Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1869-06-24


name of" Mother fell back upon her pillow ex-
hausted, and that loving heart had ceased to
beat"
" Tell me about my mother - And the tone
Woke pensive musings in that fathers breast
Six weary summers yet had scarcely flown
Since he had lain that fond, confling one
Down TO eternal rest
Tell me about my mother - And she swayed
Her tiny finger 'gainst the cold gray wall,
And from the dusky canvas meath the shade
or summers twilight, those soft features played
Behind their snowy pail.
The child grew weary Of her pastimes rude;
And as calm evening drew her sable veil,
And wrapt the earth in pensive solitude,
That father told again, with voice subdued,
The oft-repeated tale.
Thy gentle mother, loye-O, still wear
Her image IN my heart Like thine, my
child,
The glossy ringlets Of her sunny hair
Fell DER a brow a alabaster fair
Ethereal, soft, and mild.
" Her voice to me was like a singing biTd,
And every accent breathed 4 magic spell,
Zen now my heart with latent Joy is stirred,
As mein'ry brings me back each gentle word
From those dear lips that fe!l
81 see her s,ill-thatforn Of wondrous grace
Those lustTous eyes, meet fJr affections shrine
Again she ills that long-deserted place
Beside the hearth-stone, and that radiant i4ce
l. hali-upturned 70 mine
1 mind me, dearest, of that vision dread
TLo darkened chamber At the break Of dawn
Each mufiicd football dropt like molten Lead
Upon MY heart they told me she was dad
And II still lived On
Lived for thy sake-for thee The cha-:'niri
Brought resignation. and with holy trust,
gave that gentle spirit back % God,
And 20 the bosom Of the greedy sd
Yielded the precious duet
Remember thee yes, when the deT5 0
Were gath'ring fast, elapurTliHs lip an'
brow,
She raised her blooaless hands in solemn faith,
And blessed thee, darling, with their late
breath,
AsI DO bless thee now
" Nay, weep no more thy mothers gentle tun
Cometh 70 thee from on; thy dreams oi Hea
ven,
Saying Come up hitleT. thou my little one -
And VII: thou, canst thou leave me all alone,
With every ear;L-tie Hyen
" o. have dark Tnisgiyings- such a. steep
The weary heart in suOtlest agonles;
Z . - -H..
Vague and oppressive IL intatIons leap
Beforc my rluInb'rOu= eyes
4" -tife thy sobbings now, my gentle clill,
Danish the thoughts that make thy young h.iI
weep
And thus her tears were artfally bezuils--
Tin I'll Iool,rI up, and, looking, swse.ly n.l!ed
And, smiling, fan asleep,
H. Who would climb tie dizzy heights Alpine,
And track the I'd acier ~ - secret bowers,
viii find midway, along some bold rlrine,
The spot where but a step shall halt between
The ayAlaue be and foWeTs.
Here dweu the emblem 81 our mortal DOM
Tho all Of life, the end 81 earthly pride;
Life, with it, honeyel flowers and soft Tef
iuma
Aud Death, with his iey VOID and solemn gloom
Are ever side by side
Tread sorly breathe no ii-eorl- zi.~nea bring
With thine own presence = this hailoTe'
shaded
over yor dlrlened chamber death shall fling
His dark, invisible. pyr.cn'ous wing,
And youth AMI hope shan fade d.
Fade like she rainbow ,ints that deck To
west
Fade. ike the early flowers -he loved 20 well
For h5ar-e November comes, wi'h angry crest
And With the flowers Of June she SINKS 70 rest
Than they more TAR and irail-
roua ncarts are ;nroJ1inr DER tina. .i4rsl 80.
And earnest eyes are dImming they flow
\ stricken father bows his aching heaa,
And nouns tie dying. ana the -rsitrI 5e3i.
Ia bittaznes- Of 19e
Il may be we'll TO whisper IN her car.
And place the soothing cordial 20 her iir'-
Yet Size nomors thy plantive tones shah hear
Those vacant eyes thy yi-i.- cannot che#r'
Nor stay ttesr dark eclipse
Ay, stricken father. softly breathe Ler name,
AuI s,rive TO Win the sirn-- Cling spirI. back
Yet Death, the terrible. haiti seized her frame
Behold how faint the last pul-atlon came
Along II 'l'@,h 'i-'~
F1.l,sr =. firm thor. i. ii.;le LEI. ,h.eria,r
ofau that LONELINESS ,l.au ctll,slst thine:
4 r,u,,,,. c,,-r.... /, X. TIA, marble brow
4 ru.,,r,,t. ami is lost thv heart must I-osg
Unto a broken shrine
But see the painting 7l-i'- Le'"s 'i' '.f'
As II resretini max ~ 'it'lia i', ~,
Ike tne OiiH II sl'''i' l.'''s
Il s'e'i' . LINEN ? = - i- I5
\ strength surerual litLcs each Iigld limit:
a glow unwonted riliates hsr eyes.
And from the yaulted ceiling draPed AMI lirh,
She seems 10 catch The song o. sherulim-
And light of'Paradise.
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