The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1864-01-08
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"B D D F Ord GAZETT b y
JANUARY /, 1854.


Away! on the folds of a dark grey cloud,
Away! on the mist as it foated by, lt
The Old Year, clothed in his snowy shroud,
Went to his grave--I saw him die.
Away! like shadow from off my heart,
He went to the realms of the misty past;
They were few who mourned to see him depart /;
For all felt the gloom his shadow cast.
Let him GO with the thousands gone before
The boodiest, darkest Of each age;
For ho. like they, was curst by War;
And stained with blood our history's page.
He was born amid the wintry SHOWS,
When the mountain winds were loud and
strong
When the brooks, and rivers and currents froze,
And the summer birds had ceased their song.
And thousands rejoiced when they knew he was
here;
For they thought of the fortune he might
bring
What cared they for the winter ,lrcar,
When they thought of the fowery DAYS of
spring 3
What cared they in their mansions bright,
Where sorrow was barred bya golden door
Where their lamps and fires were burning bright,
And threw no shadows across the foors
But thousands mourned while they reioiced;
For they thought of dear ones far away;
And the sunken-eyed and hollow-voced,
Were heard and seen among tho gay,
And the widow sighed, and the orphan wept,
In the hovel lone where want was seen, a
For fair young father, who quietly slept, q.
Beneath the sod where the.ftsL4lhsd -ino-.-=-
For blood and battle marked his birth;
And his lie was but a bloody reign, e,
Where great and noble men of worth
Were marked for banishment and pain.
He saw sweet Spring with her gentle face,
From the mountain tops steal slowly down,
With buskined feet and mien of grace
And met her wifi Il scowl and frown.
Tho, she clothed with green the hill and plain,
And strewed with flowers the grassy mead, -
And her violes grew above the slain
She could not wake tho silent dead
Tho she shed her tears in gentle showers,
Above the dead on Marye's height,
And wept for peace III silent hours;
The carnage ragged with bloody might
And summer came with burning heat, e.
And the bloody strife, alas went on -
The Old Year saw .'Nhlroys Retreat"
And Pennsylvania's peace was gone.
He saw the hills at Gettysburg
Grow dark with clouds Of armed men:
The cannon's roar, the fire and smoke
And deeds too dark for '.tongue or pen -
Saw Vicksburg fall, and thousands die
Beneath the burning Southern sun; H..
He saw the dead unburied lie
At Gettysburg and sad Mine Run. a
He saw the autumn leaves grow pale,
And laughed on Chickamauga's plain;
Rejoiced to see that man was frail
And weak enough to die for gain.
He loved to see the right put down.
He loved to see the wrong have gains
Was pleased to see October smile,
When Liberty was bound in chains.
Though old he'd grown, and grey with age, 4
Red Chattanooga made him yosng-.i
He saw the bafiled victor's rage.-0'
The dead and dyings praise he sung
Then winter chilled his limbs again;
And he died mid strife as he was born
Died, mid throes of awful main, -
Between the midnight ami the56orn.
Away! on the folds of a dark grey cloud,
Away on the mist as it floated by,
The Old Year, wrapped in his sr6wy,s y,shroud,
Went TO his gravel saw him die
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