New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-12-22
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OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE UNITED STATES
OFFICIAL JOURNAL or NEW ORLEANS
THE RIVER OF TIMEo

qhe following poem was qead at the elof
ne exercises of the Upper Girls Hig
School, on fIe eighteenth instant, by tn
author, Miss laura e. Coou"yo of the senio
GLASS;
Dh? pi4esg fhing is Fhe piveF Of anE@O
as it flows in its onward motion,
With it's swelling wave, and musical shgH1@s
60 join aternity's ocean,
$50 4ave launched our BarRs Giia riser oHtime
and they're freighted viGh choicest treasures
Faith, hope ard love orr youth, our prince
&ud She joys os lifso wttboao -s%asuJ".
Ta4iay, a2ear g9rla w& AaSe CONS so aeuGVR
gn this river of time flowing fast
end ara sounding the cape which aIsS' nl"ss stV0
f'o shadow the beautiful past.
The beautiful past'" she past ala Hs"S9
With its hopes, its joys, and ats feare'
An, girlsq fain wSuld ingeR todaS
Ger the 8lsopo . og those Sy-S9ns y''aS"o
9RRfcA 4uveg 60 lsgingly FOUND ua4e-'ays
Folding as Fast in their circng armes
SonderIy ahidjnS a., Bidding us stay
Csiptdv8s, aeId By their Grcean charm0o
Cug q pittIcas thing lie che 4lv4p Of eimso
end the waves are receding fast;
Eve are Reaqias she shores of another c'rneo
Clone? COMO is heGu$ifuf gaSto
So4 e'eqS 80 We ga2ed % She BacR ward ssacko
our young hearts filed with e1ghso
Our BsqBs gded off on anoIheB tack
And,8hG BBeecherons mist ID GUS egSHo
91ad hidden hOm view the Boundary fine
ufye \ ~,
And we foused with Btartled cry 50 tinS
Thaeoug aBtutOred fees
EeFe Kissed BY che vases o. che present fi6sO
As it dashed against the Shore
end that onward stiU onward, 0uE BARI must gTtdH
TsoE the past indeed was no moPeO
But ere leaving the scenes DO memory &eaeo
we would, with profoundest emOtioRo
G}feB grateful tribute here
our young heart 9up8 Devotion
20 those w2o nave, vita faithful ease
GnstiIleb into our minds
Th8 principles of knowledge Bageo
Prometheap dires DIVING
go8 Chem msy che qive9 of Bime over beaB
Gifes gOsest tinted hours6
$of them may the futureeve Beag
She hue Of summer qowersB
and nowo Gear girls we stand on fhe serge
or the past with its golden hllingo
%ghite 60 US the white and foam-tppe8 surge
OF She future is quietly stealingo
and buried Beneath this foam slipped wave
Is tone speaking thus TO my heart
shrinks not from the voice of the ocean grave
aet the tears to thine eyelids starts
$'or ST Tells of the shoals in The qivee Of Gime
which may wreck human Ifs
&c means in % sad and dirSesjke CHIME
OF human errors rifeo
1t Gifts of she hopes of Former gears
THAT the giver of time has buried
OF binding passions ard human fears
CHAT swell the Eanks &og serriedo
&c chafnSs ~ solemn funeral 9nasS
O'er tho souls OF the dead there sleeping
GVho over the silver of time have Basse6
80 eterQity's soemn &eegngo
and while any ileart il stiHGd BY 6reado
Awe struck by the voice of tho waves
& melody sweet. yet strangely sad
Seems 10 steal from these oceam Sgagcao
and Shining aHae R,wn the sIyrr OF Sing
there beams on my soul n Visiomo
Refulgeng with the halo divine
Which enGjgGles the fields BlysiaRo
while from OUT this giowing sa2o Sli2so
q IipplinG ave of lighto
(which co1aes, like the gentle flowing Hideoo
% bright and Je9Hteous sight,
ana nov by Che aG OF ths msSies2 0eaino
Ekimmer:uS silvsry bright
CLEAN ne adown times pitilPSs otra@uo
Is changed ia yiveT 0fIighSo
Gn8 the gisiSn OP g1orS iseveg ahoado
As We glide Der the ripping stream
9nd 40 mere the Soce from the waves UT Dread,
ct Is gone ~Ilke hideouS dreamo
ana now. dear girls, Het US pray chat the ashG
OF this glory. which shineth afaro
Stay BE through life an ever bright
and holy guiding stsro
Ana when in the winter Of fife ws shaI9 gli8co
Our trail barks SCARED with many o SEAM
10 She haven Of rest on the other side
Stay the light OF Code eouatenance then on us
Beam
IA tIe sweet Nv ond BY may NE meet Oh the shore,
when the river o. time shall have ceased to be.
friends, teachers and Parents to pass evsrmoro
a Diesel eternity