The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1868-06-25
WESTMINSTER. MD. THURSDAY. JUNE D. 1868.
She is Dying.

nne y Dying
The following is sublimaIy beautiful
and pathetic. aud could only have been
dictated by q heart that has experienced
all the bitterness that is therein ex-
pressed, Who the author II we know
not, but suspect It is an extract from
some book If anybody can read il
withoutmoisture intheir eyes and stones
IN the throat, they are worthy Of mar.
bic
Hush she Il dying The sun.Iighs
streams through the platesglas windows
tho room Is fragrant with the swcet
breath OF the Southern flowers large
milkwllile African lilieg--roses night
ingnlc would stoop 10 worship; cape
essamines and camelias with their large
glossy leaves
Through the open easement steals the
faint. musical tingle Of playing foun.
tains; and tho lightiempered pleasant
ly by rose curtains Of embroidered satin,
kindloa up gorgeous old paintings with
q halo bright a. rai1bow IL IS as IL
frcshor sunshine we're falling eaYthward
on the bower Of beauty.
The canary sings 10 his gilded cage
- her canary aud the mockina bird
raises his clear notes higher and higher
on the peffumed air.
Why do you elonch your hands until
the nails drawihe richrOsy blood through
the thin qaivcring eking Why do you
grind your tecth together, aud hiss be-.
tween them. that one word, hushg It's
. beautiful home, I am suro, and that
lady with her hand upon her bosom, Is
fair as any dream vision or the painter.
Surely nothing could be purct than
that broad high brow nothing brighter
than these curIs.
And she loves son, too All yes,
any one can rcad that ID the dcop violet
eyes. raised 50 tenderIy to your own.
Al that ls il +; Jour young wife loves
you,
She linked % yours the existence of
an angel. when she kueit beside you at
tho marriage altar and placed her hand
10 yours.
Fortwclve iouggolden nsummcrmonths
40 angel has walked Or sat By your side,
of slept ID -FOUR bosom.
You know il Memorial woman cscr
made your heart bow before 4 purity 80
diyinsl
No earthly cnbfacc eyeY fiTiSd your
soul with tic glory beyond thc stars !;
no earthly ssnilc ever sh0na so un6hang.
ingIy above AZ nojsomc things as you
ekfth.wofms call care aud trouble SEe
Il al angel, and other angels have been
singing 70 her Ia the long days OF this
pleasant june time.
+. Iiuah," yoi say, you cant Ahut the
anthem notes Of heaven from those un-
sealed ears .-L Louder, lighter, swell
tho hymns Of lhc seraphs brighter
grows the smile On yoar young wife's
lips
she whipers, sDesrcAt, Tin almost
home, and you sin come BIZ aud by,
aud | am going 10 ask God 10 bless yon'''
But you cannot hear it--you tnrn away,
and the big tears gather ia tho yioles
ayes.
You had held her there on your
bosom all day -sll night; arc you tirsdz
But ysu can't answer. Clossr~-oloscs
yon clasp the slight, fair figure; pain.
fully you press your iipsto the cold brow
Carrie i dead
What i Il 10 you that the sunshine
j. bright; what that lis cherriai rays
lall 90 the broad lands.--our lands f---
What is it--now thai she can walk On
them 10 more Aud what Il death
hor death I lew people know her; no
slce.presidcnt must be chosen 10 GIL her
place; no nation will raise menrmcus
70 her memafy IIas she wes yours
grcat God Of ouFz-~-yonr al
No~yonrs and Gods and your year
Of JOY i over, and she rcats on Ills bo.
som nov Ia heaven.
They have dug grave fos her -
Spring towers brighten over IL, and the
green grass smiles pith dasies and VIC.
lets. Yoa 90 there, aud sigh and pray,
aud ask God iFyou, too, may come hon,el
aud when no answer comes, your bright
heart rises up ia bitterness, aud with
lheboIdRicked words upon your tongue,
you pause, fvF your guardian angallooks
down from heaven, aud whispers
z Hush
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W4rrn Dur~rrxn Nnw that tha