Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1870-12-09
Song OF FIRE.

VI
81 sor,tlme prison, d at the e, miro
-l ~ TN my thtoes shake the sphere.
"A 1hronSh the snow y-toppcd velen,ovs-.,
~ the surface Hbpeaf, - ~ 81
Fien burst Though chains that bind me
slaitle mortals with my power,
over PEerie widol scuriy Isl q
- fssd on fufcts. towus d, vout-'. y
strike the ships midway 10 ocean
Atd the tceinins towns dcvour.
riRR they call NE. am father
W the gfarite rocks that lie
hgvsdecp beneath the moi fi,taiin ~
thFerceivrd ot noitafey eye:
~ my breath they sprang to being,
q At my touch their crystals came.
an Grs kissed them with my dame
u kro wish srtor etabraced item
70" hrst III SGD them WIN NY dinie.
RArrst gems Of countless value,
Nuggets OF the yellow gold
That, throagh all the time ldstonio,
Men and EMPIRES has controlled,
AID the grim and swarthy iron,
Dnqueior IN Ani aud sea, n
IN the msiy lueaner metals. 80. - p
a Gle uniegRhs, and JazzBag cry tails u
sthsit bifth and shape TO me.
when the rolling Of the thunder
strikes the trembling wretcbes dumb,
when tho vision. binding lightning POT
Rends the mutky clouds, / come.
CRaia rouidl hne-'yide Feast; 81, g r p
M"nTy name with baied breathing
Natter when my steps have passed
Gazing yoeress on the ashes mass. 80
Whers my steps have Atsed. - - '
Rear thy palaces Of beauty, .....t..
Pair without and rare within. 81 3
stores Of hand work, hlled with fabrics. -
Wealth aud Irnuts hard to win, ~
Temples grand. vhh s.,atly atlas = 49, '---
Wh're the wrctsh Tor lin atones-
.FnH n sl,np~fsstis Is on sisrRsss d st.a.s- - Z
oitoh m tai, ciumbled o
iim1ers enarred, aud D,aekcnsd stotios.
lot alone an land sInlte them
But with red. Jevouring lips
On the oce III sate ivy hunger
with their richly fr.ish,ed ships
- al, t.aflf
Pray in = ain for mercy there,
Whfs niyseisckl ling aud my ruarinE
aweltthrir chorus Of despair a--a---
While Dance fsoI.- deck to rrust.hoa
r"jhsir chorus OF despair.
IL thsA.aseIy crowded ely,
Hhhout ray iGfrigit3 sf.
Startled wrceiseS reused from a timber
In the still ard sombre night. ~ "a. g.
rsnsm.nl. horse or brew stone palace,
Lithsr 1. fhs s,me tem. COY
If thOv nag 10 sub iue me, Do .
'iaoWy VII their p'umyh bn- '..f.f
Tsppcd ALA upsn n ' foemen
Tokcns OF Vengeance be. s--.-ss7'F
Yet msIien am not always ~
" hness for ne truly when
b-cone the hnmbie servant hHf- = =
" the ttng sous nf men. ll
Drife The sine heat tho furnsrg,
Mst the ore, and softer stHet--'
Like the monar h IN he story
Aid the wife To cook meal
Aidths WI o ooot 4 meal i''' S'"'''' ~
rTTs9ggh they sccae when the liShtnins (;
- Strikes in wrath The lofty domes,
=
t'Ip H lnthe humble cottage homes
TEOE From the h'afth 10y lniickering shadows ti
On the wall eAs night,
While ] craekls-that's MY laughter
~ the childrep' :, Wild (efght-FI Al Al
As toses those tossing shadows = y
They dhpiay their Wild delight.
loo Of life have mortais called me-
Fost9 adj that breathes or strs; u Hu
HeHcs the g rror stricken IAgaps
Are my abjsci wbrNh'pers. sss|r
Life there life without me;
aud what tmeI shall ex Giro
All things grow Ing, al things Givii e.
al shall pass away with fire. ,7,-.,.ff
- heat, motion. breath. Ai.teres-
All shall pass 4wsy with FRO. ..i4a
In the solemn day Of Judgement,
1.-THE awful tine Of d,stn,l
Whsn all quick ~ d dead parted
e7flETM Thtss folieh and those to gloom. % ~.
~ Then the earth that one time bore me, ID
lliAc Wrapped within my Wild embrace,
o. Shall behold my And splcndot 1i' .i.l
hs ] bear her ont OF spase--
And we tv ain shall pass together,
Pass forever, out sf space.
s.s-7THoNss DUsS ESoNIsH, in Harper, MNgaiin
for peeymbsr. .f-- s-rli .-.sF .s' .-'