Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1868-02-06
: sounds don Like a. Sigh.

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Herald He does notosay it;s but he seems to
have Been musing over those mystical words OF
S.. Paul in his epistle ,to:the Romans: Every
creature 1.-The whole creatioDl groaneth, and
trra.,y,aileth In pam even until now; and' nos
only it, but ourselves also: who have the hrst
fruits of the spirit, evea we ourselves groan
within ourselves waiting tforsthe adoption OF
the hSn, sons IS Of God the redemptionof our body
Here are the beautiful verses of this true poet:
Freeman s,.5ouraal.yss Y usar T .asA
90 where the, sea. waves are kissing the shore,
And ask them why do they sigh; 9,S
The poets have asked them thousand IL tunes 1!9E
Butthey're kissing the shors as they We e Kissed
And they're signing today, and they'll sigh zig
Ask them what ails ihem=--they will not reply
why does your poetry sound hke g g sign
The waves viii not answer you77-nelther shall !.
Co. stand on the beach Of the broad boundfless
deep :>;ga,,s>I,ss 49, ;, -. Nh
And Hear how the billows are mos1ling IN sleep,
On elowlying strand by the surge beating
TheVrsr moaning for ever wherever they sweepi
Ask them what ails them--:they never reply, 5
They moan, and SO sadly, but Will not tell why.
why does your poetry sound ike sign ~,
The pillows won't answer You-nether shail l.
Go, list to the breeze, at the waning of day,
When it passes and Inurmurs good bye;" 80
the dear little breezel how it wishes to stay z:
Where the flowers are in bloom, where the
How sga Il gsiass | as it aies on its wearisome way
Ask it what ails tit will not reply -.
It's voice is a sad one-it will not tell :Wny' All,
..sWhy does your poetry sound like a sign r.,
Tho. breeze will not answe. you-neither shall l.
Go. watch. the wild blasts as sthsy spring sfron
When T the shout of the storm rends the sky;
They rush DER theesrth and rideithrough Sd .
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And they blight with their breath all that
And t,ey eroan like the ghosts in "theland7 Of
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Ask chem whatiails them-they never reply,
Theiryoices aremournful, they will not tell why.
'tWhy does your poetry sound ikea slgnF,
The blasts will not answer you-neltner snall 1.
Go, stand on the rivulees llJ -fringed side, e
Or list where the rivers rush by;% n
The streamlets, which forest trees snaooW anu
And the rivers that roll in their oceanward tide
Are moaning forever, wherever they gllde.
Ask them what ails them they will not reply;
On sad-yoiced, they dow but they never 3te se'l
"Why does your poetry sound like sgh?"<5
Earth's streams will not answer you-nether
shall t. of' aa.iH .1zg0a tsE .o -
When the shadows Of twilight are grey on the
And dark where the low valleys lie,
Go, list toothe voice Of the wild whip poor-W!l,,
That sings when the songs ofthe sisters are still,
And walls through the darkness 50 sadly ana
shrill. -.
Ask what ails tit will not reply.
It walls sad as ever-it never tells why
why does ycur poetry sound like q sigh 2"
The bird will not answer thee--nelther. shall !:
Go, list to the voices of earth, air and sea, =
And the voices that sound in the sky;
Their songs may be joyful to some, put to me, me,
There's sigh ir each chord and sigh in each
And tHousands.of sighs swell the grand melody.
Ask them what ails them-they will not reply,
They sigh-sigh iorever-but never tell why
why does your poetry sound like slgh r.
The voices won't answer you-nelther snail l..
A CAnD.-Admiral Raphael Semmes, tor.
merly Of the late Confederate Navy, has pub
lisbed card, from which we make the follow
ing extract: 81 yzu <lI @GgJ
as'The New; York Times, understand, for |
have not seen the article, is quite merry
over the fact, stated by me in one OF my lee
lures, that when [ captured the California
steamer, Ariel, I did not permit the passengers
to be despoiled of any portion of their money
Or personal effects, limiting myself to the
capture OF the steamer and her freight
While | struck sturdy and hearty blows at the
commerce OF the enemy, as was my duty, tnls
was my constant, practice at sea, and L. .contras-
ted, in the lecture. referred to by the lines,
this practice with the shameful robberles per
petrated FISHERMAN and his 'bummers upon
the women and children, of the South, burning
from over their. heads the houses which shel
tered them from the storm, and robhlag them
not only of th.ir jewelry, but ot'thelr tood aod
Clothing. Will the Times cease Q moment
its abusive rhetoric and deny. the facts stated
by me? II SO, I. call upon the five hundred
passengers whom j captured on board tne
contrast have presented of my own conduct
upon the sea where private property is not
subject to capture, and the conduct of the van
dals have mentioned upon the land, where
private property is otsubject to capture? 1t
dare not Itiis time then that all this sense
less clamor about the piracies OF the Alabama
had ceased Her. commission was as legtl-
mate as that of General Lee, and no one but
anass will seek to draw any distinction "a
slanderous Northern press has poisoned the
public miId as to the career of my ship, and
believing In the fairness Of the American peo.
pleIdesign at my leisure, and as opportunity
ayoferrto present to my countrymen the
Iact$-those stubborn things at which all the
radical pack, Blanche, Tray and Sweetheart
may bark 10 chorus, but not one, little Of which
eanthey alter g. 0 8 ~ ~