The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1869-11-11
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THURSDAY. nov. Ii, 1859.
TRRE CLOSING scENkl

.,t kIRE CLOSING sSENF'F fFrI
Vhilha ~ /, bsr resiia'or ieAlsss trees III
~ fssset wear iuhnled tile dreamy s4r; !
LHe esene lahned rcap@ 10 b. hoUfn4 eass
9 GhehAhthe fields pre lying tsVwt and bare.
Tho gray barns look ing from their lazy hills.
. fOier the dun lwatfs Widening In The valcs,
Eept down the air . greeting. 10 tts mills.
= 90 theau thuRdcF Of alternate aais.
N1faa0Ig etQ CX!s3 u.
An sights were mefowed and all SQUADS subdusd
The hills seemed further aud the struan 's'ng
low,
.As ina dream the distant wOodnan heGcd
His winter log with many nufied tltW
The snbdttIea fprs, u, orewlile armed witfgold.
Their taUners ,bright with every martial hue
Now stood ike sJnis Aad, beaten host Of I'D,
Withdrawn afar N Times roinOtest blue.
on sombre wings the vulture tried his flight
The dove scarce heard his sighing mate'S
And. ike star slow drowning In the !;gkt.
The village church vane seemed g pale aud
fa6t.
The sentinel cock upon the hilrside crcw- =.
rfew lfrlce-and all was sliler than bct"Te
Silent, tilt some TepIyl warden blew.
His alkn. n.horn, and thtn was heard no more.
Wherr svtt The az, within tile elnl's tall Great.
Male gar uloGs S@rOubIe round her puaedgSd
Yong; -
Ana whsrs the orlole hung her ing nest,
BY every light wind like censor swung.
Where sang the moi martins OF the eayes,
The busy swal owe clrcling ever near
F0reb0dfng as the rustic mind believes,
An early harvest and plenteousyeAE;
Where every bird that walked the ysrnal feast,
Shook the sweet slumber from in wings At
mora, ----
To warn the reaper of the rosy esStl
an now was sunless, empty aud forlorn.
Alon4 from out tho stubble, piped the quail
And eroaktd tho crow through all the drrary
gloom;
Alone. The pheasant drumming In the vale,
Made echo In the distance to the cottage 10 Im.
There wns no bud no bloom upon the bowers /:
The spiders moved their thin shrouds pight
Fsby night, ttt
Sailed slowly by-passed nolseless out OF sight.
Amid all this-in u is most dreary air.
AID wherv the woodbine shed upon the porch
Its crimson leaves, as II the year stood there,
Fifhg the floor with its inverted torch;
Amid ali this, The centre OF the scene,
The whlle-baired matron with monotonoul
tread, 1900. ..
sate like . fate, and watched the Gyipg thread,
DifFlfIE tttEtIiti4f I-fT.
She had known sorrow. He had walked with her,
OF sOpped and broke with her the ashen crust,
ofhis thick mantle trailing in the dust.
While yet her cheek Was bright with summer
bloom,
4, Her country summoned and she gave her all
kndtWlee var 1owed her his sable plumes--
HgPsS the sFprd orpsg uPsp the valh 4
Re.fnSe the sword, mt not the hard that drew
Ard kFpek ipr lbaty Che dyiug eloW; 3
Nof aim Who, TO his sire and country true,
Fell mid the ranks Of The invading foe.
Long, but not loud, the dronIng wheel went on,
Like the low murmuT OF hive at nOOnj
Long but not loud, The memory OF the gone
Bfeathed through hsr lips a sad and tFemu-
lous tune.
AZ lost the thteld Was srAppsd-Sor head We,
Lie dropped The diDtaG through her hand,
Serenej
And loving nsghbon SmoOthed her careful
shroud,
While death and Water d osod The sUtumu
scepe VIE ~ ~ t't