Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1864-02-03
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TO MY COUSIN.

twas darkened chamber. Gently moved -
The silent watchers round the sleeper's bed,
And gazed upon her with love too deep E-EN
And strong for utterance. Ever and anon as7se
crystal tear from her fringed eyelld stole, L.
And, like dew-drop, trembed on her cheek,
That shone In its dim beauty, like u leaf -"
Dashedby the rude breath of summer breeze,
From the sweet llly's bosom. -.
Death was then
Close 10 the lovely sleeper; even thea
i Upon that pure, pale face and marble brow i;a
g His slgnet he was stealing. Yet smile s-r
Of radiant light and beauty wrcathed her lips,
And joy was in her bosom; for her thoughts
~. Were Of her loved and lostones. Night by night
Their shadowy forms had gathered round her bed,
With their sweet voices calling her away
To their veiled hcmes, far in the sprit-land.
Gently her lips
Stirred with the thoughts that trembIed in her breast
And to the sliadowy band around her bed,
She breathed these soft deep murmurs:
"From whence do ye come, ye holy band
From whence do ye Gomez o! say;
Have you LEFT your home in the spirt-land,
Beside my couch to stay? s. =. s9.-... To.
Ye are telling me thoughts of the long ago,
Ye arc telling Of other years,
And know-aye, know that you love me yet,
As you watch me through falling tears.
Say, where is your home, ye spirit-band;
Where rest ye when night has fled?
Say, where do ye wander, ye gentle ones,
~. Where, where do your footsteps tread y
meet the gaze of your loving eyes,
And hear each familiar tone; -e...
.... Blu, nh ! when wake from my nightly dreams,
Fam startled to find you gone.
From whence do ye come, ye shadowy band,
When ye whisper to me at night?
Do ye come, do ye come from the better land,
From the beautiful land of light:
know. that ye live, but know not where,
Ye gentle and holy band;
o. guard me, still guard me, ye blessed throng,
Till enter the splrit-land."
Closer around her bed
The bright throng gathered, and with earnest eyes
Gazed fondly down into the dreamer's soul, y..-
With more of Joy than sorrow. Faint and low
Her plaintve song they answered, and their words,
Unheard by mortals, peaed along the skies
= In sweet celestial echoes:
sDreamer, we are ever near you,
Watching you with earnest eyes, = $
Bending, with our love unaltered,
From the portals of the skies.
Fondly we have gathered round you,
Speaking TO you through the night,
With our low and solemn voices,
Holy dreams of love and light.
Loved one, we are with you ever,
49, In your thoughts we love to stray,
Breathing to you hopes Of heaven,
Where all tears are wip'd away
- Life TO you is almost over,
Your deliv'rance is at hand
We are waiting now TO lead you
49, Upward to the better land. Gov
There no death or pain can reach you,
" There no parting hour shall come;
Hcaven is opening to receive YOU
Suffering one, comehome, come home!"
! change passed o'er the quiet dreamer's face,
. change like morning brisht'ning into noon;
|. smile of gladness played upon her cheek,
md lighted up her face with such deep joy,
hat human love in breatlless awe bent down
n holy admiration. One brief cloud
# untold rapture o'er her features swept; .H
,ue shadowy moment, and the dreamer slept
The sleep that knows no waking:" She had walked
hro' Deaths deepshadowy vale from Earth to Heaveu
richmond, Jan. 81, 1854. DEsEsPoIR.'