Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1868-02-27
CHARLESTOWN, THU URSDAY, FEBRUARY 2L 1868
Sounds Like a Sigh.

Rev. A. J. Ryan, "Moina," has written the
following verses for the Savannah News and
Herald. He does not say it but he seems to
have been musing over those mystical words
of St. Paul, in his epistle to the Romans :
Every creature 1.-THE whole creation] groan-
eth, and travaileth in pain, even until now )
and, not only it, but ourselves also, who have
the first fruits of the spirit, even we ourselves
groan within ourselves, waiting for the adop-
ton of the sons of God-the redemption of our
body" Here are the beautiful verses Of this
true poet :-Freeman's Journal
Go where the sea waves are kissing the shore,
And ask them why do they sigh
The poets have asked them thousand tipes Ger
But they're kissing the shore as they've kissed it
before
And they're sghing to-day, and they'll sigh ever
more;
Ask them what ails them-thcy will not reply.
"Why does ynur poetry sound like sghY
The waves will not answer yOu-neither shall /.
Go stand on the beach Of the broad bOundess deep,
When the night stars are cleaning on high;
And hear how the bllows are moaning in sleep,
On the lowlyiDg strand by the surge beaten steep;
Ask them what ails them-they never reply:
They moan and so sadly, but never tell why.
- Why does your poetry sound like sigh
The pillows won't answer you-neither shall /.
Go. list to the breeze, at the waning of day,
when it passes and murmurs " good bye"
The dear little breeze how il wishes to stay
Where the flowers are in bloom, where the singing
birds play;
How il siphs rs it flies on its wearisome way?
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It's voice i n sad one-it will not tell why.
"Why does your poetry sound like sigh ~
The breeze will not answer you-neither shall /.
Go, watch the wild blasts they spring from their
lair,
When the shout of the storm rends the sky;
They rush DER the earth and ride through the air,
And they blight with their breath all that's lovely
aud fair;
And they groan like the ghosts IN - the lana oi
despair"
Ask them what ails them-thcy never reply;
Their voices are muurnful they will not tell why.
"Why does yonr poetry sound like sigh -
The blasts will not answer you-neither shall l.
Go. stand on the rivuets lily-fringed side,
Or list where the rivers rush by;
The streamlets which forest trees shadow and hide,
And the rivers that roll in their Oceanward tide,
Are moaning forever. wherever they glide.
Ask them what ails them-they will not reply;
On sad-voced, they flow. but they never tell why.
" WHY does your poetry sound like sigh?"
Earth's streams will not answer you-neither
shall |.
When the shadows of twilight grey on the hill,
And dark where the low valleys lie,
Go. list TO the voice Of the wild whip -poorwi,
That ,ings when the songs Of the sisters are still
And walls through the darkness sadly aud shrill.
Ask il what ais tit will not reply,
Ii walls sad rs ever-it never tells why.
.Why does vour poetry sound like a sigh ~
The bird will not answer thee-nether shall l.
Go. list to the voices Of earth, air and sea,
And the voices that sound in the sky;
Their songs may be joyful 20 some, but to me,
There's a sigh in each chord and sigh in each key,
And thousands Of sghs swell the grand melody.
Ask them what sils them-they will not reply,
They sigh-sigh iorever-but never tell why.
" Why does your poetry sound like sigh!
The voices won answer you-neither shall !.