Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1866-10-20


which presently. b. Ii lie and lille, as we
re,urn 70 consciousness. become plain, aud
take III .ir natural tones.
Those who passed under the window
Of ihe dying boy, had they known oi The
so row within. would have refr,ined
from lber unseemiy and ill,,hned mir,h.
Another tomorrow The sun shone
down as brightly, the fea,hered tribes
were as busy 10 singing their glad prais.
Ter as they were yesterday, and 'the Sex
ION was husiIy engaged in turning up the
blue eyed vIo!els from the fresh sod OF
the mould, for ehi!d's coffin would. be-
| fore many hoors, be placed under It. But
tie man. as he piled the instruments oi
his lrade. whisrled and sung merrlly some
sna,ches OF stray ballads. with which
such as lsbour in his Graf, generally have
their heads crammed:
The Prince came here il his ermineo shroud
Attended with pomp by the great and proud,
| With the waving plume, and tie passing BELL
! + regal s' tate 10 his dark deep cell
|
He'll rise with the others on Gods last day.
Thus sung the man of the pick and
spade; and uhy not Why should he
no, be merry : What was the poor deed
boy 10 him
| Wha. brish, dreams 10 we sometimes
Iinduige in OF the future. and what glorI-
Gus schemes for the advancement OF some
loved one DO we weave in the loom or
ambition; how painfully do We toll for
the good Of The loved ohjec, a, The cost Of
anx ons days. sIeepIess nights, and many
prvsrions; how carefully DO we form the
ground plan Of The tacrlc. laying the warp
and ihe woof in the checkered vision, as
If there was certainty in the coming
thereafter. that nothing would irahspire 10
mar what we have go confidently fixed the
very essence, the ve;y best affections OF
our kesris upon
The bov lay with his tiny white hands
crossed upon his ll,Ie breast, hui so pale.
yet so lile.ljke. that one who had entered
Tie roOm unaware OF he sorrow thai
reigned in The dwelling, would have sup
p0scd that gentle slun,ber had fallen up
on the child, and that lie had gone away
in his dream. and was wandering in ihs
fields of ,he farof Eden with some Of
his li,,le play fellows. long since joined
To the multitude unnumbered, who 1--we
where tears and weeping are unknown,
and who will return no more. The sweet
smile. which even the fearloi Struggle he
had passed ihtougn had 10, robbed BIN
OF. and which still fingered upon the face
of the poor dead child, would have LED
oae 10 lnaginalions like these
i Oh TO die in May, when the flowers
are brightest. and the birds are so ivy Gus,
and the skies are so clear, mellow, and
glorious. and the hum Of bees come lul-
IingIy 10 The ear, and the fields a!e so
green. and the distant woods and noun
lsina with the sof. hues Of ligh. and shsd-
ow resting upon them, so }uxurant in
their new dresses, and The meadows send
forth such fragrance upon the air.
Thoughts like ,hese bring more then sad
ness with them.
TO the aged death may be said TO be a
blessing bu, that the young should meet
the doom, with all their Joy yous aniiclpa-
lions, and high aspirations, and the world
with its howery lanes, and rose gardens
before them, and burning wishes to run a
race of honor. and to win noble name,
and gain lofty place, no matter what
the ruggle-nO matter what the height
thev may have 10 climb, is death to am-
b!tion.
Oh ! to die young, ere the blightng,
willering band Of sorrow has commenced
TO marx the fair cheek with lis skeleton
! fingers, and to be hid awsy-awav down
IN the bosom Of the earth, in the deep
darkness. with the roses hue fresh upon
the cheek. and The smile upon the face, no
more 30 look upon the loIlous sun, and
the beautiful works Of creation, and after
brief space TO be forgotten. and no more
Remembered than If we had never existed,
is death 10 ambition
But such is lis end. Thoughts such
as these do oIlen come gloumlIy and
drearily up like shrouds. n'ruding 'hem.
selves between Us and our brightest and
mes, cheering prospects, and let US do
what we may, we cannot drive them
hence rI..a-.f
g..
Another tomorrow and the poor dead
boy was lying as calm and placid as ever
the same swee, smiIe We, lingering upon
his face. SO they placed him in his lI'Ie