Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1870-08-04
POETRY.
DOROTHY IN THE GARBEz.s
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DORO1HY IN THE CAMEL
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In she low rx@seyec garrett ssecpicg
Carefully eser ths e7eakfnR oosrcs,
Anonx iss 1rrsy II d cocvs bbst hoards;
Seeking soDpe hrs6ie q patches. BID
Yssssc.y ne ts,ss. @ hnscs o. ssee,
The bedrooms Of bygons age. =
There lie the ancient family Chest,
There TIE 81 css1rsi exrde sid he.cbel;
Dorothy, s.eE3ne. s.rks down to rest
Forgetful of pa.ctcs rage. anf ss.rheI.
Ghes.s q ise<s resr 4 smi he g;ocm
Df the cbsr-cey, Where, with sv1fss and reel,
AID the long c.saset. dismanfsed loom,
Stands the ol5-fssh.oIed spinning-whsel.
She sces Il back n The clean swept kitchen,
ra.. Of hsi gIrsiood's little world:
Der mOshe 10 there by the widow, stitching;
Spindle brzzse, and reel is sh'ried
With mary click: on her little sscoi
ghe sire, child, by the open door
Watching. ard 6shblng hef feet IN he pool
OF sunsnsre spaIled on The gilcsd door.
or listers arc spinn'ng Ell day long:
TO her wgksrg gense. tbs fret sweet warning
OF daylight rDrae, IL the cheerful cong
TIC ne hun offhe wheel, IN the early morning.
Berjs, the gentle. -ed-cheeked boy,
On bis wsy to sch0oI, ptepa IN al the gate;
In neat, white ptDators, p'essed snd coy,
She reaches ha1c TO her bsshsui mate
Ard under tie Gins, pra ting psiy,
Together they 90. through giinJner and gloom
II all comes back 10 her. dreaming there
In the low.raitered gaYret-rcom;
The hearts Ast tonbi~. end loves beginning,
Are all in her memory linked together;
And row Il q sLe hsrStlr tEat liz spinning.
with the bloom ~ youth Gu cheek snd lip,
Tnrnine the spoken With the Gfshipg pin,
Twisting The ttread from ibc spindle.tip,
Stretching Il out and winding II in,
TO and fro, Win bl.theso mc tread,
Singing che EOes. and her heart n fan,
And mADy longdrswD golden thread
or fancy - spun with the shining wool.
Her rsther cts IN his fayorlte place,
Pulling HE Pipe by the chimney side;
Through eurlfng elond. bis nindiy face
CLOVIS BI,tn her with love aud pride
LuIjed by the wheel, IN tho old armc chair
Her mother IL TnusiBg, cat In lap,
With beautiful dropping head, aud hair
Whitening ander her snow.white cap.
One by ore, 20 the grave, TO tho bridal,
Taey hsye followed her sisters from the door;
Now they are old, and rhc IL their idol
IL al concs back on her heart once more
In the autumn dusk the hearth CLEANS brightly,
The wheel ~ set by The shaGowy wsll,-
A hsnd at the latch, its lifted lightly,
And in walas Bepjie, manly and tall.
HE chair 10 placed; the Old man tips
The pitcher, and brings his ch0icest fruit;
BeLjie basEs In the b.sze, and sips,
And ieiis HE story, and joints his flute:
u, sweet The tEnes, the talk. The iaughtefi
They MI the hour with glowing tide;
But swsetxr the SIN. dsep moments after,
When che IN alone By Benjis's eide.
But once With sngry words they part
d, then the veary, weary daysl
Ever with stlese, wfetched heart,
Plying her task, fhe turns 10 rae
Far mp theTGhd and ea,iy and late
She hanks FOR iOottep at the door,
Abh starts a. the gust that swings the gate,
And prsyr for benjic, who comes no more.
Her faults o Bepj'si and conlc you steel
Your thorghts toward one who .oyca you SOL
Soiaes she seeas In the whirlinQ wheel,
IT, duty ard love that tighten woe;
Striving with labor. not In vain,
10 drive away The dnll day drearness,-
Blessing the toll t5a. hunts the pain
Of deeper grief In the bo1y's WEAKNESS.
Proud ana pattcd, and spoiled was she:
word. ard aii her life IL change6I
Ills waseripg lore too easily
Ia the great cay city grows es.rsnged:
One year. sts pifs IN tho old church pew;
A rustic, laaEmur,-O Dorothy hide
Your fac ard shut from your soul the view!
'fts Esnjie lsadiDg s.white.yeiied bride
Now tsshsf ard mother hsye long been dead,
And The bsids seops under tnuTcbyArd stone,
And q beet Cd raan with 9dzxied road
WALKS MP IRE lorg aim hisie alone.
fesre blur 10 mist; and Dorothy
Ste Gs.SsuE brtwixt the ghGst she seems
Ard the phantom ~ youth more real than the,
That nsees Ser there inthst haunt OF dreams.
Bright yosrg Dorothy, idolixed daughter,
sought BY Macy youthful bdnrcr.
Lfs Ike D lie s.risen dawn on the water.
Shining 81 endless vista before herl
Oh Msid Derffhy, wrtnkled and Rray.
GrtpsLs gEcsr the farmhouse eaycs,--
Ard lic ~ brief November DAY
Tbst seis u q world Of withefcd lesvesi
Yet fsishfrlpess in the humbIest part
j. be,tsr si last than proud success,
AID pEtsercs ard love Ia d chAscned heart
Are peass r1ose pr1cfous than happiness;
And III that morning when the ehAIi wake
To The spring time freshness 81 youth again,
AftiIoaote viii reeei but a flying fake,
And lifelong sofr0w .ath on tho pane.
ATLANTIC A0nkhIy.