The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1871-07-01
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BY JoASsEs.

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Why not recall the bitter vow
Which makes thee to another bound?
Why not in.:quick haste disavow, -.
"a love bcstowcdppon asesowngYGy 2
Dost thou not know love thee more,
And with heart that's tendercr far,
Than this young, stupid, gracelcss bore,
whom now you call your guiding star! r
Is not his very looks enough
TO make thccspause and think awhile;
TO turn thy soul from one so rough,
And give to me, nj least a smile
love thee with love that's truc,-
Apassion thatis all thine own;
Not like this clown, your hand sue,
To win, perhaps, and then-disown.
Because the smile of bcauty's hue I
Is now upon thy fond young cheek
THIS awkward swain declares 10 YOU.
His love is not boyish freak.
Alas! that you should hear his tale RI
Resign your heart to one SO base; sE
Because, forsooth. in fortunes scale,
He o'crstrips others in the race!
Ought not man with dollars less,
Whose heart is truc-nob,y honest,
Whose aim it is thy life to bless,
Be an equal with tho greatest?
gSfarF S1GRt2aYg = -TesA
a. pT thnnt In q, .r1,o - ~.
q Allsyour love consecrate to lIidi:F.
Round his rough neck thy arms entwinc,-
Crafty his every within;
Learn for him to BE a dull slave;
Scoid not Mt him. when he is drunk
s; H'i's frs'u.slsie ssheavhssis,gr ,grave,s,, tss
hofigh-long since proved to be n skunk
hhd *hcn from long continued riot,
His temper, now 40 sweet, is gone,
sDreansnot sofstbe homes sweet ,q,,ist
i 'Thatmight have blcst thy life frlorn.
And if thy mind shoull Ger recur,
To days then gonc forever by;
Oh think Of him whose heart was pure,
And give to me single sigh.
Iybnk' of the hour, when by thy side, i..,
plead my souls fond anxious love;
Or those sad days, when breaches wide,
Caused lovers dear, apart to rove.
Yes. dream Of the last, dismal night,
When l watched fast my Coming doom;
When ev'ry hope Of loves delight
Was changed for Ger to blacklist gloom.
when from thy lips my fato was sealed
When to my face you gently said:-
''To me sad fate has reveald
That ] shall never with you wed.
81 long have loved you, that you know;
Once my every thought was yours,
But gainst the Few cannot 60
Who deem it wrong tosmarry those
"Whose soul supplies diff'rcnt thought
From that revered by ages past
Whose aim in life, is madly fraught
With hopes that cannot long more last.
''ln short, if your politics were
Like those held to thy rivals breast,
Right here and now would declare, ?. 30,
My future life forever blost. ~
.'i'ut you're Radical, they say, .,.u
And must not cen speak 10 you 4,
Lest'bbc il'oughtsa 'castGwity;
And cursed by all the good and true.
$50, leave me, Fred. I'll marry him
Who is thy rival. Hear. Goodbye!
May ne'er thy sun of life grow dim,
But c'er beam from q quiet sky"
| left yeu, you remember well; -&s
Turned my sad eyes from you away =
L thought if you your life would sell g
IL should not on me deeply weigh.
Now months and months have passed since
Fun many changes all have seen, e,.,e.
But your poor life was wasted when ~,
1t commenced the marriage scene.
The beauty from thy cheek is gone, 1 -.
The sweetness of thy FORMS no moro;
Oh thou hadst better lived alone
Than married him who treats tl,ce so.
If thou hadst been mine, poor wasted one,
i should have made your life ali bright;
But now, ,ialas! the chance is gone,
And day with thee is darkost,nig
Soon the grave must open for thee, -
Soon thy bosom cease to sorrow; ''a ~
God will take you from your hisry.; 1>''
Yod shall see a brighter msrrow. So -
ss1S - "a tiaeae pJsi4s H. r,l4 81 Is
For wrongs done me, 4 saS.R now,.-- Es.1a