Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1870-08-04
POETRY.
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80 Garetulsy over the creaking boards,
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Seeking some bundle Of patches, hid
or saens1 hume nns Sn @ s az D4nSa sS of s
The heirlooms OF bygone age. -.,,.s
There Is the ancient family chest,
There the ancestral cards and hatchel;
Foieetidi of f psSi,ches sage ana satchel.
chimney, Sis where, % Win is sifss and reel
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She sssI Il back ianI,the clean swept Kitchen,
Isl Is tsFS the wine %indo% stehiug;
with many pach ciicf % on her little stool ~
s d SSSnS 81 s9i heE ee % The pool
,aalof sunshine spilled on the glded focr.
.sEslsters are spinning an day long;
To the hum ofths Wheel, in the esriS morning
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akndundsr the ems. a prastling pair,
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the lowsseftsEsd IA gsIrstsoom; are ;s ..,r.-
me hearts first trouble, and loves beginning,
Ana now Rt is 6orsaf RfG i Spinning
WIN the bloom Of youth on check andl.p,
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stretching II out and winding It in,
To and fro, with bithesonne tread,
Singing she goes, and her heart is fun,
And many long drawn golden thread
OF fancy IL spun with the shining wool.
Her s.fher ssts rs his fayorite place, So
% Iaasg his PIPE y Sy the S;i sh,%Dsy S1DSfyy s;ss; ice
ss Glove upon POT her With h love @ an and PTicsS;
.yaa Her mother is musing, cat in lap,
assw,th beautiful dropping head. and hair
Sa slWhttening under her snow-whito cap.
si:,Ons by one. e the grave. TO the bridal, -.
g Now they are old, and che Is their idol:-
- In the aStumn dusk the hearth CLEANS brightly,
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And in walks Benjie. manly and tan. sos
His chair is placed; the old man tips
The pitcher; and brings his choicest fruit;
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sqs sweet &, the e. tunes, the taIk, the Laughter
etc sah the 1San s e deeo aoments aer
:, =. When she Is alone By Beniis's side.
-, - BIT once with angry words they part:
Ss S1sh sfs s2s rstess Tssry yvreSessd sJss heart
,s,s,,. ss,,S Plying her tssk. she turns % gaze
- I'I; = she hssks fgs W doO:etsR as the der. %
And prays for Benjie, who comes no more.
Her fAulti O Benj,eI and could you steel
Your thoughts toward one who loved you sos-
solace she seeks in the yhiriing wheel,
Striving with labor, not In vain,
To drive away the duh day dreartness,-
BleseipQ the toll that bunts the pain
-E1ift OF deeper grief IN the body's wearinees.
ssssFroud, and Detted, and spoiled was che
- = A word. and al her life Is ch angodI
- His Waveriug lovePto0 easily ---s-s
- (, In the great gay city grows estranged:
$50 One year, she sits IN the old church pew;
eEf-ts Fustle, murmur,-O Dorothy I hide
Your face aud shut from your soul the view l.
CTS T1s Bsnjie leading aThite-yeiled bridei
~. Now father and mother have long been Dead,
EIis sFp she bride aleeps under acnurchyard stone,
aalEAndA bent old man with grizzled head
eznEU Walke mp the long dim aisle alone rEs
Sits doubling betwixt the ghost she seems
And the phantom OF youth more real than she,
Thatmeets her there in that haunt OF dreams.
Bright Young Dorothy, fdolizsd daughter,
arolA ,SouRht by many youthful adorer,
-al.t LIE. Ike q ne R-r1sen dawn on the water,
khtntng an endless Vista before herl .--1
eais Old Maid Dorothy, wrinkled and gray,
pes ssGEqping ander the farmhouse caves So
ts.HAndL llafs q brief November day t-.,... -
e-sasf 1hateeR on world of withered leaves
Yet faithfulness in the h1mblest part 'iS'-s
Is better at last than proud success,
And patience and love IN chasteued heart
fyAfa pearls more precious than happiness;
And In that morning when che sh an wake
aAlttronble WIN seem but flying fake,
-Ha,rs And lifelong sorrowa breath on the pane
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