Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1864-08-23

IRON II Iimbsf-cfo. Antiquity,
Sop opl W. m-.asu ruilous Old,
Hc ihQugHt it must lay gone but he was gone
NAOk,It iii ANA his via ", Aiaam lau-,
Wih duy daIHdl ug p' hts neli tn house
laHHte 80 er4wiihe tgalntn once, hu
F.Ilefi Wta set % ueI iJI sand -r.as msn.
There L4.ch rcste4 silent many days.
but Enoen yearas to look olce more on tb'
sweet ilcl ho bad loved SO well, till haunted b,
the thought be takes d duh November rwllgh
10 seize siealthy WV Of the dear ones VIII,
nos belonged to another.
Now when the dead come 70 l.ic behgld
liis wii. h.s wife no more aud sass tbe babe
Hers. y.t u0this, upon The iathers knee,
And aa tha warmth the peace, the happiness
And A Is owH children t4ll and beautiful
And him that other, reiguiug in his place,
Lard oflis Fights and of hs chldrcn's love-
Then be- ta1' Miriam Lane o Told him all,
Because things seen are mightel than things heard,
sasglrd aud shook. holding the branch, and esrd
10 sead abroad slr,Ii aud terrible cry,
WATCH il oue moment, like Che blast Of doom
Woud slatter all iAe llp4ine,. Of the hearth
A4e littNl lN turning .Hil4 tha % l41tI
BEST le should swoou aud umoic aud be found,
Crsp 90 the gate sud opendt and cosed,
AsushuJ ls a -iea mans chamber door,
Byhul h,u, aud came OUT upon .be waste.
From this time, his only wish was not tt
betay himself, aud iuin the happiness he hao
gazel on by letting his return BE- known
He sas uot au unhappy ls resolve
pborc A.u, au luu aiiA and ey,rmore
Praygf from living source within the will
And 5eauus ap lhro' al the bitter sorld,
L,Ae ioaut.las li swre. water in the sea,
kept him q living soul This miI ers sif
lle said Go ir.m ,ba, you told me Of
Has sAo %. fear that her arsI husband lives
'Ay iY po5s soul, said Miriam, icar snos
lDouc.uld teu her you had seen him dead,
Why, that v l!i o.. her comfort and he though
Ahyf ths "a has eal'd me she shan snow,
IsauIi, slime, aud Euocl scs himself
.r..ru..- ----, .t...-i,. tive.
Almost 90 ai. iugs be- cJud turn bis hand.
Cooper D. was 4nd carpenter and vrough.
q. masc tle toaimen ashiug-uets or help"
40 aiius and ull4Jus ihe tall harAs,
That brought tis .tlutci commerce Of those day
Thus earn d s.aaty living + himself
Yetsue De d,I but labor for hmsef
Wok wi haut hope, there was uot lie iuh
Whereby the m,u could live, aud as the year
Kofd itself round again to meet the day
When EIocH had re,umd, ausour came
Upon hun, gentle sickness gradually
Weakening the man, 900 he could DO no more
But k,ptthe house. his chair, and las. bis bed.
Aud tuoch bore Do. weakness cheertuly.
For sur. uo gladn-r doe. the stranded wreck
see ihr1 ths gray skirts Of lifting squan
The boat that bears the hope fife approach
Tosaye the he despard Of than he saw
Death iaw4ins on him, and the close Of ALL
The welcome hour Of release at list comes
and Enoch having revealed his secret to Miriam
Lane, gives her his parting me sages
charge you nov,
When YOU shall see her, tell her that l died
Bsssu. Aer, praying for her, loving heri
save from Tue bar between Us 10 ing her
As vhen she iatl her head beside my own
An telI my daughter Aaa e, whom l saw
Sousc her mother, that my ate breath
Was speat ia blessing her and praying for her.
And teu my SON that died blessing him.
And say 60 Philip tha. 1 blgst him tooi
II never meant anything buI good.
ButNmy children care to see me dead,
Who hardly hneE inc living let Ia IN ime,
ana ther Aher hit she must nu, come,
my ,ca hcs would s,s ber anerHc
Aud now there i. but one Of all my blood,
Whssu embrace nae tu the wJrd-to-bei
This hair is his she Gus it od aud gaveh
AMI have borne it with me all these years,
Aul thought 20 bear t with inc to my grayei
But now my miud Is changed ir shal see him,
My hAbs In bliss wherefore when l am goue,
Take give her This for may eomor, hers
ltsu moreover be "a token to her,
That ,m he
Tle natural tenderness that breathes hrougl
She whole Of this touching idyl appeals dlrectl.
to the deepest instincts Of the heart, and en-
rlche, it with the noblest elements of popula
eject. Admirable as 1t is in artistic composition
ana finish, it almost makes he reader forget th
skill of its execution in sympathy with tn
universal emotions Of which 1t is the inspires
interpreter, twill gave Mr.. Tennyson a NJ,
claim TO honor and love as the poet OF tn
affections, and summon wider audience eve
than that " hich listens deightedly to his wis
discoursings on high themes OF speculation, an
enjoys a perpetual charm in his consummat
mastershp OF the secrets of rhythmical melody
rhe few remaining pieces in this volume al
OF yarions degrees OF merit, but its principo
interest is absorbed in the one from which
takes its title.
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