The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1866-12-25

Tho stars lcok down roodees halls.
At every board vacant chair
Fills With quick tears some tender eye.
Those @ wei-soved forms % thss vin not ass.
We Lift the glass, our hand t7 stayed !.'sii
Wejests spectre rises up: .5 tai~
We kiss and pass the silent cup,
And pledge tho gallant friend who keeps .4.5
His Christ1nas-eve Nalve1n's height
And him, our fair haired boy, who sleeps
Beneath Virginiaa SHOWS to-night @i.rH t
While, by the fire, she rnusng, brooda
II ShIloh's danE and oozing woods ls
Had never drunk that crimson stain.
happy Yules Of buried yearsl
Sweet as loves earliest Kiss appears at
would a sos sa those s'ch Chimes whose vosoes ssa
His birth night with nnelodious burst,
% Quenched f tie iorn Widows Ie-loag thirst
Ahl yet trust that all who weep,
Somewhere, at last will surely and
Hr Ths rest 9 snsz
And some far Christmas morn shall bring a
70 loving hearts, while angels ning -f..
''Peaos and good will good Will and peaesi''
Our next selection, though in different strain
and temper, is no less exquisite in grace, senti-
ment and general beauty. It in from another Of
our native poets, HENR1 TumRoD, Esq, and is
worthy Of our ancient city in it's palmiest days:
BT HERR1 T1nkRoD, OF SOUTH cA1ol.nIA. %+
How grace this hallowed dRy1 '--
hsgRy Ss esss
Bound which the children play e.: j,s. .:s
That tonsueless tower hath clesved the ssbsash sir
Mute as on obelisk OF ice aglare 3+,
Beneath an Arctic noon. 35 s.isI34.s -,
N: shsme to the foes that drown
G ef ces p III a IL
In some far rustic town. ;ii8 ,+5Gj#r .
\. There let MS think they keep, : .;$
the assa 1gss1 II naish @ 6s5e @ s5 s ss
stst Some echoes in their sleep: G+
How shan we grace the day2 !,i:r.s,
with feast and song. and dance. and antique spsrss
And shout Of happy children in the oesrts, Al
And tales Of ghost and fsyfrrg t,.. -ss.
Where the old % pasmes. % With their lawful nase, @
And all the merry round Of Christmas joys. &.,
M Gould enter a. Of .yores s3:s.ii.. .,i#
:i Would not some pallid face . .;4..f .-ts,
51esa o9 e9i n ths
e.. And trouble all tho placea NJ, .;1,l.,.-s. Mi
How could We bear the 1nirth,
iSs aa.sS n .sv.
In cold Virginian earth 3ys
How shall we grace the dayl -.1.
The Prince OF Peace 1.-The Prince Of Psaea WA bean.
Employ us. while NE prayi .t,.
!: Pray tor the peace which long
4s:n leit Fl this tortured land: and h,R,y nox -
There hardly sa9a hrom wrong llrs::
Let every sacrsd fans '5.. . =es::
Can its sad votaries to the shrine OF God.
i.And, with the lloistet and the tented sea "a
Join Il, ono solemn strain1 Si: !;
With ponnp Of Roman form 1s' .!.. "A - WIN
with the grave ritual hrouGh H1GlNrdS shoxA
And with the amp1e fatth which aaks no mors
Than that the heara be warrn- :'41
He. who Hl1 Time. ahan cease. g., .' 1: t5 (
Shall watch that earth where once not an In vain,
He died to give peace, win not disdatn t,att
. prayer whose theme is-pssee. ''!5t 4
|: Perhaps, ere yet the spring \ #--1: -1
\ Hn&h died into the suInmer: over all u; 3.
The land, the peace Of Bis vast love shall faH
Like some protesting wing. ~
"A. Oh. ponder vhss It n,eansi s..f+
oh, turn the fspturous thought In every wa4 tJ,
oh, gtye;the vision and the fancy play.
= And shape the coming soense 81. ~:
Peace IN the quiet aales,; = I. = :,sESs H!.
=. Aaae rankly fertile BY the blood Of men,. :-t 's
1~ace in the woodland. and the lonely glens -:...
Peace In the 'psop1ed va2sst H! S;s MI
H Peace IN the crowded town, .:;.:...si tt$ u
Peace in Thousand Aelds Of waving sra14e ati:
Peace in the highway and the howsry lane, r.%.
'a..s Peace On the wtn6-swspt downf !" ;,
n Peace on the ftarthAst sesa, 81 ssif. a5j}t \
Peaoe IN aheltered bays and 11npla streams, :-
Peace wheseaoe'er our starry galland glealns. s.a
-l Andpeace IN evary breazei Ja-.&t :.s n.
a'. Peaoe on fhewhrrsng fnArts. Sc; .S.: Il III
Peaos where tho scholar th3n1s tha hunter roaxsa
Peacs God Of Peacal psacs. peaaS1n oar homes.
Si', AND paaoe IN Al QUE heaSfSl q = So
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