The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1866-01-23
Por the Nashville Un,oa.
The Words Upon the Tree,

The words upon the Tree.
De- = DO dream that Tslsie,
Or fancy wsrdeIiDg FREE,
But fomethiDg mixed up with ny f.t-.
OfEoros upon Atres.
Twas in my yort5, whsn day By day
U-nknowIng woe or care,
Through woods and aelds I loved 10 stray
Were usiure seemed most far.
Tat once IchsDosd upon 3 brook,
Before unseen by me-
I:tsined through such 8 tiny nook,
And y % stood a tree.
Atioele tree no other tree
For ha fal .aeue was Aigh.
To grace the pretty spot orbs
Athelter from the shy.
But there were uudulabng bills,
Through which 10 msny a nook
There ran clear, crystal, shining nils.
Small oh-shoots from ihs brook.
II too INFINITELY thus I dwell
tnthat fair scenery,
a patience, reader, OIL ! tell
The words upon the tree.
Sot ! alone, on summer d -,
For shelter and for shade,
Sought outthai tsehom suliry rays
There was a ehsfming maid.
But mo she wsI did not know.
Though on I s-w her Their
But ] migltcoms and ] might go,
Norleamwho Was the far.
On, graceful was each step she took,
And bruu al sAsshe,
As she would wander by the brook
OF so leneAth the tee.
And VII n she rea he'd its shadow FIRST,
To d stance would STIR,
And while 10 thought ! was immersed,
leave all the shade to her.
Atlorgth one day ] early came,
Before the msiien goes
To uhsi lone tree, and carved my maze,
And near il pinned a rose
That she might, as she sought the tree
Or chance 10 wander by,
Al drst the pretty doEer see;
Thcnuame would catch hereyc.
And 10 that tree again ] came,
While wandering forth alone,
And, IMPURE found young steila's name
Carved underneath my OWL.
Though ] was scarcely more thsn boy
r..rvea uuon the harE,
Il love. and hoped with more than Joy
She'd read il ere twas dark,
And early IN neat matn time
Again sought the tree,
Apdiound beneath ' ! love, for rhyme.
How proven carved ~nervously.
Two words apiece were all We had;
Vel though they were 20 lev,
Within NY heart / felt more glad
Than reading volumes through
Once mere I carved n mAun time
when may Itpeakm my yowsr
.u4,0v.d below I fund. for rhyme.
Here, uBdemoaih the boughS'
An day 1 waited. and the next
u waited long in vain;
Ithought she would not come-peifieAoa
Three times. ] vent again
Almost despsrng-rn distress
lwent another day,
And iound twas maiden hasiinioess
rhai ksptmy love away.
r.,sre steis at ana downward gshed-
our angers did entwine'
BE- iasr soSthirg words, she rhAe1
RerI quia eyes 10 miae-
tu,enI scarce know whet ! said,
.roa. mired with "thou" and thee
FOR lack of woris ! showed instead
Tpe words upon the tree.
And h,n rsihe looked our vow
.pdpesrcd ~fth sy-s than spoke,
For fopg & was teoesih the boughs
Nc either silence broke.
Ma Why prolonE my foolish tale
r5sso 10 81 but nc,
For since hat tine I've had 70 wal
Tho-e words uPoa me tree.
an. va- too beautiful iorlne-
speh lus a. moitais know
net I've 20 he my wife
an, sent where angels 80.
IA. how We saadered near The brook
never can iorget'
bsr s,irery voice and look
~ t,ro,rh me-haunts me yet
AuH how. when forth We use" iosin'
she smiled 20 gladden. me
Tbsurh n. could only tom her home
waE hslfvsy 90 tho tree
d h when 10 her falling strength
shs csuiduot walk stsl,
watched beside her couch stlenEh
prom spuugum t'u fali
Audbau. while othefs were asleep
Iu dr,ams 60 sntssy,
she OTIS would 90 hr wiudoU creep
10 look out towards the tree
Ao8Uhen fhc fauud that she must te,
she iury vhsporet ne
70. BE sure, any love, YOU Day me nlsn
Those uoai- upon the tree
noble b5urhs he tree has got'
rbsre's one ab5ye The moss
winch broadly stretches nom the spot
T. badr heisook a,rosh
In, other arms. from ont the sight,
Grow cur,ing underground.
krt.tnasfsm. 10 garments white,
Is ~ uosc bnnohos wound.
1.- y,ti, tree. yiriifo thee
Ma rsuds s,Aa's chsrms'
rr,r~s she'- ever lost e. me,
she's ale u.tlin thy srns
N,sr nles. On uiakingofmy vov7'
I8nrer d m my Euai
Iknlu zach ,pug upon shy o'os's
ia msss thy smallest zeal
You rro4 IN Ausrslssisn SOL
kns nsu % thee I af,
Through weary leagues Of woe and toll
10 rsach thce ere . aie.
AnI M, lat words shan b. 20 those
Who latest tend on mo
clutter mo near. when he shsA oiosr
u,oss words upoS The tree
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