The Vermont transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1864-1870, 1867-05-10
From he Banner Of Liglt.
Heart Pantheon Images.

IN oVcfy secret chamber Of the heart
some scnlptntcd Image in It's dim shrine stands.
wrought by subtle aud mysterious art,
Anu iashioned by an unseen artists hand
carved ont OF fond desires and cherished hopes.
Nhlcn long have lain concealed from others
Like hidden pearls for which the diver eropes.
lar underneath the oceans waves Of blue !"
Come, Childhood's Idol first of thee sing
70 thee my muse shall strike her tuneful Law.
Though memory fond doth dimlv forward bring
INC Love we loved within thy blissful May
falhtly thou beam'st, our senior far in years,
a rustic hobe in a smiling mood
softly thou bOw'st 60 wipe away onr tears
Ger tale of "Bluebeard," or Of 'lddinghood /"
Fond recollection oft bedims tho eve
Ger Fittings sad 0ur adolescence knew,
J. On ripper years renew the ponsive sigh
For memory drapcs thom in a fadeless hue.
On, Loves OF Childhood one and all dueenl
Legion Is thy name Love knows we loved yo
Ne troop like chorubs through our manhood's
Yet fade like fairies, at the tOcsin's call
There stands Youths Idol, dreamy, pert, yet coy
AZ bathing Naiad in sylvan stream
Pickle yet fond, as vow Of beardlcss boy,
Who yearns and signs in midst Of Loves
young dream
Celestial nymph, from regions far abpyel
Tho palm is thine o smiling Queen Of Hearts =
Ihoud storm the heart Of eycn royal Jovc.
or Cupid melt. armed cap-a-pie with darts
A fair-browed goddess, with soft auburn hair,
And soul as pure as snow from Alpine's store.
Stands Mauho0d's Idol loyal loving. fair
AS smiling Peri Oh an angel shore!
Boyhood and youth ON her ambitions gaze,
Or stand in awe, their valor all uustrung
Though singing Hope through their hoart-tem-
Sweet as the strain DER tomb Of oTpboaaa
And cen Old Age its niche doth claim. forsooth,
And bows to Ideal yet TO be obtained,
Whose glory pales the dream Of buoyant Youth,
And Manho0ds ripper choice Proclaimed
By intuition, this Ideal ever lives,
shining, saint-lko Is TO BE All, yes
Zen wintry Age with painting yearning strives
Her shrine to gain, and with it heavenly Bliss
Deep in the heart Of all-of Childhood Youth
And Age-ono Image all soronely glows
Nor time, oblivion, bitterness nor ruth,
Can shade the halo Fancy DER her throws
lis Hope Eternal thus ia shrned sublime.
Like gems OF fair Pandora, our joys may nee
Yet she rcmain-a monument divine
To mans devotion for the Is TO Bel
o Youths Fair Drcaml o Chndhood's Bliss
o Manhoods Faith o Greyboards fadeess
Thine are the shrincs Earth's pilgrims bow tc
To thee, the Muses. sing the ilattering trope
There shall ye stand weird Idols of our dream
ln7caticl, untouched, by lime or lcthe hest
There shall ye glow, with sacred vcstal-sheen,
\ smiling Paiias IN the human breast
$50 do we fill each nicho within the heart
With some fair Image and orr warming eyes
Oft look within, whom from the world apart,
To view the treasure which we 80 much prize,
on look within, TO find with bitter pain,
con, cruel Fate thou rude Icon0clast y
Only the scattered fragments which remain
Tho Image but Memory NJ ne Past! :"
Though Broken Idols sadly thick are strcwn
Through nave and chanccl of the human
BREAST
May not our hopes and aspirations bloom
Once more IN far Llyslnm Some Rest
IN BEST Utopia again show them bright
And fresh as when first they hade us woepY
Phaton-hke, must soul aye scale the wals o
Night,
But 10 be plunged to a moro rayless deep
II cannot be Tho loving God, who made
Sunshine and Storm the rainbow and the rain
Surely hath not from Mercy's pathway strayed-
Hath ucor created Horn 20 hgpc be rain
The Ideal Of the Soul doth surely live
Heaven were imperfect devoid Of her,
Aud Iil an empty dream Yea. Time VIII give
Each fair Ideal TO it's worshippcg
ST.. Adams, VT, 1866.