The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1868-06-10
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mTEICH ME THY WAY"

"TEICH ME THY WAY"
o, thou unseen, eternal one,
Whom myriad worlds obey
Whose being is-whose will be done,
Where'er the rays of star or sun
Through the wide realms OF ether rum
Teach me Thy way
At morn, when first Thy golden beams
Thy glorious works display,
When Ger the hill Thy sunlight streams,
And earth with life and beauty teens,
Like some bright isle in happy dreams;
"Teacl me Thy way
At evening, when Thy shadows fall
Around departing day,
And lowly vale, and mountain tall,
And stream, and lake, and forest-ail
Grow sombre with Thy ,nantling pail;
'Teach me Thy way"
Nor less, when in Lies solemn hour,
Are sleeping silently,
The weary bee in tiny flower,
The wild bird, in his greenwood bower,
And souls meath thatch or princely tower;
Teach me Thy way"
When by the smile of Summer blest,
The fields and woods are gay,
All in o robe Of verdue dressed;
When the wild winds have sunk to rest
Thy waves are still in Oceans breast;
Teach me Thy way"
Or when Thou stretchedst forth Thine arm
In awful majesty,
In wintry skies or climate warm,
Robing about the unseen form
With clouds and darkness, fire and storm;
Teach me Thy way"
Maker of all--earth, sea and air
Ruler of night and day,
Long as live beneath Thy care,
While goodness keep and mercy spare,
Be ever this my heartfelt prayer: ".s.
"Teach me Thy way"
And when Life's heeting hours are past;
When in eternity
The undying soul on Thee is cast,
0, take me to Thyself at last,
And through that endless, unknown vast,
'Teach me Thy way"
-@~AD>N----
KEEP ME- AWAKE, MOTHER
WRITTEN AFTER THE MANNER OF "Rocl
METo SLEEP"
Onward, eyer onward, rolls time in hi
flight,
The hopes of this morning lie withered a
night.
Mother, come for your counsels once more
Teach me my duty again as of yore-
Strengthen my heart to endure and to bea
Earth's only heritage and care;
The sting from my vigals let your tende
love take,
Keep me awake, mother, keep me awake
LIES reality, earnest and true,
Calling for action on me and on you,
The daytime of duty, when no one ma
sleep,
But must SOW golden seed at the harvest
reap;
Then rouse, oh mother, thisslumbrous brai
TO life and to hope, and to interest agar
Fresh courage from you let my womanhoc
take,
Keep me awake, mother, keep me awake
a single step backward in life's brig
morn.
May lose to tile pilgrim his hope of retur
While every step forward but shortens b
way,
And hastens the close of his burdenson
day;
A beacon he proves to his.followers afar,
To guide them and cheer them in duty
stern war,
Such light to wayfarers, fain would
make,
Keep ME awake, mother, keep mo awake
Awake to lifes sorrow, LIES duty al
hope;
Awake to my veal, that with sin ] M
cope;
Awake to my intellect, by Gods mer
given;
Awake to my soul, to lead me to heaven
Awake to temptation, and strong to refu:
Awake to my talents, that them ] M
Awake to hate evil, and holiness take;
Keep me awake, mother, keep Inc awake
LOVE SONG.
By CHARLES SWAIN.
I.wish my love was some fair stream,
Soft singing through her woodland WI
And | some star, whose loving beam
Might in her bosom rest its ray.
wish my love was like the dew,
Half hidden meath the roses lip,
And the young dawn. trembling thro'l
The fragrance none but might sip
Mish--like the flowers That fondlY me