, 1865-04-12
WEDNESDAY, APRH, y, 1865.


[For the Chicago I1thune.l
1HE THREE HOLY CHILDREN.
RI AsG1E H. oBuxY.
4 peaceful, beautiful scene
97ers lone
And mountains rich In precious ores, their tops
By softest clouds embraced;
who's: sEone sno5 srssehns h bi.neaes a intessssd @
And shock 1heis foliage In tho wand 'ring breezr,
Which, wandrtng south, whispered of pineJ
and. wand ing north, bore fragrance Of magnolia
blooms.
Within this eood1y land,
Where hsppy people dwelt n clad content
Give gifes to nrn. and large enEranchisement.
whereer theif s.aaas "p,s presse3, trc.h blossoms
With roses Fsa she wilderness. grew 81: ~
And 'siEa9s 'ssiiRt2s fountains aa'ashsd 'A' deserts
Music and Joyous laughter, shout and song.
Greeted the lovely beinga II they passed along.
They knelt in prayer one night,
Upoa 9l.in. s1shsd ,! s!t,tsef.ng ns ~,
otSsr lnaa Ell b.eF sys
Behold a shooting stari
Tbelr pure, upliftsd Eiances watched it's eonrse;
And suddenly themselves, With subtle force,
Nere lined up 10 meet the shining one
They, meeting. c'asped brstner. thoir OWL
Epon tile plain they stood;
with whie6 ,hey prssssd Lin II iavss p!eatude, S
And yielded to their arms his graceful form,
Slender and fair VAS he,
M ssn & sGa snEs .osS
Mated fur sweetness their clear, coral hue.
Leave US no more, brother beloved, they cried.
u ana &+1f~A ~
piled.
1ovzhaasinE' c;oad', sT@ and @;hiek, su'phursous
DirefE :Erlostona, nouttertnss low and stta99ge,
Flashed under orows bent DIRK,
Towering In vast proportions, gfess and stark,
An tdol, q whose feet The peopls bowed
Captains ara ana msn ~ msn haea them
dowu again.
This image. etnrk and gross,
Stood Of 4 car, with pond'roua wheels Of bra.s,
Fashioned to naanele victims a. they rolledi
Yet every wheels broad rim
Ma. muf]ea in substance, Geecy, white,
fisso1s 1e abes a1aeessa q ,n and fright
70 Ills ,ttru dark throng kne1t, Whlls frowuing
skies
Beat back the echoe8 OF thetf eRft1les1ous cfles
Silent, though base1y bound r
| Eese to the car, the stately Triad stood,
s Sfeshee cut hsea.s Of re and
| Down Down with the sanity Three, ::
Down With thu gold-hai1ed yoa"0sss, who BE-
Tie wofthipers Of our divinity.
A curse upon bis beauty apd his smilea!
Down With the bright robed Three-they die tht'
/ kQHf{
They who orpess the god shall feel his vengefa
| Then in the risIon,I
"a stranre aWe-stzuek, IN that place Of doom,
% T. he M bod foremost. ] eanopisd viii gloom.
1queationed secretly
who hat strong creature, clothed in glowing
| oui,erins With nre md energy, could be;
While Dc thought passed. be raised his massive
| And his sonl:pierclns eye. o. no he bent;
II an, = be eaid. . tie genius Of TRUE doTEns
| MKATl"
The secopd stood serene,
.Methonsht the hol1est OF The HOLY Thres;
No trouble marred the grandeur Of his mleH,
Around It's limbs hts .sAitt robes fioatea Tree.
And on his brow aislne-
Rts,eg % aisst, s 'Hs1t Il ~aess 70 ii .i1crs ls IL.
he e o1ehssd taas ahons On ~
The phzase ! read Niaa "PaaTxsEAs1 c1Sssz7
ANI1I."
!
Tie 1a1rd, the beautiful star,
Smiled On boor, becrimmed with honest toll
| Then viewed tae Circuit 81 fne IDOL 8 car-
| Where the black ptey with blood drop4 wei In
SOL.
And rent lii garments Of bright azure die,
And s,fhtng, said, ;. How long pa justice elepti
How long has Thy Wralh alunhsEed. HOS
"Tell me Thy aarne," cried, md bent my knee
| The sweet voiced answer came, NHUxAN EQUA1
1Ty"
1htQrd vrzthful shout
/ Isaw furnace glow With ssyen'1old neat;
| rp to 1ts y2Wulng mouth The Three were hfooGhl
Then cast within, with fetserea hands md feet
Aso1row IKE despair
Of thols who on taeir b,easts md standards bea
! | Erds thus The reicr, 90 Eraciously begun,
| Toward whlth The Whole world looked. Il ea1t
looks toward the tunf
.~.','
"Watt!" snid the vofce Of God,
e.Ye trembling. falthless-hearfed ones arise;
| lily Mntchlets glory yst ah4n ehine abroad,
Dazzling with its full blA1e your s:Aliled eyes.
As those mad husbandmen, =,
Who s!sw the servants whom their lord hi
Stood, on thst day, when In the nidtt of them