The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1873-05-22
PoETRy.
BIZ JEFF.

BIZ JAF.
go ggal
Wise OrtogruI, slew aud listless,
B Down the strects Of BASdaa strayed,
Gazing Idly through the windows
5ed5 sA&fhe merchandise displayeds rawa
agve S0en multitude approaches, So .Gaal
And in all the pemp at AtAlO,
S 50 tDe~a be see tie chiSf OF VisierS 2ieA~~
1nlssc Entering his palace gate oog 9l~a.g 8
.ave With the ,throng be quickly mlnxleS, nj q
Follows through, tkr apAcioaS halls
.NE Where = RorS eOuA eastern splepdor e.
Over each vide apartment fSlls.
Rare, weet music through the easement
9@4L Now Is waited by the breez
And the air is perfume ladencd
@fiA From the groves Of orange trees.
300 Fruits sua vines in rich abundance ~
81 ora Fill the VizieT's RroAnlng board. + tF ID
90 Ana crowd OF gay attendants
q Ed Heed his slightest look or word. e. 81
Ere SfSuretyh said ,Oriogrul, musinS, a6 s.
"Here must JOY un broken dwell;
vfv Sorrow fertlens devices, wn
Cannot brGIk this charH-ed spell. q
s'But, alas! how am I tortured n
With unsAtisfed desires f.s.; -..:N
Poverty, each hour and moment, @e
'GAinst nay happiness couspres.
<'NSn hAvs eallsd me rich in wi6doM,
Bat how wretched poor aud me0u
Is thlA liie when want, discomfort, e
Are the fruits you dsaly CLEAN
viii leave the walks OF wiRdom,
r-rs# Seek for wealth, -tlE houOr, fame, -i
Crown me with their choicest blessings, z
rt 'H And . nation shouts my name. ~
'@.] ''IBdiA shall her richest treasures ~'
s. Yield me with q lavish hand -a.
Gold and diamonds from so condA
ehsA be Eine at uy cOmuand."' ""
Now, he pnudered loug In secret, ca
TT Nv his pr mi Q bliss e. gain,
And his GsysrW re- vexed and troubled,
....-. And his nights were filled With paln. Z.
49, Months, passed by in speculation
Tired and snrP, perpieXed he seemed,
s.. RI TIL exhausted weak with fasting. stt
Wise OPtogrul slept aud dreSRea -
l'Hf %Dresuaed he stood beside q m ouutain
~ -.- Piercing deep the heavenly hire. 80
When numbering headlony TORI ent
refC LeAPeds and wide, its ioarn, cap threw.
Z q Then be turRed, Ana jHst hessath htW, -
In valley long and wide.
Sees clear and sparkling river
...- Down the valley slowly glide
And garden, fair 80 Eden,
Springs whereer toe river 6oSs,
And The wllierue$s and desert
Bud aud blossom as the rRse.
AZ OrtoRruI stood, enchantea
Wi ,h tae fair and beau eOuS sight,
FROM the cypress deepning shadows
Flushed wondrOus CLEAN Of light;
And voice from out the brightness
-- Said, OrtOgrul, al your feet
Is the river Wisdom flowing.
With it's waters pure and sweet.
.7-" Glowing ceaseless through the ages,
Drepning, broadening through the years
- fertilizing states and nations, -.
Drowning all their grieIs and tears.
"And the sparkling, rushing torrent,
Lsapipg down the mountain side,
--.. Challenging peoples notice.
IsAmOltlon, Wealth. and Pride. s[
s'True, to-dayIt Eoams and sparklss
.,-..at.r In the brilliAnt noontide glow,
But tomorrow. |, you seek It. #..
-o~v Seek II So tho galC 6sl0w." ar-.t,
Then the brightness fed, and sileneS
Fell on vale and mountain crest
And Ottogrul, 'GIid the cleaning, .s
.-e ,-. Felt once more llte's high nehess.
Never more did earthly riches
Round this life such glamour throw,
That he fain would Weld his wisdom
For its evanescent glow.
Rolling wears beheld his wisdom,
Like the stream he saw, expand
Rolling years, his name ana lRbOrs @
With their echoes ied the land.
Men arose aud called aim blessed
Thankful prayers and grateful tears,
In he autumn OF his labors.
...- Were the hRrveAt OF his years.