The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1869-09-17
POET RY.
TAnso Wake OF Tim OsEx0x0,

Ts the wake ee ORAsa
Csusoenpaaie;-
~ g. Pstsick's alley
Wss thsse % 80,
With ths fEisuds aad kas0so
OF the family.
On The o,d dsal table Tn lay. u vhit4
AID u bio pillow The bssning light;
wAile pale - himssl1. With ~ teas q ~ eAs,
The mother received us-eeo fun 70 speak;
Dss sAs hsapsd ~ Ars-aaA With >se wesd,
sst he blsek bottle upoa the boasd,
while The company gathered, one and sll,
1ss aad women. big and email
1se sse u The alley but felt call
70 ths wake q tn o1asA
A. the fsee ol O'Hars
All white With sleep.
Not one o( the wo0es
Hat took . peep
And the wives DsW welded
Began 20 weep.
Ths mothers clustered around shout
Asd praised the llnsa aa6 lsyiag out
xor white - ssew NJ bic wiedlng shssk
And Ill looked peaceful and clean, and swsse
The Old wives pesising the blessed dead.
Custsssd thick round the o'd psess.bsd.
Where 0'Hass's widow, tattessd snd ton,
Held 70 her bosom the sabe new bon.
Aad stared eli around her, With syss sossas1,
At The wake q Tin Onaes.
For ths hcsst Of 0'Hsss
wss true - gold.
And The lie ol OHa1
Wss bright and bod,
AID bic ssaiis wss peseioss
TO yoang I'D Cd.
oay - gsiasa, wse q dsy,
With smiiiag mouth asd twinkllag sysl
AaA evss su snsw9 tes ohaR - fua,
Would 1ght like . lion With say oosi
Not seishbos q say tssds
But knew some joke that The boy had asdsi
Not seikhbsr, dull o. bsiGht
But minded so0sthiae. frolic or lgAt
Ard whispsssd II roaed TIE Ire tAat sight
Al ~ wake q Tin 0RAs&
"To God b the glosy
IN dsseh and life!
Hss taken O'Elass
ysso tss1e - slsiSa"
saiA eessvsa 1141S, -
TAo aDpk k.wtea
S~os6 tlGs ~ lsslao1r ~ l0sgon Hat
1slA0 q NM q ~ esshs1ns;
"0sA sls0 - bs1ln1 u q - Asosi
ehe ssvW msdc wslD ~ AGl10 asor
And I'll Joined chorus, and escA 90 ~
Someshing kind of the boy that was dead
The bottle went round from lip 70 iin
And the weeping widow, for fellowship
Tsok the giass Of Old Biddy. and hsd . zip,
At the wake Of Tin 0'Hass.
Then ~ drank 70 O1ass
with Asains - ths hsia,
Whiis ths eses et O'1Iass
Looked On - grim,
h ths eospss-light shiniag
Yellow aud din.
3bs Ahsk west eossd agaj. and agsis:
5>hs talk grew louder Ut evssy dsais:
Lssdss The tongues 0e ths wosses grsv;
Ths teagues II The boys wsss ieosiag, toel
Bat the widow. hss weary eye lids CLOSED,
And, soothed By the drop Of drink, shs dossd;
The mother bsiShtened and laughed - hsae
OF O'Ilara's Gxht With the gTsaaAies,
As1 sAs hsasts Of % sll took bsttes eAeee
A. ths wsks II TIN 0HasA
Tho TIE tsos oe O'Han
Looked o. - was.
10 the chimsey eosDss
The row bsgaa;
Lame Tony was 10 4,
The oyster nan.
Pr dirty low shief from the north came ssas.
AID whissIsd "Deyss Water 10 bic ~,
And Tony, With ssves word oe gssea
Hit oat his 1st In the blsckgussd's noee.
Thea 81 he women scssaoed OF fss n1gAt:
The men that wsse druakest began 70 aghe;
Over TIE chsin and tsbsc they thssw;
The esspss light tsnbisd, ths tresbis gssw;
The nsw boss joissd ia The huiishalIee,
A. ths wake ol Tin O'asss.
vn
~ stin! - siIeot!
Ye d sia!
Shame Be- bic VostIsa
whe Ssses beGia"-
Twas ysshsr 0Csssss.
Jsst catered in:
Aad ali locked ehaalsd anA ~ ~ ~ 6eoe:
So'1 and sheepish iestsd svssy eas;
IN the Dsisst jsst sailsd, esiss aasy ~ Ass-
"wesid you wake ths Dees boy tssa his sissp
aaid b.
A. - sala vssvss. WITH shiaisg faea
Ttu kind et bsishtoess llisd ~ plaes;
Ihs w0osa lk spths din oospsslight:
TSs 0ss wess (ais1ss q ~ sigAa;-
49, ~ Dsees q ~ Lss1 Ssl - sll thse algAG
~ ~ Vske q Tin 0HaeA
The weaver.
4 wsas0 ~ By ths sids q bio loo0,
4 1iaging bic shuttle tsst;