Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1862-03-31
ZOE rHe spIRIr oF ruE AGE.
LINES,

We neer again may hear;
We miss thee, Oh so sadly,
Fer tIou art never near.
Thou leavest a fond, kind mother,
An anxious sister true,
A father kind devoted,
a loving brother too.
Relatives dear who gladly,
Would have you with them stay
Was there no war to call you,
From home 50 far away.
But since thy arm is needed,
To check the vandal foe;
Tween smiles and tears we bid thee,
To go, yes, cousin, 90.
Drive back the fierce assassins,
Let them not one day rest
Until they call Us freemen,
and we with peace are blessed.
And may bright laureis wreathe
Thy fair ~Shakspearean brow;
May Heaven its blessings breathe
Upon thee even now.
WILLIAMSBURG, n. O., March Oath, 1852.
From the Raleigh Standard.
LINES,
On the passage Of The bill IN the Convention
prohibiting disttlttng after 18th april
BY LUoLA.
A cloud hangs DER our nations sky,
OF darkest hue, of deepest dye,
And more have zoe from it to dread
Than Burnsiae's fleet or Vandal's tread.
Thea mark it well, for speak | true,
If aught the South can e'er subdue,
Twill be the foe who spreads this cloud
Our hopes-our dearest hopes 10 shroudl
For months q cry has through this lad
Rung out for some to take a stand
Against this fend and every heart
Which has spark-the smallest part
OF patriotism or Of pride,
For help has loudly, sainly cried.
Fathers have seen their sons go dowl,
his 49, sstta-S-a&4-
Mothers have wept their Joy and PRIDE"
Frustrated meath his fearful stride
And yet these ministers of hell,
As 1t from one ne'er failing well,
Do send outfrem their thousand stills
The poision which dement's and kills.
This cry which rose in giant strength,
An august body reached at length
That body which are sworn to feel
To legislate alone for veal
That body whose first duty lies
Against all enemies to rise,
And who upon the watch-toWers stand
With wakeful eyes to guard the land.
This must be stopped" they sagely bow
But when and where or rather how p
And on the question long they sit,
And drunk at times to help their wit.
Not all, | know, for some there be
Who'd sp II their blood the land to free
From this dark spell but all who've seen
This body oft, will tell I ween,
If they eoul1 bear such shame to tell,
That many love the foe too goettl
They talked, [ say, and spoke and gased,
And then this wondrous law they passed.
This law which children yet unborn,
Will read to laugh or read to scorn;
They'll laugh to think men in their days
Could fool as with such weak, child's play
And when our freedom was at stake.
Could stop such childish laws to make.
"DecreeG that when the winters DER,
And with success they can no more
Still liquid death they who distill,
No more their Golfers dark shall fill,
With gold that should have gone for bread
Death and destruction wild-to spread"
In other words, they p~laintiye grow,]
They'll put an end to ell this woe,
They shall not still another drop,
after the time they W stop"
Oh! sure they have deeply drank
From that same num6ing, deadly tank,
Fer such a law they dare to make,
Fer such a step presume 10 take.
fe men go home to your retreats,
Let feeble women take your seats,
Veal. as they are, they'd better do,
And to their country be more true.
IT'S drunkenness that blights our land,
IT'S drunkenness we must Withstand.
Obi let there be a general rout-
5 Whore Ger II lurkS rise turn If ont