Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1862-11-13

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To win me; for am not fair; sass. irr
Ny bloom Is not 50 fresh, my hair 10 q
trna So bright, as yours. gsa 81
Aud truly, when at first ! saw
Your eyes were on me and the law
Magnetic had begun to draw
My own on yours,
found therein no lordly grace .aaa- ).
, To make a grown up woman place lfi
t Her lore on such boyish face is5 affl
-Qgs o. Geo As this Of yours. ii
IT'S said in sadness. not in blame;
For women who are worth the name
Love more the wrinkled mouth Of fame
Than lips ike yours, -.
o. And even /. though I could see q . issa
s. That when you sang, vou sang Of ne. ';ua
-niI Was never touch'd as girls would be nr
a,5ll .sHif BY songs of yours. ras Zoe.
Till once, with too melodious breath,
You told me how great Elizabeth,
Or such as she had done to death
p''' sh Young hearts ike yours.
Then, remember. in the pause, ga
ias When faces Frightening with applause
or which only knew the cause
.aiu d Were tarn'd on yours, $3.50
Iouly sat, and thought; ri' .'l-
wonder'd if this thrill were nought,-
: Orif indeed my presence wrought
High change in yours.
For. with that song. the light Iplize ail,
Had come at last into your eyes.
And | could think them deep and wise,
Though they were yours.
So, when you met me othsrwhere
And said the words that needless were
After so sweet prelude. there
You thought me yours.
'Tis true, said woman's No. rl..l 81.
And spoke ofagcs, and the slo~
Still widening fssure that wonld grow
as ar 'Twixt mine and yours;
But you, with that keen ear Of youth,
That instinct Of respectful ruth
For women. had perceived the truth, 8
And crown'd me yours.
All. SHALL te u you how it was7
For am not so feeble as
girl whose yielding soul might pass
~ g s Straight into yours; t9
weighJ and pondercd what did;
Oar hearts would not be always hid,
Aud there's vein in mine. would ,hrid
TIE depths ofyours,
And with its iron bind the clay
The white unmouldcd mass. that may
Uihought) become to mine a stay.
AS mine to yours. la
For though my years are nigh the full,
md though dropping lid may dull
In me the CLEANS that gnzers Gull
From eyes ike yours:
Yet, being soman, i am weak .rs
Toward beauty, and the nurture meek
Whose symbols are brow and cheek
As clear as yours. 81. a.
Therefore, as some stern man, whose prime
las caught the roughness and the rime
Vherrvith long tempcstuous time
Would crust e',n yours,
Wears on his bosom. ike rose,
The wife whose childlike fondness shows
To him more charming than she knows
Sol wore yours.
You and your love. thought. would be
The glad revivsiun me
Ofthat serene simplicity tia. Nt
Once mine, now yours;
And would build you up to all
The height Of things heroical,
Ny stronger nature as q wall n
ri Confirming yours; -. -
Till you. half feminine though brave,
And 1. .hough worn. yet true and grave,
Would Es ct last like hand and glave, as {.
And both be yours. s'.. as.
George Lambert, what dream was this!
! wake to old anal ysis, ~, ~
Andquestion every smile and kiss
b OF mine or yours, r
. And fuel upon me such stress -" &.
or sad mature selfconsciousness,
That no more have heart to bless .'A.l
This suit Of yours. t9 naf'
George, what was that of "like to likei''
itseems 70 me that, as shrike az IN
Wounds callow birds, my lips must strike
sss sr5 {. The warmth Of yours. i-sf
You want life Of richer tone;
A heart full bIooded - your own
Should looee its ample maiden zone
To take in yours; ifI
N. But IL am too lean for love;
N, The day is past when could move -
.f., With equal aspect. arm inxovs
.s.ss In arm Of yours; ....''....
Too many sober thoughts attend eissa II
Ny age-how joy may hare an end. ~
But sorrow never; could blend fti 81
Such thoughts with yosrs7 q
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Old scenes you cannot understand,
Old lives are ever with me; and ~
Perhaps. old memories of hand
- . That was mos yours- s.,-..
p l"I shosld have seen all this beioref' aia9
ais Ibid; bas Winds Of pride outboe &. rae
Ny cais. that would have hngg'd the shore
efss,ew yesss-
Forgive me then the words I've said:
IfIhad known It's youth was dead j. 81
would have crush'd my heart, instead
OF eleaving yours 2''.e'si's
Forgive me; An cold. bus what y