Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1869-04-15
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FOuoS Dead.

Found dead N door~-. n hs-tnut street.,
just when the m. ht and the m, rn,nx meet.
An elderly man ~ith wnre ant hair;
And All tba' tod wht la brought rim there
Was b the OF brady Of xin OF. rum
10 show that the murder by dfink was done,
i'rifted the cruel snp~ o'-B h,s fra.
pelred .aown all the rn.rc l-s- -toam.
leic e formed Ia his Tangled hslr,
fr.ze n' his temples ana crusted there.
| stuff we're he hns-rs % rink ID and rhfnf
fhr""' .ag-, rents sDd tatters the ice breath
Blu. =, - I'd fr0zen the ppar tir-d f-et
iover,d sloBe by the hitter uighi'- rl--t
Down In hi ey.- he one e. light elar~d-
And n"' ody knew hun and Dob,dy cared
Ouf in the whiIlifg biin1ing -nswi
Who va The "u'ca-f, Dss nobody knowi
Nobodg knew and nobody Card
How either the soul or the body Jared
InIy the bottle th- stsTy n.ld
Homeless add help ess t,ieDdIess and old,
-tupeh=d, starving. suH.-n' q. SICK
Begging be1 aud getting a ck.
showed 20 the side by s-Insb world,
Careless hO~ som 10 ..tsrnity hared.
o. the Usber1ng out of hat lonely soul
No hell m ihat tall. erasd sfeepie 10 rolii
No mourners 10 gath and weep around
Only the wind an lts wsiing s.und.
only h. tree TO I'D tb-ir ssei-inn arms
Against the sky at th. winds alarms
Long long agi a fond mnth.r hrea-t,
he may have been pil"w. d 10 in'oe. Mt rest.
Mothers love bent over him. over hum w.pt-
'ysr him IN tDy long vigil k.p':
Fpndl-d hun tenderly. loving rtnIled.
For IN the pt-f he somebo iys chidi
soIneb ,dy's darling. -om-hnsdy's Pc
sure mother-lov- then rnother-love yet
Snoo'h back the scart.rsd locks from the poor
brow.
As dId that mo her onoe-stranqers DO now;
Laft HIM up t4Ddss.ly. bear him away,
Jeer AT his vs.. knees. nor cruel words say,
For the sake Of the white hairs. though fallen 90
low
How much ne was TEMPTED we none Of US know
Al er him, long years. the foe IN y have crept.
Watched HIM while waking, stlll watched as be
sl.pi.
RobDIng him. torturing stealing his youth
Sowing the seed ior tins la-t louis ruth.
rauniiDg him. snerrinr crpshiDg him do~n,
Rending him staggering .-out the town"
cut 4 happy ho ne, out OF rs hight.
Into despair. darkness. gosini.-sf night,
w. only -'-e WI b our earth vision weak,
As mnrfals W. judge a. "a moTtal- we speak.
Above there Is One al true and ali vie.
w bo, looking a9own fni the upp.r ski@s.
AMI Iea ling each heart ia ; sseIet IA ught,
Understands. oInprrh. uds. when discern not;
And out N that ionely gbt stari--s and cod
With III a. p or sandereT. weary sDd cd,
Ie may have b.seB and fs.rgissn az.
d.eds he not even the rpaIrow'- fail!
Saved H. not even ih- ttir ON the tree
Su IA was our lesson on de ar fslyary.
Bat tor tb. living. ay. shu ider for them,
Weep f,r he fallen sn1 'empted q men.
Moan. moan for the widows and orphans rum
Moan. for the hearts that the rumseiier
bresksi
Think You Of the live. BE- has wasted and spoiled
Look YOU at has garments, with blaa,d stains how
Well do the knife. a. the rope. and the tail,
O Se hIm n tithe tor b. i-s-ieih them all
1 look the butb.-- that dance on the edye,
And zee rhudg 'r1ngly tte dark lr.cIpic- ledge
I lOok AT the color rubbg and bughi,
Aud -ee jus belBw II oesg gairs darkest night.
In that Guys hon yed a-3fh IA. Re y cir.rf zoe.
10 you doub; do You oOubt that dead man
found n 20
Dead, dead ia doorway an Chestnut street,
Thence 20 the I'm Al Ju x peut rem
Thence 90 the sfep- 81 he threat White Throne,
Into hi- pr.-.ne- who si's be con,
The gr.ate-t maker 81 greafe laws:
Th.- frus--f Ia Isye Of the cTrrnina q ssuse-
Dead. dead IA the doorway a one. all alone
Only the u'ght-vind 10 .the it, moan
Hut asov. from hi- ttr0n. tn. Or. at judge saw,
The just judge who judged the lQaoT Law
The liquor Its-lf. the accurred th'ngi
The liquor slaves and be bquor king