WAS pover;Hr =
And Al yet i knew that every wrong. .yni :.
=. However old, however strong, .n
But But waited Gods avenging hour. I,.,.:a
1knew that truth would crush the lie, :
Somehow, sometime, the end would te;
" 1T scarcely dared hope to see E s.S
The triumph with my mortal eye. .,.
! Blu. now I see it! In the sun 9"'* .'=,' :,
IA free flag aoats from yonder dome, VI
f 'And'at the nations Hearth home i" 81
Thejustice long delayed is done. i Z ~
Z - III I!i}.a '"c, 81. 2h" 49s:.,jI
/ Not aswe hoped, in calm of prayer.}:: ~
The message OF deliveranceo comes, elo,i~ :
4 But heralded by roll Of drumsn7Io ;,rav72
On,waves of ofbattle-troubled airi.fl5 Cd: ,'
II ri - Ylrf,.-.i ,.;t -n- Il ~ j;.,i ,:.;
Midst sounds that madden. and appaA,:..x
The song that Bethlehem's shepherds kpsw!-
ID The harp Of David melting threugh .s..,o,f
The demon agonies Of SAUL .,ro,.,r yr... II
Not as Va hoped but what are ves .,..,!
Above our, broken dreams and plans a..,.
Go,dl lays, with wiser hand than hl mans
The corner-stones Of liberty. .,, -.
ID 1cavil not with Him : the voice '|1..'.
That freedoms blessed gospel tells
Is sweet to ME as silver bells, '"2 =. !.
Rejoicing yea, Twill tejoice'! -, - -'+
1 r E1&,ti4 r,.- arr iI2JI1 3'5LJu" " l':ls ',ii
~ Dear friends, still toiling in the sun
Ye dearer ones wl'oygene before, '':t>"' ."'''
Ate watching from the eternal shore ~':
The slow work by your hands begun
| Rejoice. with me! The chastening rod
Blossoms with love; the furnace heat, #.
! ID Grows cool beneath. His blessed feet j.,
Whose form is as The Son Of God 49,, .o,,
Rejoice! Our Marah's bitter springs
Are swcetened on our ground Of gr' ef
Rise dny by day in strong relief
TAe proPhe,oies os better things:
Rejoice in hope! The day and night I'd
Are one with God, and one with them 1919
WHO see by faith the cloudy hem
or Judgment fringed with Mercy's light!
|--Atlantic Monthly, for June.
|" hH' REBEL SwEET-HEART.- "A rebc
lass thus closes an !affectionate epistle, tt
her ''lovyer,' in the Southern army ,Wh>
was eapturedu The poetry was, doubles
|'wnitten by Bayard Taylor 4or Rex, . Mr.
Richmond :n"oq N3 10 l121:ad nis.uoaiW 8
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