The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1871-01-06

1oNE to his grave, in a good old age,
And gathered to the past,
all his cares, his fieeting joys
en- his sorrows could net last.
lone with his dewy mornings bright,
lis ferVid Hoontide hours,
his golden, glorious sunsets,
lis nights with mystic powers,
Vow lighted with the Autumn stars,
Or moonbeams cold and fair
Vow flashing, grandly, with a light,
which, naught can compare.
lone, like the ne'er returning waYe.
IN the swiftly gliding river;
20 the kind, Old Year, has passed away,
Forever and forever.
And he was gay when the joyous Spring,
Came c~aroling along,
The flowers blooming in her path,
The soft air filed with song,
Of the glad birds that welcomed her
Back to the woods and streams,
Those ripping waves glanced back again,
Her bright eyes sunny CLEANS;
And glad, when gorgeous summer smiled,
With beauty rich and rare,
Intent, with blessings, to reward,
The laboreF's toll and care.
Pensire, when golden Autumn came
With skies of hazy blue,
And all its glory-tinted woods,
Varied as rainbow hue.
Bringing with it our County Fair,
With a creGitable show,
no, l guess it was q horse -race)
OF What enterprise can do.
When gathering to the house of God,
Or round the well-flled board,
Men. meekly, raised their thanks to Him,
By seraphim adored,-
For blessings given, for woes escaped,
For freedom from all i'll
And asked, that Power Divine may guide,
In peace and safety still.
But when the Winter, bleak and chill,
Came sweeping DER the earth
When happy household bands are wont
To cluster round the hearth
When Christmas Trees with glittering Tors,
And tapers all aglow,
Light up the happy faces that
Are glancIng to and fro
Or stockings, hung by tiny hands,
Close in the chimney corner,
THAT place, so famous, since it held
Good little Jackey Horner;)
That Santa Claus, when he comes down,
May never fail to see,
That little folks are all prepared
For his gifts, whate'er they may be
The Old Year turned him YEARLY,
From these bright scenes away
For haunting memories pierced his soul,
With sorrow and dismay,
Of fair, bright homes, where death had borne
Beloved ones from sight
And gloom and silence settled there,
With shadows, deep as night
Of homes where wretchedness and want,
Have blighted all beside
OF darker places, yet, where Death
Turks in a poisonous tide,
That lures man on. like Siren false,
The Wine-the sparkling Wine
BY fellow-man, held to his lips
ooh that the sun should shius
On such foul infamy as this y
With winning, fattering speech
And the poor victim follows still,
Until beyond the reach
Oflove's soft voice, or bitter tears,
Or human power to save ;
Omnipotence alone can snatch
Him, from a drunkard's grave
And this for what 81? Dollars and cents,
That man has made his god
Beware TO Heavens attentive ear,
Now cries thy brothers blood I
Thy soz may fall a sacrifice,
And thy heart make its moan
Over his utter, hopeless fall
But this could not atone,
For the precious offerings thou dost make
To this, thine idol dire,
Bodies and souls, and hearts and homes,
kindle his altar fire.
Well this has sanction OF the law
By the barrel may be sold,
Whisky or wine or brandy,
For greenbacks or for gold
And he who can buy a barrel,
Forthwith starts q saloon,
Slyly sells drains, at profits good,
And gets back his money. soon.
But this petty mode of traffic,
The law must needs condemn
So the poor man is put in Jail,
And pays his fine. AhemI
Tho rim man that soils the harraI
Gets all the money, then
Your servants not a lawyer,
And can not comprehend,
The justice of this law profound
inc so, would recommend,
The Prohibition Law, by which,
None, either make or vsnd.
OF raging War, that desolates,
Fair lands beyond the sea
ofbattle- fields, where heaps on heaps
The slain, by thousands, be,
And rumor of yet other wars
All Europe in commotion,
As when the gathering tempest rocks
The restless waves of ocean.
Yes the Old Year was worn and sad,
And laid him down to die
His eyes, that looked on so much woe,
Are closed ~eternally.
But away with all sad thoughts
We hail the New Year,
And trust he may come with bright
Hopes and good cheer,
, you, my kind patrons, 'long, long may you 7
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ay peace and prosperity dwell in each home,
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