The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-01-19
From the JanuAFysAuantie.
DR. HOLMES NEW POEM.
HOmesick in Heaven.

Go seek thy earth-born sisters-thus the Toico
4 That all obey the sad and silent three;
| These only, while the hosts Of Heaven rejoice,
smile never; ask them Whist their soErows be.
Look on them with thy mild, half human eyes
Say what thou was earth, thOu knowest well
SO shall they cease from unaVailing sighs.
why thus. apart-ths svTfft-Winged herald spake-
i,y it ye tbe ltn tPsaon s11 bIeadh S ehoPIs wake
IN shouts ofJoy from all ths heavenly choirsf
Chide not thy slsters-thus the answer came;
Children Of earth, our half-Weaned nssuf
To esrIh esriIhIs fond memories. and heri-whis perez
Untghes our quiverins lips, our ssddenee
Home that our feet may leave, but not oul
r.o,,nS nfasts 'er uz shine the jasper-ighted dome
The chain may lenEthen, but it never Parts'
sometimes sunlit sphere comes rolling by,
a nd then we softly whisper: Can it BET
And leaning toward the silyery ORD we Try
To catch, perchancs, some flashing glimpse OF
Or 6rsSaHtkhs some wildwood fragrance, waited
-,o d5aSi5g gates Of pearl that fold between
The binding splendors and the chanseiess olue'
Drsv sistsr. nay, single faIiins leaf
Picked ffOm ths bouSh OF yon tWelVe-Iulteo
would soothe such anguish-deepsE stabOins
Has pierced thy thrObbing heart
All, woe ia met
from my clinging babe was rudely tom;
His tender lips a IoveIess bosom pressed;
Can forget him in my life newborn 7E5 .
Oh! that my darling lay upon my 0FsaS''
And shOuf
I was a fair and youthful bride,
The kiss OF love stni burns upon nay cheok'
e f.y ynq sa ,Hpit FeaIm yaniy seek
sweet faces turn their beamins eyes on mine;
All not in these the wished-for look read
Still for that one dear human smile pine
Thou and none OtherI is she lovers creed.
-AadSynenes thy sadness in a world of bliss.
Where never parting comes nor nourneE
Art thou too dreaming ofA mortal's kiss
Amid the seraphs Of the AaaVenly sphefe4
Nay, tax not me with PASSIONS wasting fire;
When the swift InsssAs sSt .5 NY sire
Ny friends were many Rs hsd nose save me-
len him, orphaned. in the stariess night;
Alas, for him no cheerful moFstPg q dawn!
wear the ransomed spirits robe Of white,
Yet stlI hear him moaning, She is GOMEZ 2
-Ye know me not sweet ssistersg All In vain
The flower once opened may not bud again,
The fruit once fallen finds the stem no more.
Child, lover, sire-yea, all thiagy l9Eed below;
Fair pictures damaSked on q VtailOE's l3ld
Fade ike the rOSeate flush, the golden glow
When the bright curtain OF the day "a Eo4ica.
was the babe that sIumbered on thy breast,
-ARd sister mine. the lips that called thee
Mine were the sIIVared locks thy hand caressed,
That faithful hand my ralterlnG foots'eps
guide!
Each changing form, fraf VestuFe OF decay
Ihe soul unclad fOFgets 1t once hath Worns
Stained with the travei,Of the weary day.
And shamed with rents fronn every Waysloe
thorn.
To lie an infant in thy fond embrace
To come with loves warm kisses back 20 thee,
To shey thine eyes thy grAy-haired fathers face
Not heaven itself could grant this may not De
Then spread your folded wings, and leave to earth
The dust once breathing ye AHFs nourheo sc
Till love. new risen, owns his heavenly birth,
And sorrows discords syTeeten into songI