The Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1869-1872, 1870-01-12
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1T 0EoAce I. PRESrcx-
rs midnights holy ho1--aad silence nov
IL broodtng. like . gentle spirit. DER
% III. - Pe.se.sss sorldJ HAIR on ne rIads
OF the Departed year. No funeral train
E Is .sesPsns p.si; yst on stream and wood.
Asbs nourner,s sigh; and ON sOa clD1d.
The spirits Of the seasons seem 70 stAnd-
Young Spring bright summer Auturnn's solemn fcrra
And Winter With his aged locks.-zad breathe,
In nournfui eadenoes. tia; come AbruAd
Lias ihe Gar v'7d-earP's Sli; end toosnins val
Gone frun the earth forever.
For memory and for tears Within the deep
sun chambers Of the heart. q spectre dim.
Whose tones are like the wizard voice Of Tine,
Heard from The tomb OF ACES. points its cola
And solemn anger 10 the beauiiful
And holy visions that have pAsssd away,
And len no EhAaor Of their Ioyeliness
o. the dead waste of life That spectre iifts
ne ne eStan-hd OF Hop: Ind 10y. and Love.
sweet forms that slubsr there. sEftsrs dead flowers
DER what has passed 10 no;hiagness-
rfa.f 4lEa.- lsf7 =.
Has gone. and with IL raaav glorious thrunc
or happy DRAINS lis marx : on each brow,
Us shadow On each heart In its swim course.
II waved its sosPter Ger the beautiful
And they are not II Lid its pall,a hand
uPon the strong aAn-ara the naughty form
IL fallen. and the flashing eve Il dim
II trod the hall Of revelry. where thrunred
he bright and joyOIs-aad the fearful val
OF stricken ones i heard. where srst the song
And Reckless shout resounded- a. 49, $50
81 1t passed DER
The battle plain, where sword and spar and shield
flAshed in the light Of Iai4-aHy,-zad the strength
OF serried hosts i shriyen, and the grass,
Green from The sol Q: carnage. raves above
The crashed and tHoalee-tns skeleton. It cane.
And faded like = wreath Of mist .: eve;
Yet ere q melted in the vseWless All.
II
In the dim lzad of DRAINS
Remo-seless Tiraei
Fe-oe sFirit Of the glass and scyths What power
Can stay him in his silent course. or mslt
His iron heat 20 pliyP On, stsu on
de presses. and forever. The prpui bird
The condor Of the Andes, that can soar
Through heavens unfathoua1ble depths. or brave
The fury Of the northern hurricane,
And baths his pluHaase in the thande-'s home
turis his broad wings AZ uiEhtfAI. and sinks down
TO rest upon his mountain era-.-b4t lime
Knows Tot the weight Of sleep OF WEAKNESS
And nishS's deep darkness has no chain 70 htna
His rush1ng ptni1as-
o'e- earth Ike troubled visions DER the breast
% draining sorrow; cities rise aud sink. q. ..
Like euhhle- On the ~ate-: A=-y Gs4es -- -.
Spring blAzing from the ooeAn. snd 80 back
To their mysterious czverns; mountains rear
10 heaven their bald and blzckened cliffs and bow
her tAll beads 70 the plain; new empires rae.
GAthe-1nS tae strength Of ko2ry Centuries, ..--
And rash down Ike the Alpine avalanche
Startling the nAtsoas,-and the very stars IT'D. ...
Ion bright and burning blAzoary OF God.
Glitter = While In their eternal depths.
AID Ike The Plead. loyelest Of her tain,
SHOOT nom their glorious spheres. and pass away
70 dArkle in ths trAekless void yea lime
IiIIe' ne tou,b-euildsr. holds his aeroe career.
Dark, stern. Al-piriless. and Iauses not
Amid the mighty wrecks that streE his path,
10 sit and muse, Ike other oonquerors,
Upon the fearful ruin he has wrought