Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1869-11-26
uWritten for the Bristol News.l
LIE FIRSr GR1HE.

LII II II no u rs Il ~.
+ len bloomed the " a over
That never will in other clmes grow
Blusht d 10 the MOI ming sun, or bathed In dew
S ept on the bosom OF the silent Night.
10 { agrapt bowers where Eve had Oft re.
clined.
The seats were vacant now-her voice oil
song
Echoed no more alorg the wales and elens,
As when with winning voice and careful
hand,
She trained the vine, or sought her bosom's
lord.
Silence, that angels felt, now brcoded there
fhe shouts Of praise aud songs Of joy tina.
erst
cended to the throne Of God were hushed.
The stars shone out in solemn radiance still.
Those faithful sentinels of Night tive, a
earth
And G .d's pure throne Of glory, love and
light,
But shouted not as when creations dawn
Began. The scene wSs changed. Grief, like
apsI,
Hung Ger the lonely lace the angels wept,
For man had stnned, aud Heavens ave nging
Was on bis guilty head. Now he cou'd roa N
No ore IN these his native groves, tire
haunts E
lie loved DWELL Ealiced by wonan's wiles
Or that strong ~ mpathy which made them
one,
lie fell, and held no more sweet convers.
with
His God, but war dered with bis dearer self
Far from their low, abode. In exile now
The guilty pair, 'mid brer and thorn, sought
food and 'mong the uncultured, lonely
Wales
And hills. became the parents OF mankind.
How changed how self rcproach and Goa.
sciences sting,
A tw.-edged sword made doubly keen, per-
chance,
Her first maternal papg', and life, she
thought,
Young life, instead of death to her wa.
given
A life whose fate her anxious, loving heart
Gould not foretcll. A child was bJrn-a
child
She loved Int all upon its heal did rest
The curse OF her great sin. Tee doom pro-
nouuced
was death. In form most horrid came the
scene
Fret to her watchful eye. How blanehed
her cheek
How ,led her lip, at this dread sight of
desthl
To her two ms were born. How thrilled
her heart,
As she beheld In them the sunny smiles
And matchless grace of infancy Gods
gifts
That God who's, voice the dared t. disobey
Aud, SHINING thus, brought min TO herself
And all she loved her of ndeu Judge,
II glance to her was terrible. Her God
Di-pleased, she saw the world grow dim and
dark.
Homeless, houseless, mid her loves aud
cares,
wnat thoughts of blissful Paradise came
hack
To sharpen conscienc,'s sting and sadder
make
Rs.ret. But in her heart she pondcred well
4 10 promised seed that sbou'd of Paradise
The gates once more unfold, and lead her
back
To God, a mother sinless and forgiven.
WAS Cain her fay'rito sun-the child pei
chance,
'Tae pampered m ,st the one whose ru n love
Partial love, did bhudly weave. Against
his God
He sinned; did willfnl sin. In mock'ry vii,
A sacrifice he mad, the fruits of earth
An ff'rirg TO thu Lord while Abel hr' ugh
Ahe d, lings OF bis ii eek. Bat Aheps gu
More ex client than Gains did God pre-
no nee,
A d WITH approv'n g smile I'd Az el ble's;
BuI Cain beneath Johov Ih's frOwn Gid qu all
For he in boldnrss gave but SIM thanks
Coufessing not the guilt that called III
blood
Atonipg blood which jus ice did requir,
God showed no grace TO such presumption
gift, -
And Cain was wroth and murmured in hi
Then with his brother talked till anger ros.
a. i,,.
Flowed out-a purple stream. The iadinI
eye
with piieous glance sought rest in Heaven
While aery demons pierced the murderer
Branded with Gods fierce wrath the culpri
fled.
Thus death did come, and grief and woe an
pain. 2 Nll L8 lL.
A brothers blood cried from the sin curse
ground.
Death reigned, eternal and relentless death
How Eve IN two-iSld strength now felt th
curse
Pronounced, the woes her wilful sin diffused
The rutfrntd limits and rsylets eyes of on
She loved-a child before her lfeless lay
Bleeding from ghsstly wounds brother
Had reckless made,
Then to Its last resting plac
The breathless, nerveless form was borne
and dust
To dust consigned.
a lonely grave was mad,
A sin made grave, the first that darkene
earth.
The b'ood-stAined ground It's bosom opsne
wide ID.
Aud clssped the sleeping, lifeless form {
him
who fell by murders fratrieidal hand.
This grave, this dreary grave received th
form
OF woman born, the stern decree Of God
Recalled, "For dust thou art and unto du
Shalt thou return" Oh, woe Vulnerable
How terrible now seemed this ruthle
grave
Tnat welcomed death and swallowed II
and love
'Methinks, perchsnce, at dowy twilight
hour,
Tao lonely. mourning mother wandere
there,
Aud POWDERED we'll the dreadful guilty pas
Toe fearful trembling present-the OF
hope
In far OF future time but dimly seen,
Which God had given. What comfort nc
except
10 Hin, the promised seed, that should Il
sin
Destroy gates OF the sepnlchrs unf,l
Aud H.. Himself in dying. conquer deaf
80 n. MIGEoNErrE.
MousrAIS VIIw Hos School,
Bristol, Nov. 1863.
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