Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1866-01-16
the BALLAD OF BARTE BELL.

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THE BALLAD OF Babe BEL
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Have you nce heard the poets tell
= Row came the dainty u able Bell
49, Ento this werid Of ours7
The BmBes Or He8san wore 10 sjmr;
VIII folded hands and dreamy sysa,
WMndsEing out Of Paradise,
She Jaw n planet, like star,
Hung Ia the glistening depths Of even
sC,er yhlek d. wh!te winged angels Co.,
Bearing ths holy dead 10 Hsavess.s T. V
She sonched brio se of Howsrs; those feet,
So light they did mot bend she tells
OF the celestial ssphodsisi
- They fol- Like de'R upon the flowers,
= sThsh all che air grew strangely aMaes !; TVFF
And thus came dainty Baoie Bell u 8e I'll
late this world ofoar sEsssss. ssaa ,9gsiaQ
sise cams and brought esIicioas May 1T
The swallows baiit beneath the caves
Like sunlight On and out The leaves
ss Tbs r0hbinr vs. mt the livelong day;
The lily swung its nofsaEsss belt, 50 g5d y
And Der the p5fch the trembling vine e
Seemed beHsiing with its veins Of winei
How awestiys softly, twilight fslil
o. earth was full Of singing birds,
EAnd opening Sqrtngst.ds noweras -
When The daInty 6Abie Bell
Came ta fhia world OF 0nFsf
D Babe, dainty Rabie Bell
61W f@aE &ne BrE% grcm Gay 10 d&yt
What s&esaaxs nature flled her eyes,
What pestEy within them lay -ssv I'm
s1aThose deep and tender tWiiisht eyss. ~ Il
q IT, sSs = ss aaooS 1 tie liz iishs
ssg 0f tbcssppeu En;ea OF Pdradlsa.
- And 90 Ne loved Ter more aud norss
Al. never I'm cur arts before a~aa
WKs love Vi Kenny born. aasusas@As-a /
II VIZ fplf #e had lima between r. esrseFv-
"a 'Hhssrsal world and that 1nasan---s 9 x tA j
- he lard beyond the m9rn.-~.---4s-.----
aef love q h Is whom God Tia la f5rs,
slsa when Ba6i- came ffoia Pasndissl : Is I'll 1
Tez love OF Him who san to our lives s.a5 4
sa2saa And woAe the cEctda Of JOY and pain, "a
We said, - Dear Christ ''--eux hearsa bent do
eaf z Liks vi0lsta after rain. ils61a -as.Ig -,
s.-isana aa1 si.s aa1g- s at9m nssa sssas w
= And NOW the orchards, which were white
And rsd with blossoms whom abe came,
a wWaFexich IA ankamn's meIlcw prime;
- TAe ciaAfHrea apsaas burnf Liza dame,
Thsh6f 4ches kAd psaches blushsd and fIls ~
The grapes hung Furpling In the strange;
-aad Eilae wr2ushfJass On rich rhanse
.sss Har iiaaoms form more perfect crew.
APd an hef 4ealursa we could trace
In &oi&eHsd curves her mofhsr'g facef
~ s snssl ns ss ss :. ss1sd to-
- But shs was holy, sadnsly now y I -
Around her pale angelic brow 4aaa
"esew hlenaes ring % naiasi
Gods hand had taken AWAY the aeal
a That held the portals OF Nor speech
And Oft she said few afraagg words
- sssstg Whose nneaning Day beyond ear rsaeh.
Sha never was n child TO M, -
We never held her beings key AA
We could noe teach her holy things;
81 &ha was Ghriat's self In purity.
II CAME upon uB by degrees;
We saw ite shadow ere &c fell, s4Aa fe&s
- The knowledge that unr God had ment sN
His mess&nReF for Habse Bellss
----- We shnddHred with uniAnRuagsd pain, =
Aad aIl Car hopes wer changed 90 fsara,
Ard all our thoughts rMa into tearn
Like sunshine Into rain.
VS. cried aloud I'm our belief
ST. amite us gently, Raatly, Godi
Teach m TO bond and kiss tine rod,
AA Ind perfect grow through grief ~ u
&h, how we loved her, God can tell:
H6f heart was foldea deep fn cara. - Ssaf :
Our hearts On BROKEN, Babie Belli
At LIANT he cams, the messenger,
TIE messenger from unseen landa;
And what aid dainty Bahis BsIlf 80
ri &hs only crossed her liffle banda,
Sh9 only locked mere meek ond fair r.
- VS. parted back her Hilken hair. @ y
We wore the roses rounR her brow,
white buds, the summers drifted snow,
Wrapt her from bead to foot in flowers! E
And thus went dainty Babe Bell
Out of this world OF oursi